West Port Said container terminal received on 1-3/10/2016 five “Mother” container ships, one of which is a Chinese COSCO container ship while the other four ships are UASC container ships and their specifications are as follows:
- The ship COSCO EUROPE with a length of 349 m and a draft of 11.2 m has docked at container terminal on 1/10/2016 where 729 Box containers were handled with elapsed labour rate of 27 containers/ crane/hour.
- The ship AL-QIBLA with a length of 366 m and a draft of 12.4 m has docked at container terminal on 2/10/2016 where 1132 Box containers were handled with elapsed labour rate of 24 containers/ crane/hour.
- The ship Al-GAZAN with a length of 306 m and a draft of 10.5 m has docked at container terminal on 2/10/2016 where 194 Box containers were handled with elapsed labour rate of 27 containers/ crane/hour
- The ship EGIOS DIMITRIOS with a length of 300 m and a draft of 11.2 m has docked at container terminal on 3/10/2016 where 766 Box containers were handled with elapsed labour rate of 26 containers/ crane/hour
- The ship AL-MANAMAH with a length of 306 m and a draft of 11.6 m has docked at container terminal on 3/10/2016 where 492 Box containers were handled with elapsed labour rate of 25 containers/ crane/hour.
All these ships have been handled with efficiency and high labour rates thanks primarily to the efforts of staff of the terminal, development works, raising efficiency, and upgrading of handling equipment. Especially huge S.T.S winches that have been recently installed and they allow 22 lines to be handled on the ship board.
