Madrid Express (originally MSC Fabiola) is a container ship built for the Hamburg based Peter Döhle Schiffahrtsgesellschaft by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea.

[7] Two days later, MSC Fabiola passed under the Golden Gate Bridge to become the largest ship to enter the San Francisco Bay.

[9] The presence of the MSC Fabiola at the Port of Oakland is the result of a 12-year harbor-deepening project that was largely completed in September 2009.

Prior to the arrival of MSC Fabiola, the Port of Oakland prepared by checking channel depth and dredging as needed.

The ship arrived drawing less than its full draft of 50 feet 10 inches (15.5 m) because it held only three-quarters of a load after its stop in Long Beach.