WORLD SHIPPING
29 December 2016 - 01:10
Update: 29 December 2016 - 01:14
Hapag-Lloyd's 10,589-TEU Valparaiso Express biggest to transit Panama
THE Panama Canal welcomed its biggest ship so far - the purpose-built 10,589-TEU neopanamax Valparaiso Express, built to transit the newly expanded waterway.
WORLD SHIPPING
29 December 2016 - 01:10
Update: 29 December 2016 - 01:14
Hapag-Lloyd's 10,589-TEU Valparaiso Express biggest to transit PanamaTHE Panama Canal welcomed its biggest ship so far - the purpose-built 10,589-TEU neopanamax Valparaiso Express, built to transit the newly expanded waterway. The Hapag-Lloyd ship began its transit at the Pacific-facing Cocoli Locks after calling at ports in Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, said the Panama Canal Authority press release. After its transit, the ship stopped at Manzanillo International Terminal in Panama and continue to the Dominican Republic, the UK, Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. The Valparasio Express is part of Hapag-Lloyd's Europe-South America west coast service, which covers a nine-week rotation, merging two previous services between Northern Europe and the west coast of South America. The ship is 333 metres long, 48 metres wide and is the first of five new vessels in Hapag-Lloyd's new 10,500-TEUers bound for regular Panama Canal service. The new locks, which are 70 feet wider and 18 feet deeper than those in the original canal, are able to accommodate neopanamax vessels carrying up to 14,000 TEU.
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