Khorfakkan container terminal receives ‘CSCL Mercury’

Gulftainer, the largest privately owned terminal operator in the Middle East, welcomed CSCL Mercury, the first vessel on China Shipping’s enhanced AEX7 joint service with United Arab Shipping Line.

By Staff Report

Published: Tue 19 Aug 2014, 11:42 PM

Last updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 10:08 PM

The service between CSCL and UASC, links leading ports across Asia and Northern Europe. On its maiden call, CSCL Mercury completed cargo operations well ahead of schedule achieving a gross productivity rate in excess of 150 moves per hour with four gantry cranes.

CSCL Mercury completed cargo operations well ahead of schedule.

KCT’s terminal manager said: “The terminal is witnessing an exciting period in its expansion by drawing on the positive growth in global trade and the development of new services by leading shipping companies. We are delighted to welcome CSCL Mercury on the new service’s maiden call, on one of the dynamic global trade routes linking Asia and Europe.”

KCT is the only fully fledged operational container terminal in the UAE located outside the Strait of Hormuz. Due to its unique geographic location, it has been one of the most important transshipment hubs for the Arabian Gulf, the subcontinent, the Gulf of Oman and the East African markets.

Gulftainer’s current portfolio covers four UAE operations in Khorfakkan, Sharjah, Hamriyah and Ruwais, as well as activities at Umm Qasr in Iraq, Recife in Brazil, Tripoli Port in Lebanon and also in Saudi Arabia, where it manages container terminals in Jeddah and Jubail ports.

— business@khaleejtimes.com