ISRAEL's port of Ashdod is to welcome its biggest container vessel in Japanese shipping giant "K" Line's 8,000-TEU Humber Bridge currently deployed on a Asia/North Europe service from CKYH Alliance.
The vessel boasts a length of 336 metres, beam of 45.8 metres and nominal capacity of 9,040 TEU. It has fuel oil tanks located in the bulkheads (space between the holds) as well as its hull being double bottomed which help to avoid fuel oil leakage in the event of collision.
Its use of a heat recovery steam generator helps to recycle heat from the exhaust gas discharged from the main engine. It holds an inventory list for Green Passport which takes advance measures in accordance with "Ship Recycle Guideline" adopted by IMO in December 2005.
The vessel's port rotation will be Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Shenzhen-Yantian, Singapore, Port Said, Ashdod, Genoa, Barcelona, Marseilles-Fos, Port Said and back to Shanghai.