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MSC Venezia, formerly MV COSCO Busan, is a 275 m (902.2 ft) container ship

Container ship

Container ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. They form a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport.-History:...

made infamous by its 7 November 2007 collision with the protective fender of the Delta Tower of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge in heavy fog. The 08:30:00 UTC-8

UTC-8

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collision sliced open two fuel tanks and led to the environmentally devastating COSCO Busan oil spill

Cosco Busan oil spill

The COSCO Busan oil spill occurred at 08:30 UTC-8 on 7 November 2007 between San Francisco and Oakland, California, in which of IFO-380 heavy fuel oil, sometimes referred to as "bunker fuel", spilled into San Francisco Bay after the container ship M/V COSCO Busan operated by, Fleet Management...

in San Francisco Bay

San Francisco Bay

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. The ship was renamed Hanjin Venezia after the accident, and was not owned operated or in any way controlled by COSCO Group

COSCO

China Ocean Shipping Company, known as COSCO or COSCO Group, is one of the largest liner shipping companies worldwide. It is a government owned company of the People's Republic of China...

or any of its subsidiary companies.

The vessel was built in 2001 by Hyundai Heavy Industries

Hyundai Heavy Industries

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. is the world's largest shipbuilding company, headquartered in Ulsan, South Korea. The company is a subsidiary of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group...

at Ulsan

Ulsan

Ulsan , officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh largest metropolis with a population of over 1.1 million. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring Busan to the south and facing Gyeongju to the north and the Sea of Japan to the east.Ulsan is the...

, South Korea

South Korea

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. In December 2001, the vessel was placed under long-term charter to Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.

Hanjin Shipping

Hanjin Shipping, Global Shipping & Logistics CompanyHanjin Shipping is Korea's largest and one of the world’s top ten container carriers that operates some 60 liner and tramper services around the globe transporting over 100 million tons of cargo annually...

of Seoul

Seoul

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, South Korea

South Korea

and named Hanjin Cairo. The vessel called on various ports of Europe, Asia, and along the West Coast of the United States, specifically the Ports of Long Beach and Oakland, California.

In November 2006, owners renamed Hanjin Cairo to COSCO Busan. After a 3-year absence from U.S. ports, COSCO Busan

Cosco Busan

MSC Venezia, formerly MV COSCO Busan, is a container ship made infamous by its 7 November 2007 collision with the protective fender of the Delta Tower of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge in heavy fog. The 08:30:00 UTC-8 collision sliced open two fuel tanks and led to the environmentally...

called upon the Port of Long Beach on December 29, 2006. On October 24, 2007, the vessel was sold to Regal Stone Ltd. of Hong Kong and was re-flagged

Flag of convenience

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to the national flag of Hong Kong. COSCO Busan's new owners contracted with Fleet Management to supply an all-Chinese crew and to manage technical operations of the ship on the owner’s behalf.

Throughout the changes in flag, ownership, and managing operator, the vessel has remained under charter to Hanjin Shipping Company

Hanjin Shipping

External links

MSC Venezia (IMO #9231743) at the Shipping Database (subscription required)
MSC Venezia (IMO 9231743) image gallery at Shipspotting.com

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