4-Jun-2013
NEW DELHI: Adani Ports and SEZ's (APSEZ) Mundra Port today handled one of the largest and longest container vessels in the world--MV MSC Valeria, having a capacity of 14,000 TEUs, sources said.
According to marinetraffic.com, a leading website on marine traffic, MSC Valeria docked at about 1023 hrs in the morning at Mundra port -- the largest private port in India.
Docking of MSC Valeria, the ultra-large container ship having an overall Length of 365.5 metres (1,199.2 feet), at Mundra port was a first for any of the Indian ports as they have never handled such a large container ship in the past, shipping industry sources said.
MV MSC Valeria is owned by Switzerland-based MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company and is currently plying between China and West Mediterranean. The container ship was put into service last year.
The container ship berthed on the new container terminal of the Mundra port which has two large berths alongside water depths of 17.5 metres.
However, APSEZ officials declined to comment on handling MSC Valeria.
The company was in the process of raising about Rs 1,000 crore by offloading its over 3 per cent stake to qualified investors. The share sale was launched today through an institutional placement programme.
Mundra Port is APSEZ's flagship port and had handled 82.13 million tonnes (MT) of cargo and 1.74 million TEUs of container volume in the last fiscal. It has a total cargo handling capacity of 200 MT per annum and also operates two container terminals with an annual capacity of about 2.5 million TEUs.
TEUs, or twenty feet equivalents, are the standard units for quantifying cargoes at the container ships.
APSEZ shares rose 1.14 per cent today to close at Rs 155.20 apiece on the BSE.
Source:-economictimes.indiatimes.com
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