pioneer port
The CMA CGM Georg Forster and the Marchen Maersk arrive at the Strait of Gibraltar on their maiden call.
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El Port of Algeciras It will be the first of the Summer to operate two megaships in less than 24 hours. These are the container ships CMA CGM Georg Forster y Marchen Maersk, which are now sailing on their maiden voyage along the Summer heading to Port of Algeciras.
The first to arrive will be the CMA CGM Georg Forster, the second of the 6 megaships that the French shipping company plans to launch. Its measurements are 398 meters long and 54 meters wide, it carries up to 18.000 TEUs and almost 200.000 tons of merchandise. The ship, which will call at the semi-automatic container terminal in TTI Algeciras at the Exterior Green Island Dock, covers the line French Asia Line (FAL) that unites Asia with the north of Europe with a stopover in the Narrow.
In November 2013, the Port of Algeciras was the first to host a megaship, the Maersk McKiney Möller
will be followed by Marchen Maersk, a new unit in the 20 Triple E series of Maersk LineMeasuring 399.2 x 59 meters, it carries over 18.000 containersAs usual, the Triple E will call at the terminal APMT Algeciras at the Juan Carlos I Pier, and is destined for the AE5 line that also links the Asian continent with Europe.
In November 2013, the Port of Algeciras was a pioneer in hosting a megaship, the Maersk McKiney Möller. Later, in January 2015, this ship broke the world record for TEUs loaded onto a container ship at the APMT Algeciras terminal, reaching 18.168 units.
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