15,000-TEU Al Dhail docks at La Spezia Container Terminal
LA SPEZIA Container Terminal (LSCT) on the north western coast of Italy has docked the new 15,000-TEU Al Dhail, the United Arab Shipping Company's (USAC) biggest ship, reports TradeArabia News Service of Bahrain.
Contship Italia Group, a global leader in container terminal logistics and intermodal solutions, serves the ports of La Spezia, Gioia Tauro, Cagliari, Ravenna, Salerno and Tangier, as well at the inland port of Milan-Melzo.
The Al Dhail berthed at Fornelli East for the first time as part of its maiden voyage calling at Mediterranean ports, said a statement from the company.
The ship is one of many mega ships deployed in four weekly Asia-Med strings calling at La Spezia, with the port accustomed to handling a growing number of calls by increasingly large ships.
Forecasts suggest that 200 calls will be performed by ships of over 10,000 TEU in 2016, it added.
The Al Dhail, in arriving fully laden in La Spezia and requiring some 3,000 contractual moves, successfully tested LSCT's infrastructure in terms of water depth and ship handling and the totality of the La Spezia System itself, it added.
The record volume to be discharged in a single bottom emphasised the capability of La Spezia System to reach end users in locations generating more than 40 per cent of Italian gross domestic product (GDP).
"As a system, La Spezia has invested hundreds of millions of euros to improve infrastructure capable of serving increasingly larger ship sizes," said LSCT managing director Michele Giromini.
"The import cargo on the Al Dhail, with thousands of individual containers, is one of the highest ever discharged at our terminal, confirming that La Spezia is ideally located to efficiently serve multiple markets here in Italy and into Southern Europe," he said.
"Supply chains using La Spezia take advantage of unrivaled rail connectivity with 14 trains alone departing from LSCT between Saturday and Sunday to major destinations in northern and central Italy, enabling Monday morning final truck-mile delivery to the end user," he said.
"It is the combination of service provided and the advantageous geographical position of La Spezia which global supply chains acknowledge, with 42 weekly port call combinations from Asia, Mr Giromini said.
LA SPEZIA Container Terminal (LSCT) on the north western coast of Italy has docked the new 15,000-TEU Al Dhail, the United Arab Shipping Company's (USAC) biggest ship, reports TradeArabia News Service of Bahrain.
Contship Italia Group, a global leader in container terminal logistics and intermodal solutions, serves the ports of La Spezia, Gioia Tauro, Cagliari, Ravenna, Salerno and Tangier, as well at the inland port of Milan-Melzo.
The Al Dhail berthed at Fornelli East for the first time as part of its maiden voyage calling at Mediterranean ports, said a statement from the company.
The ship is one of many mega ships deployed in four weekly Asia-Med strings calling at La Spezia, with the port accustomed to handling a growing number of calls by increasingly large ships.
Forecasts suggest that 200 calls will be performed by ships of over 10,000 TEU in 2016, it added.
The Al Dhail, in arriving fully laden in La Spezia and requiring some 3,000 contractual moves, successfully tested LSCT's infrastructure in terms of water depth and ship handling and the totality of the La Spezia System itself, it added.
The record volume to be discharged in a single bottom emphasised the capability of La Spezia System to reach end users in locations generating more than 40 per cent of Italian gross domestic product (GDP).
"As a system, La Spezia has invested hundreds of millions of euros to improve infrastructure capable of serving increasingly larger ship sizes," said LSCT managing director Michele Giromini.
"The import cargo on the Al Dhail, with thousands of individual containers, is one of the highest ever discharged at our terminal, confirming that La Spezia is ideally located to efficiently serve multiple markets here in Italy and into Southern Europe," he said.
"Supply chains using La Spezia take advantage of unrivaled rail connectivity with 14 trains alone departing from LSCT between Saturday and Sunday to major destinations in northern and central Italy, enabling Monday morning final truck-mile delivery to the end user," he said.
"It is the combination of service provided and the advantageous geographical position of La Spezia which global supply chains acknowledge, with 42 weekly port call combinations from Asia, Mr Giromini said.