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Port of NY & NJ Welcomes Largest Container Ship Ever at GCT Bayonne

2016-07-08
On: July 8, 2016
In: Cargo Volumes, Events, Industry News/Advisory

Port officials and employees of GCT USA today welcomed the captain and crew of the MOL Benefactor, the first container vessel to transit the expanded Panama Canal locks and visit an East Coast port, and the largest vessel ever to call on the Port of New York and New Jersey. This event signals a new era in shipping as the port continues to handle the largest vessels now transiting the recently expanded Panama Canal locks. The MOL Benefactor is a new Panama class vessel boasting a 10,100 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) cellular capacity. It is the first vessel to visit any East Coast port afterRead More →

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