MSC Anna is the largest container ship ever to visit the Port of Oakland

Vessel Information IMO: 9777204 Name: MSC ANNA Vessel Type - Generic: Cargo - Hazard A (Major) Vessel Type - Detailed: Container Ship Status: Active MMSI: 636017727 Call Sign: D5ML5 Flag: Liberia [LR] Gross Tonnage: 187587 Summer DWT: 185503 t Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 399.98 x 58.6 m Year Built: 2016 Home Port: MONROVIA The 1,312-foot-long container vessel and Liberian-registered megaship is loading and unloading 1,486 cargo containers in Oakland. The MSC Anna docked April 16 at Oakland International Container Terminal. The terminal is the busiest in Oakland, handling 20-to-25 vessels weekly. It’s using Oakland’s tallest ship-to-shore cranes to hoist the MSC Anna’s cargo. San Francisco Bar Pilots will guide the ship out of Port after cargo operations conclude. With room for 19,200 20-foot boxes, the MSC Anna is one of the largest container ships ever in North America. Besides transporting cargo, the ship was dispatched to the West Coast to collect empty containers, the Port said. Shipping lines have hinted that MSC Anna-size ships may enter regular service here in the near future. Before this week, the largest ship to call Oakland was the CMA Benjamin Franklin in 2016. That ship is 1,300-feet-long with a cargo capacity of 18,000 containers. The Port routinely handles the largest container ships in regular service to U.S. ports.