Mary Maerks, the third Triple-E class container ships on September 7 2013 docked at Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company terminal based in the Far Eastern Vostochny port, the facility operator VSC said.
The VSC terminal is the first port of call for Mary Maersk. In its turn the terminal had previously handled two Triple-E series ultra-large boxships.
The Mary Maersk was built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME Daewoo) shipyard.
The 18,340teu Mary Maersk general characteristics: LOA - 399 m, beam - 59 m, overall height - 73 m.
Upon completion of loading Mary Maersk departed the Far East terminal and set sail to the South Korean port of Busan.
Then the boxship will proceed on her port rotation: Kwangyang, Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Suez Canal, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Gdansk, Aarhus, Gothenburg, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Port Tangier Mediterranee, Suez Canal, Singapore, Yantian, Hong Kong, Busan, Kwangyang, Ningbo, Shanghai, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas.
Maersk Mary is the second ship of this class, which called at VSC berths. The first mega boxhip was Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller in early July 2013.
The Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company is currently the only Russian operator certified to receive at its berths Triple-E vessels.
LLC Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company is the largest container terminal in the Far East of Russia, operating in Vostochny Port, member of Global Ports Group. The VSC terminal capacity is 550,000 TEUs.
