Jebel Ali Port receives 14,000-TEU vessel

Global port operator DP World's flagship Jebel Ali Port in the United Arab Emirates has received the 14,000-TEU MSC Kalina, at its Terminal 2, demonstrating the facility is equipped to handle such mega box ships, the Shipping Gazette informed.

The vessel, from the fleet of the Geneva-based shipping line, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), is 366 metres long, 52 metres wide, and has a draught of 15.3 metres, making her one of the largest container ships in the world.

Registered in Panama, the single hull MSC Kalina was built at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in Ulsan, South Korea. She follows her sister ship, MSC Daniela, which was launched in 2008 and visited Jebel Ali Port in February this year. On the other hand, the MSC Kalina took to the seas this year, said a statement from Dubai World Media Centre.

As of the end of May 2009, MSC is operating over 410 container vessels with an intake capacity of approx 1.5million TEU, serving more than 270 ports worldwide.

Source: http://www.barentsobserver.com