The MS Hong Kong Express – belonging to the Hapag Lloyd shipping company – paid its first visit to Amsterdam. It sails on the so-called EU-2 loop, which is part of the Asia-Europe service operated by the Grand Alliance group (a joint venture between four shipping companies, namely Hapag Lloyd, NYK, OOCL and Misc).

The Hong Kong Express is part of the next-generation large container ships that will increasingly be deployed on the service to the Far East to replace the current fleet of 6,500-TEU ships.

The ultramodern Ceres Paragon Terminal handled this giant of the sea, which brought in some 1,500 shipping containers. To add luster to the vessel’s maiden call, Cor Oudendijk – Director of Shipping of the Port of Amsterdam – presented the captain of the Hong Kong Express with a memento featuring the port’s coat of arms.

Ab van der Neut, Communication Department of the Port of Amsterdam

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