Maersk Astrid is the third vessel to transit the Suez Canal under a new partnership, enhancing cooperation with the Suez Canal Authority.
The container vessel Maersk Astrid has made its first voyage through the Suez Canal, becoming the third Maersk ship to transit since the Strategic Partnership Agreement with the Suez Canal Authority, reports Mumbai's Logistics Update Africa.
Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, chairman of the SCA, stated that the transit reflects the strengthening cooperation between the authority and the Danish group. The vessel follows the earlier passages of Maersk Sebarok in December and Maersk Denver in January.
Maersk Astrid handled containers at the East Port Said terminal before bunkering methanol and joining the north convoy on its voyage to Oman. The ship measures 350 metres in length, with a beam of 54 metres and a draught of 14.8 metres.
With a gross tonnage of 185,000 tonnes, Maersk Astrid is the largest Maersk-operated container vessel to pass through the Canal in the past two years.
