At the port of Genoa is arriving the container ship of greater capacity to have ever touched the airport of the capital Ligurian. This is the MSC Nicola Mastro of the group Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) that between Friday and Saturday next will land at the PSA Genova Pra' terminal. The ship 400 meters long and 61 wide, has a capacity of over 24,000 teu. The container holder has been delivered from the Chinese shipyards Hudong-Zhonghua in June and will be baptized in Trieste on September 4th.

The terminalista company PSA Genova Pra' has specified that, in view of the MSC Nicola Mastro stopover, the Corps of the Port Pilots and the Port Authority have led to completion of the appropriate technical checks to dock in total Safety the first container ship of this size, being The terminal accustomed to receiving and working ships of equal length at 400 meters and width greater than 50, i.e. the measurements of ships which have a container capacity between 17,000 and 20,000 teu. The company has highlighted that the record landing is prepared by time having carried on the company in the last three years the necessary private investments in terms of training, safety and technology with the aim of governing transport changes maritime and then welcome ships with the new standards from 24,000 teu expected to arrive with increasing frequency in the Mediterranean starting in the coming months.