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The future sailed into the port of Savannah when CMA CGM's 8,500 TEU Figaro, the largest vessel ever to call at the Georgia port, docked at the Garden City Terminal.
"The arrival of the Figaro is a view into the future of shipping between Asia and the US East Coast once the new locks on the Canal become operational in 2014/2015," said GPA's executive director Curtis Foltz.
The Figaro, at nearly 1,100 feet long with a 140-foot beam, was the largest CMA CGM container ship ever to call on the United States, when it visited the US West Coast in June 2010.
The Figaro is part of the Columbus Loop service, which has been calling on Savannah since June 2009. Its rotation includes Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, New York, Norfolk, Savannah, Seattle, Vancouver, Canada and Yokohama.
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