Mumbai Maersk sets new draft record at Port of Felixstowe

The 20,568 TEU container ship Mumbai Maersk has set a new record for the deepest draft vessel to call at Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe.

The vessel, deployed on Maersk Line’s AE10 service between Europe and Asia, arrived on 11 November from Bremerhaven, Germany to the UK port with a draft of 16.8 metres and sailed 24 hours later with a draft of 17 metres.

The record was set just four weeks after the UK’s largest container port announced the completion of a GB£130 million (US$160 million)...

https://container-news.com/mumbai-maersk-sets-new-draft-record-at-port-of-felixstowe/

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