Mombasa port has registered a new record performance by a container ship, handling 852 Twenty Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in less than eight hours.
The record shift performance by Evergreen Shipping Line vessel MV Cape Maas shatters that of 755 moves set recently by the largest-ever container vessel to call at the port, MV Clemens Schulte, which also worked with three ship-to-shore gantry cranes to record 3,397 cumulative moves in 48.91 hours.
Kenya Ports Authority managing director Gichiri Ndua said the vessel posted her best performance on the third shift using three ship-to-shore gantry cranes, where she registered 116 berth moves per hour.
The Colombian-registered ship has a total capacity of 2,800 TEUs, a gross tonnage of 35,708 and a declared draft of 12.5 metres. She regularly calls at the port of Mombasa monthly flying a Marshal Islands flag.
Amr Mostafa, the operations manager of the MV Cape Maas shipping agent, said the shipping line had enhanced its operations since January and was looking forward to becoming the best caller at the port of Mombasa.

Source: Media max

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