MSC's wider 8,700-TEUers get access Indian shallows with more cargo
GENEVA's Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has started to increase capacity through the deployment of wider 8,700-TEU ships with 19 rows across, replacing narrower 5,900-to 6,700-TEUers on its Europe-Middle East-Indian subcontinent routes.
Starting with the 8,700-TEU, 112,500 dwt MSC Altaira and the same-size MSC ARICA, these are the largest ships to call at Indian ports. They are 299.2 metres long, 48.2 metres wide and have a draft of 14.5 metres.
IPAK, the MSC-CSAV service on which they will be deployed calls at Rotterdam, Antwerp, Felixstowe, Jeddah, Salalah, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Salalah, Jeddah, Gioia Tauro, Valencia and back to Rotterdam, turning in seven weeks with seven ships, five ship from MSC and two from CSAV.
The new ships stretch the limits of Nhava Sheva and Mundra ports, reports Alphaliner. The vessels are 8.2 metres wider than the ships they replace and have a summer draft of only 14.5 metres thanks to their greater width, but still draw too much water for Indian ports whose maximum depths alongside is 13 metres.
GENEVA's Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has started to increase capacity through the deployment of wider 8,700-TEU ships with 19 rows across, replacing narrower 5,900-to 6,700-TEUers on its Europe-Middle East-Indian subcontinent routes.
Starting with the 8,700-TEU, 112,500 dwt MSC Altaira and the same-size MSC ARICA, these are the largest ships to call at Indian ports. They are 299.2 metres long, 48.2 metres wide and have a draft of 14.5 metres.
IPAK, the MSC-CSAV service on which they will be deployed calls at Rotterdam, Antwerp, Felixstowe, Jeddah, Salalah, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Salalah, Jeddah, Gioia Tauro, Valencia and back to Rotterdam, turning in seven weeks with seven ships, five ship from MSC and two from CSAV.
The new ships stretch the limits of Nhava Sheva and Mundra ports, reports Alphaliner. The vessels are 8.2 metres wider than the ships they replace and have a summer draft of only 14.5 metres thanks to their greater width, but still draw too much water for Indian ports whose maximum depths alongside is 13 metres.