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The Magleby Maersk will call at the port of Le Havre on April 14. The sea giant vessel has selected Le Havre for this French maiden call.
Le Havre is one of three ports that are part of the HAROPA port complex.
The Norman port is one of the very few ports in the North-European range able to receive the biggest containership in the world, fully laden.
The choice of Maersk Line, which is the No. 1 shipping company, to select the port of Le Havre to accommodate the Magleby Maersk relies upon the nautical conditions offered by the Norman port, which is fully suited for managing the increase in ship size and their specific needs in terms of performance. Access to Port 2000 is rapid, safe and secure, 24/7 for all fully laden vessels.
More than 300 giant containerships (+ 10,000 TEU) were not mistaken about that, as, in 2013, they called in at Port 2000 (that is 27 percent more than in 2012).
The Triple-E class has taken up the bet to carry more cargo (18,000 TEUs), using less fuel and reducing CO2 emissions by 50 percent per container carried. In addition, for the first time in the design of a container vessel, the complete recycling of the ship was planned with the "cradle to cradle'' concept according to which each ship part is recorded in the vessel passport.
This aspect is in line with the concerns of HAROPA, which has chosen to incorporate the environment into its strategy of growth.
In total, 20 Triple-E container vessels will be delivered to Maersk Line company by 2015. They will be operated on the Asia-Europe route and they will connect eight Asian ports with six European ports.
Built by DSME shipyards in South Korea, the Magleby Maersk - the 6th of the Triple-E series already delivered to Maersk Line - will sail from Rotterdam to Le Havre on April 14 with 22 crew members on board. She will spend 18 hours at the port of Le Havre for loading/off-loading operations before casting off for Tangiers.
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