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Today, the largest container ship ever arrived in Italy at the port of Gioia Tauro
The "MSC Sixin" has a load capacity of 23,656 teu
May 27, 2020
MSC Sixin will return to Gioia Tauro on the next 5 June and then return after 60 days and so on regularly.
On the occasion of today's maiden call ceremony of the ship the extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority, Andrea Agostinelli, pointed out that the revitalization of the Calabrian port "is, in fact, it's represented by that carrier ship, The Sixin,which belongs to a class of 11 ships MSC owner, the largest, the largest world, in the capacity to transport containers, being able to 23,600. They have arrived - Agostinelli specified 79 in the last 12 months. This is the last and most great ever! For the first time in a port of the Republic. And they weren't occasional squatters. We - he pointed out - we represent a call of intercontinental lines."
Mentioning in his speech those who believed in the relaunch of the port, Agostinelli expressed a thank you to the Terminal Investment Limited (TIL) of the MSC ownership group, which today he heads medcenter Container Terminal (MCT), the Gioia Tauro port container terminal: in particular Agostinelli expressed gratitude to the terminalist/owner "for having believed in it and investing huge sums in the forecourts, infrastructure, mechanical equipment and lastly - he specified -- in the health standard of an immense terminal where more than 1,000 porters work every day, without ask for a single day of redundancy. The synergy between Terminalist and Port Authority, and the common investments - explained -- they allowed in a few months the achievement of results visible to the naked eye, synergy that had come depleting, until it completely lacks in previous experiences of governance of the port.'
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MSC Sixin will return to Gioia Tauro on the next 5 June and then return after 60 days and so on regularly.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
