News Release

August1

The giant container ship (ONE MINATO) at Damietta Container Terminal and achieving global performance rates

In light of the development of DCHC (Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Co.) and taking advantage of economies of scale, DCHC received the giant container ship (ONE MINATO) of the Japanese shipping line ONE (Ocean Network Express ), which is one of the largest container shipping operators in the world and is considered one of the main customers of the Damietta Container Terminal. Where the ship was docked on the container berth (1-2) on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, and it is coming from the port of Singapore and heading to the port of Barcelona, Spain, and a plan was developed for the ship's work, where (5) giant berth cranes (STS) were operated to work on the ship, and during one shift the highest global performance rates were achieved on the ship, where 1460 containers were handled within only 8 hours. The ship (ONE MINATO) is one of the latest giant container ships for the ONE shipping line, and its specifications are the length of 366 meters, width 51 meters and draft 15 meters, and it belongs to the service (MD1) with a total of 4000 moves per week, which confirms the confidence of the global shipping lines in Damietta Container Terminal and as a result of increasing the depth of the quay and the development of the terminal's operating work and its ability to accommodate larger sizes of ships to make Damietta Container Terminal a major center for transit trade in the Eastern Mediterranean. For his part, Admiral Dr. Rafik Galal - Executive Managing Director of DCHC (Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Co.) announced that the terminal continues to implement its giant investments to ensure the provision of distinguished services to its customers from global shipping lines as well as Egyptian exporters and importers, and extends thanks and appreciation to all employees of the company, success partners in all sectors for their sincere efforts and dedication to work, and for the good and distinguished effort in dealing with the giant container ship (ONE MINATO) with professionalism, efficiency and achieving global performance rates in order to raise the status of the company, which is beneficial and leads to supporting the Egyptian economy.

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