The largest boxship ever to have visited Israel docked at Haifa Port

Another Israeli record broken with the arrival of the 8900 TEU container vessel MSC ARICA to the port of Haifa, as part of the Golden Gate Service, Port2Port reports.
 
MSC ARICA with a 8900 TEU capacity is the largest container ship ever to have visited Israel.  It's also the widest – 19 containers across the deck – which stretches the limits of the 6 STS cranes at the Carmel terminal to the limit.
 
The ARICA arrived at Haifa Port late Monday morning as part of the recently launched vessel's maiden voyage.
 
This is the second vessel plying the MSC global route, to visit Haifa in recent weeks.