Liner Shipping: New York/New Jersey, Saint John

New York/New Jersey Docks its First 13,000+ TEU Vessel

The largest container ship to call the Port of New York & New Jersey sailed under the newly elevated Bayonne Bridge into Newark Bay and docked at Maher Terminals Berth 68 on July 17.

The 13,208-TEU OOCL Berlin is 1,200 feet (367.48 meters) long, 158 feet (48 meters) wide, and has a deadweight capacity of 144,143 metric tons. The port’s previous record holder was the 10,000-TEU MOL Benefactor in July 2016.

OOCL Berlin operates in a vessel sharing agreement with Ocean Alliance (OA) partners CMA-CGM, COSCO Shipping, and Evergreen The vessel was rotated to the Port of New York and New Jersey to load empties.

OCCL Berlin will be joined by a sister ship of identical size, OOCL Malaysia, later this summer.

Three other ships from the same group — the OOCL Korea, the OOCL Chongqing, and the OOCL France — are being considered for rotation to New York and New Jersey in second half 2017.

The OA and other carrier alliances have announced their intention to deploy vessels of up to 18,000 TEUs to New York/New Jersey.


OOCL Berlin passing beneath the newly-elevated Bayonne Bridge roadway inbound to Maher Terminals on Newark Bay
Photo/Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Bahri RoCon Service Begins Calling Port Saint John

Bahri Logistics is the latest general cargo carrier to begin regular calls at DP World Cargo Terminals in Port Saint John.

The Baltimore based company operates six new 25,957 dwt multipurpose vessels designed to carry project, ro/ro roll-off, break bulk and container cargo. Four of the so-called "RoCon" ships are deployed in service connecting Canada via Saint John to major ports in the Middle East, Indian Sub-Continent, the Mediterranean, Mexico and the U.S. Gulf and East coasts. The Bahri service calls Port Saint John every 24 days.

"Adding a new service to the offerings at Port Saint John provides shippers and receivers in the region and beyond opportunity to access new markets with their products," said Jim Quinn, the port authority’s president and chief executive officer. "The Bahri vessels are uniquely designed multipurpose vessels which specialize in carrying project cargo, roll on-roll off cargo and containers and their addition to the services at DP World’s cargo terminal here is very welcomed."


M/V Bahri Abha shown docked this April at DP World Cargo Terminals
Photo/Port Saint John