09-Apr-2025 11:51 PM
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Thiruvananthapurm, Apr 9 (Reporter) India’s first Mega Transshipment Container Terminal "Vizhinjam International Seaport", operated by Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd (APSEZ), has welcomed the world’s largest eco-friendly container ship, MSC Turkiye, here on Wednesday.
MSC Turkiye, which is run by the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), is a modern engineering marvel.
The vessel measures 399.9 metres in length, 61.3 m in width and 33.5 m in depth. The ship can load about 24,346 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), making it one of the largest container ships ever built.
This world-class, future-ready port is the only transshipment hub in the Indian subcontinent, closest to the international shipping routes, and centrally located on the Indian coastline.
It is just 10 nautical miles (19 km) from the busy east-west shipping channel that connects Europe, the Persian Gulf, Southeast Asia and the Far East...////...