Alexandria port receives the largest container ships in the world.. Photos

The Alexandria Port Authority received the ship THALASSA ELPIDA, which is one of the largest container ships in the world.

Captain Tarek Shaheen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alexandria Port Authority, instructed to follow the utmost levels of professionalism in Qatar and to guide the ship until it had already left on one of the berths of the Dekheila port, where the total tonnage of the Liberian ship reaches 148,667 tons and is capable of carrying 13,800 TEUs with a length of 1207 feet with a draft of 50.5 Submitted and that the unloading operations are currently proceeding successfully.

It is noteworthy that the movement of navigation and the circulation of goods in the General Authority of Alexandria Port witnessed remarkable activity during; As the total imported and exported cargo in Alexandria and Dekheila ports amounted to approximately 150 thousand tons, and the number of imported and exported containers, which amounted to 1917 TEUs.

In the same context, the total number of arrival and departure vessels reached 57 during the past forty-eight hours. As for the number of vessels currently carrying out loading and unloading operations in the ports of Alexandria and Dekheila, it has reached 36 vessels, including container ships, petroleum and general cargo.

Captain Tariq Shaheen, Chairman of the Board of Directors, stressed the need to take all security and safety measures and the precautionary and preventive measures used to confront the Corona pandemic, as well as an alert to maintain standard environmental standards and the cleanliness of the water and land surface.