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First Eastern US-bound container ship docks in VN

May 25th at 14:39
25-05-2015 14:39:03+07:00

First Eastern US-bound container ship docks in VN

The United Arab Emirates' ZAMZAM vessel moored at Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT), in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau on Friday, becoming the first container ship to dock in Viet Nam to collect goods destined for the US East Coast.

The 300-metre-long ship is operated by Ocean 3, an alliance of French container transportation and shipping company CMA-CGM , China Shipping and the United Arab Shipping Company (UASC).

The 9,006-TEU-capacity vessel left China's Yantian port for CMIT and will continue its voyage to Port Kelang-El Suweis, New York and Malta, among other destinations.

The deep-water CMIT is capable of receiving ships of up to 160,000DWT.

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