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JAXPORT Hosts its Largest Container Ship
The Jacksonville Port Authority hosted its largest container ship ever with the June 24 docking of the 10,000 TEU MOL Bravo at the TraPac Container Terminal at Dames Point. MOL Bravo has a length overall of 1,105 feet/336.9 meters, beam of 158 feet/48.2 meters wide, summer freeboard draft of 49.8 feet/15.2 meters and deadweight capacity of 115,231 metric tons.
The ship operates between the Far East and U.S. East Coast via the Suez Canal.
Despite moving "a significant amount of cargo" during its Jacksonville stop, MOL Bravo was unable to operate at full capacity due to the 40-foot depth of the St. Johns River shipping channel. The federal project to deepen the channel to 47 feet is set to begin construction by early 2018.
"When our harbor is deepened to 47 feet, a ship like the MOL Bravo will move twice as much cargo in and out of JAXPORT," said Dennis Kelly, regional vice president and general manager, TraPac Jacksonville.
ZIM Shanghai’s call on June 18 inaugurated the fourth new container service for North Carolina’s Port of Wilmington in the last two months.
ZIM recently added Wilmington to its Z7S all-water Asia-U.S. East Coast rotation. This weekly service links the port to markets in South China, Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent via the Suez Canal, creating trade opportunities for legacy apparel, furniture and hardware industries throughout the Carolinas.
The Z7S string consists of 11 container ships averaging 5,000 TEUs in capacity. The rotation includes Da Chan Bay (China), Yantian (China), Cai Mep (Vietnam), Port Kelang (Malaysia) and Colombo (Sri Lanka). All but Yantian are new direct port calls for Wilmington users.
In early May, Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company introduced the TA2/NEUATL2 Europe-U.S. East Coast container service linking Wilmington with Bremerhaven (Germany), Felixstowe (UK), and Le Havre (France).
THE Alliance’s weekly EC2 all-water Asia-U.S. East Coast container service began calling Wilmington in May as well.
Container carrier StreamLines’ Blue Stream Service between Central America, the United States and Europe made its inaugural Wilmington call earlier this month.
"We’ve made a steadfast commitment to better serve the Carolinas," said Greg Fennell, the state ports authority’s chief commercial officer. "With four major container service activations in the last two months, we are preparing for record throughput in Wilmington."
The Jacksonville Port Authority hosted its largest container ship ever with the June 24 docking of the 10,000 TEU MOL Bravo at the TraPac Container Terminal at Dames Point. MOL Bravo has a length overall of 1,105 feet/336.9 meters, beam of 158 feet/48.2 meters wide, summer freeboard draft of 49.8 feet/15.2 meters and deadweight capacity of 115,231 metric tons.
The ship operates between the Far East and U.S. East Coast via the Suez Canal.
Despite moving "a significant amount of cargo" during its Jacksonville stop, MOL Bravo was unable to operate at full capacity due to the 40-foot depth of the St. Johns River shipping channel. The federal project to deepen the channel to 47 feet is set to begin construction by early 2018.
"When our harbor is deepened to 47 feet, a ship like the MOL Bravo will move twice as much cargo in and out of JAXPORT," said Dennis Kelly, regional vice president and general manager, TraPac Jacksonville.
"We are currently at a depth challenge. When we get the river to 47 feet, we will start seeing significantly more cargo," said Vincent Cameron, president, International Longshoremen's Association Local 1408. "Containers represent jobs and the more containers we bring in the more jobs we create."
The 10,000 TEU MOL Bravo shown docked at JAXPORT’S TraPac Container Terminal
Photo/JAXPORT
ZIM Shanghai’s call on June 18 inaugurated the fourth new container service for North Carolina’s Port of Wilmington in the last two months.
ZIM recently added Wilmington to its Z7S all-water Asia-U.S. East Coast rotation. This weekly service links the port to markets in South China, Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent via the Suez Canal, creating trade opportunities for legacy apparel, furniture and hardware industries throughout the Carolinas.
The Z7S string consists of 11 container ships averaging 5,000 TEUs in capacity. The rotation includes Da Chan Bay (China), Yantian (China), Cai Mep (Vietnam), Port Kelang (Malaysia) and Colombo (Sri Lanka). All but Yantian are new direct port calls for Wilmington users.
In early May, Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company introduced the TA2/NEUATL2 Europe-U.S. East Coast container service linking Wilmington with Bremerhaven (Germany), Felixstowe (UK), and Le Havre (France).
THE Alliance’s weekly EC2 all-water Asia-U.S. East Coast container service began calling Wilmington in May as well.
Container carrier StreamLines’ Blue Stream Service between Central America, the United States and Europe made its inaugural Wilmington call earlier this month.
"We’ve made a steadfast commitment to better serve the Carolinas," said Greg Fennell, the state ports authority’s chief commercial officer. "With four major container service activations in the last two months, we are preparing for record throughput in Wilmington."
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