APM Terminals Pipavav announces arrival of largest container vessel ever

APM Terminals Pipavav is delighted to cater to the largest container vessel ever to arrive at the port. MV Express Athens from Hapag Lloyd is deployed in the TP1 INDAMEX service that caters to the USEC trade. EXPRESS ATHENS has a length overall (LOA) 349 m, beam 49 m, gross tonnage of 113973 and deadweight of 122959 was built in 2011 and can carry appx 10114 TEU. The vessel came from Charleston terminal [US] and will go to the Port Muhammad Bin Qasim [Pakistan].
By handling such large ship at our port showcases our infrastructural capabilities to handle larger vessels safely and quickly. We are eager to welcome more such vessels to keep moving the wheels of the supply chain.
The current annual cargo handling capacity includes 1.35 million TEU Containers, 250,000 Passenger cars, 2 million metric tons of Liquid bulk and 4 million metric tons of Dry bulk. APM Terminals Pipavav is India’s first public private partnership (PPP) port in India and is a part of the APM Terminals global terminal network.