Wednesday to Genoa will land largest portacontainer that it has never called in the port



Next Wednesday to the Voltri Terminal Europe (VTE) of the port of Genoa will land the Maersk Eindhoven that, with its 366 meters of length and the 13,092 teu of ability, will be largest portacontainer that it has never called in the port of the capital of Liguria. The arrival of the ship, that it has a gross capacity of 140.580 tons and a draught of 14,5 meters, will be celebrated with a ceremony on board to which the institutions representatives of VTE and Maersk Line will participate to the manager and.

"The Maersk Eindhoven, with beyond 13.000 teu of ability - it has emphasized the managing director of Maersk Italy Spa, Orazio Stella - is one of the operating larger ships in the field of the transport container by sea. It is for that we strongly believe that its arrival in the port of Genoa represents a confidence sign, above all in a difficult period for the economy as for the shipping. As well as more in a context as that of the genoese port of call that represents the door of access to the main market of the Mediterranean in terms of volumes. We are convinced that the choice to use ships of these dimensions on our service AE11 from Far East witnesses how much fact from VTE in terms of infrastructures and of productivity and certifys the will of the terminal to cooperate with we in order in the first instance to construct to a service founded on the reliability and the respect of the tempistiche. At last - it has continued Star - the berthing of the Maersk Eindhoven confirmation our radication to Genoa in a context that, also in the Mediterranean, is rewarding the ports of final destination regarding the hub of transhipment. How much the more it will be operated in order to strengthen the operating scale of the port of Genoa, so much more, we are convinced some, we will return to celebrate ships of these dimensions in a next future".

Renewed service AE11, in which the Maersk Eindhoven is employed, is operated by the Danish company Maersk Line in consortium with the French CMA CGM and that it connects Asia with the Mediterranean with the following spin: Genoa, Malta, Port Saïd, Khor Fakkan, Port Klang, Singapore, Qingdao, Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Yantian, Chiwan, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Malta, Valencia, Barcelona, Fos sur Mer, Genoa.