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MSC PASSION III
Liberia · container ship · 225 m
A 225 m container ship on MSC's CHX loop, a weekly service, called here twice in our last year of watching.
Next port: Charleston, Sat Oct 17, about noon
Her race record at I Like Big BoatsWhen she comes back
Called here twice in our last year of watching. Last seen Oct 17. Expected back any day now (Oct 17).
Her AIS says ETA Oct 17medium confidence
MSC PASSION III was seen on 3 days since Oct 1, 2026, most recently Oct 17, 2026. Expected back between Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 17, 2026, best guess Oct 17, 2026. We were not recording from Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026.
- Oct 1, 2026
- Oct 9, 2026
- Oct 17, 2026
Where she's been
- Charleston, SC · in port Oct 9 · 75 samples
From shore receivers' AIS samples: volunteer networks, our own antenna and NOAA's archive. A port call means she was heard stopped there; ocean passages are not heard, and the times are bounds, not events.
Her particulars
Build
- Built
- 2008, Yangfan Group Co., Ltd.
Size
- Length overall
- 225.0 m (738 ft)
- Beam
- 31 m (102 ft)
- Depth
- 19.7 m (65 ft)
- Design draught
- 13.5 m (44 ft)
Capacity
- Gross tonnage
- 32,984
- Net tonnage
- 13,435
- Deadweight
- 42,969 t
- Containers
- 2,797 TEU
Registry and management
- IMO number
- 9399765
- Call sign
- D5YV3
- Flag
- Liberia
- Registered owner
- Tethys Oceanway Limited
- Manager
- MSC Shipmanagement Limited
- Class
- DNV
In 2024 she reported 1,908 tonnes of CO₂ from 606 tonnes of fuel over 4,407 nautical miles on voyages to, from and between European ports.
In the window
Active · seen on 2 days · first seen Oct 2026 · last seen Oct 2026 · visits a year about 16 · busiest months Oct · speed past the window 15.3 kn · liner service MSC CHX · broadcasts as destination Freeport
Backstory, spoken
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0 seen · 3 inbound · 2 outbound · dwell 18.2h · draught 11.5m in / 10.1m out
Passages (5)
| When | Direction | Draught | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2026, 8:49 PM | inbound | 11.7 m (38 ft) | captured |
| Oct 9, 2026, 8:47 PM | outbound | 10.0 m (33 ft) | missed |
| Oct 9, 2026, 3:16 AM | inbound | 10.2 m (33 ft) | captured |
| Oct 1, 2026, 10:08 PM | outbound | 10.2 m (33 ft) | no_camera |
| Oct 1, 2026, 3:10 AM | inbound | 11.5 m (38 ft) | no_camera |
Sightings come from the national AIS record through Jun 30, 2026, then our own window receiver from Sep 29, 2026. Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026 was not recorded.