On November 24, DP World-operated Port of Mundra, received the largest container ship ever on Indian shore.
APL Italy docked at Mundra port unloaded 1,250 containers. Liberian-flag vessel, APL Italy built in 2002, has the capacity of 8,402 TEU 20-foot equivalent units, according to Mundra International Container Terminal (MICT).
“Arrival of such vessels is a milestone for Mundra International Container Terminal, which will boost export-import trade in and out of Gujarat and India as a whole,” MICT said to the Journal of Commerce.
[mappress] World Maritime News Staff, November 28, 2011