DP World’s Chennai Container Terminal Welcomes Largest Container Ship
Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Global trade enabler DP World operated Chennai Container Terminal (CCTL) has achieved yet another landmark – by safely berthing MV CMA CGM RHONE, the largest container vessel to visit India’s south and eastern coast, calling Chennai Port on 8 September 2019. The 299.95 m long Malta flagged vessel has a capacity of 9365 TEUs (Twenty feet equivalent units). The vessel arrived from Singapore, with 2434 TEUs Imports and loaded 1345 TEUs Exports. The vessel is operated by CMA CGM, a leading worldwide transport and logistics group. It is one of the 14 ships deployed on the NEMO (North Europe Med Oceania) service run by CMA CGM and Hapag Lloyd. The NEMO service has been calling DPW Chennai’s terminal since May 2007 and is the only direct service to Europe from the South and East coast ports of India. This service connects North Europe and the Mediterranean with the Indian Ocean and Australia and dips into Chennai on its west bou...