Busan Port Authority (BPA) President Woo Ye-jong stated that 20,656-TEU CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery of the world’s third largest container liner, CMA CGM, entered Busan New Port BNCT Terminal on the 6th.
The ship was built in Subic Philippines at Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction shipyard and has a length of 400 meters, a width of 59 meters and gross tonnage tipping at 217,673 tons. It is the largest container vessel to enter Busan Port since its opening. CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery is longer than four football fields.
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The boxship is deployed on the FAL service and it will call Ningbo, Shanghai, Singapore, Algeciras, Rotterdam, and Le Havre after loading 3,500 containers at Busan Port.
Vessels with a loading capacity of over 20,000 TEU have continuously entered Busan Port since the 20,568-TEU Madrid Maersk called at Busan Port last April.
BPA President Woo said, “20,000-TEU class ships usually call at HJNC or PNIT, but Saint Exupery is the first 20,000-TEU class vessel that entered BNCT.”
He added, “It shows that Busan Port’s infrastructures are capable of accommodating mega size vessels and can meet the global liners’ demand.”
Source: Busan Port Authority (LF)
Source: Busan Port Authority