One-time visitor
MSC NAMIBIA
Liberia · container ship · 260 m
A 260 m container ship, called here once, in January 2026.
Next port: Charleston, around Oct 18
Her race record at I Like Big BoatsWhen she comes back
First time we've seen her, on Jan 11. Expected back around Oct 18 (Oct 18 – Oct 19), 2 days from now.
Per SC Ports schedulemedium confidenceSC Ports schedule: Oct 19, 12 am
MSC NAMIBIA has not been seen since Aug 1, 2026. Expected back between Oct 18, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026, best guess Oct 18, 2026. We were not recording from Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026.
Her route
MSC · Mexico Gulf Express (MGE)weekly · Central America / North Europe
- CharlestonOct 18
- FelixstoweUnited Kingdom
- AntwerpBelgium
- RotterdamNetherlands
- BremerhavenGermany
- FreeportThe Bahamas
- VeracruzMexico
- AltamiraMexico
- HoustonUSA
- New OrleansUSA
- MobileUSA
- FreeportThe Bahamas
- SavannahUSA
Where she's been
- Bremerhaven · in port Oct 4 to Oct 5 · 57 samples
- to Bremerhaven · left after Jan 28 11:58, arrived before Oct 4 20:02 · she said BEANR
- Houston, TX · in port Jan 24 to Jan 28 · 106 samples
- to Houston, TX · left after Jan 14 23:59, arrived before Jan 24 02:58
- Savannah, GA · in port Jan 14 · 20 samples
- Savannah, GA · in port Jan 14 · 21 samples
- to Savannah, GA · left after Jan 11 04:57, arrived before Jan 14 03:59
- Charleston, SC · in port Jan 10 to Jan 11 · 13 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
- 2025
Size
- Length overall
- 260 m (853 ft)
- Beam
- 46 m (151 ft)
- Design draught
- 15.8 m (52 ft)
Capacity
- Gross tonnage
- 79,181
- Net tonnage
- 43,346
- Deadweight
- 106,782 t
- Containers
- 8,496 TEU
Registry and management
- IMO number
- 9974553
- Call sign
- 5LVA5
- Registered owner
- not yet known
- Manager
- MSC Shipmanagement Limited
- Class
- Bureau Veritas
In 2025 she reported 8,965 tonnes of CO₂ from 3,138 tonnes of fuel over 18,883 nautical miles on voyages to, from and between European ports.
In the window
One-time visitor · seen on 2 days · first seen Jan 2026 · last seen Jan 2026 · speed past the window 11.7 kn · liner service MSC MGE · broadcasts as destination Port of Rotterdam
Records
Observed top speed 19.4 kn · off Miami, FL · 4 Feb 2026 · NOAA archive
Fastest leg · Galveston, TX to Houston, TX · 1 h 31 m · 27.3 kn average · 23 Jan 2026
Backstory, spoken
Nothing recorded yet.
Backstory, written
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2 seen · 1 inbound · 1 outbound · dwell 15.0h · draught 13.3m in / 13.3m out
Passages (2)
| When | Direction | Draught | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 2026, 6:48 AM | outbound | 13.3 m (44 ft) | — |
| Jan 10, 2026, 3:50 PM | inbound | 13.3 m (44 ft) | — |
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.