THE 11,923 TEU Kota Pekarang operated by Israeli shipping line ZIM, on a service offered by the 2M Alliance, has become the largest containership to call at the US port of Jacksonville (JAXPORT)
THE 11,923 TEU Kota Pekarang operated by Israeli shipping line ZIM, on a service offered by the 2M Alliance, has become the largest containership to call at the US port of Jacksonville (JAXPORT). The vessel discharged and loaded cargo at JAXPORT's Blount Island Marine Terminal. The Kota Pekarang had transited the Panama Canal from Northeast Asia before reaching this port on the US east coast.
This port call comes just one month after the previous largest ship to ever call JAXPORT - the 11,000 TEU ZIM vessel Cape Sounio - docked at Blount Island on March 18, reported AJOT.
JAXPORT expects increasingly larger ships to call at the port, pushing up demand for deeper water from a harbour deepening project currently underway.
Jacksonville is Florida's top container port complex by volume, offering worldwide cargo service aboard the world's major shipping alliances with direct service to Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, the Caribbean and other key markets.
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