The largest cargo vessel ever to come to Canada arrived at Deltaport last Friday.
Terminal operator Global Container Terminals was called by Hapag-Lloyd's 13,200-TEU Antwerpen Express. The Hamburg class is a new fleet of vessels that comes with an improved environmental footprint, according to a statement by GCT Canada, which operates the Vanterm and Deltaport container terminals.
GCT Deltaport is the Antwerpen Express's firstport-of-call directly from the Far East.
A spokesperson with the Port of Vancouver noted the vessel will make Deltaport a regular stop.
There are 10 sister ships to the Antwerpen Express and some of them will also be visiting the port.
GCT completed a $280-million project last November to expand its Deltaport intermodal yard to increase its annual capacity to 1.9 million TEUs. The project increases rail capacity by over 50 per cent within the existing footprint, enabling better handling of big ship volumes.
Also having arrived at the Delaport container facility are 12 new stateof-the-art gantry cranes made in Finland that will help the facility become "big ship ready."
GCT also operates two facilities on the East Coast: GCT New York on Staten Island, NY and GCT Bayonne in Bayonne, NJ.
