CSCL Uranus’ First Voyage in Middle East



At the Port Of Felixstowe Berths 8 & 9 with 7 ship to shore cranes working this vessel.



CSCL Uranus’ First Voyage in Middle East
Posted on Apr 4th, 2012 with tags , , , , .

Gulftainer’s Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT), which was proclaimed last year as the ‘Shipping Port of the Year’ at the Annual Supply Chain and Transport Awards in Dubai, received on April 2 CSCL Uranus, the largest vessel ever to have docked at the terminal.
The ship’s captain and crew members have been welcomed at the port by Simon Sundboell, Gulftainer Commercial Manager and Gulftainer management.
“We are very pleased to welcome the CSCL Uranus into Khorfakkan. This is the first journey into the Middle East for this vessel and it’s first docking at KCT; an experience that we are sure will demonstrate our efficiencies. For KCT, this marks another success in our ever-expanding client range,” Peter Richards, Gulftainer Managing Director pointed out amid arrival of the ship.
The mega-size vessel measures 366 meters in length, 51.2 meters in width and 23 meters in height, and has a deck space three times the size of a soccer field. With the overall container capacity equalling to 14, 074 TEUs it represents a colossal structure, which is the product of the latest shipbuilding technologies. The ship construction has been completed on March 9th 2012 at the Korean shipbuilding yard and the ship is now on its first voyage to the Middle East.
Gulftainer’s KCT has been recognized as one of the fastest growing and most productive container terminals worldwide, which is reaffirmed by the choice of CSCL Uranus to dock in KCT on its maiden call.
Gulftainer Group has 36 years’ experience operating in the UAE and around the world. Its three main ports in the UAE are: Sharjah Container Terminal (SCT), Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT) and terminal operations on behalf international plastics solutions company, Borouge, in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi. Gulftainer also has a number of projects and investments in several countries, including Iraq, Pakistan, Russia, Brazil and Turkey, as well as in Africa and the Indian subcontinent.








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