Bigger OOCL ships visiting Ceres Paragon container terminal in Amsterdam

Thursday, March 8 saw the first visit of an OOCL-operated 8,000-TEU container ship to the Ceres Paragon container terminal in Amsterdam. The ship concerned is the OOCL Shenzhen, which sails on the EU2 service between Western Europe and China via the Middle East. The EU2 service is operated by the Grand Alliance - a joint venture between four shipping companies, namely Hapag Lloyd, NYK, MISC and OOCL.

Normally, 6,500-TEU ships ply this route. But the Grand Alliance is now gradually introducing bigger vessels to cope with the higher demand for transport capacity.

The OOCL Shenzhen is the second in a total of six new 8,000-TEU ships that will be calling at the port of Amsterdam. Earlier, Hapag Lloyd began deploying bigger vessels on the route to Amsterdam.

Today, Captain Chan of the OOCL Shenzhen is receiving an official welcome by Cor Oudendijk - Executive Director Shipping for the port of Amsterdam - who will present him with a memento featuring the port's coat of arms.

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