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Article: DP World handles first vessel at SPCT
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- Al Bawaba
- Article date:
- October 18, 2009
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Global Marine Terminal operator DP World announced today that it
has handled its first vessel at Saigon Premier Container Terminal
(SPCT), an 80:20 joint venture between DP World and the Vietnamese
state-owned Tan Thuan Industrial Promotion Company (IPC).
The 1,200 TEU CMA CGM vessel Asta Rickmers made her maiden call
to SPCT. From today, Asta Rickmers maintains a weekly service
between Ho Chi Minh City, Tanjung Pelapas and Port Klang
The DP World-operated terminal, which is located along the
western shore of the Soai Rap River in the Hiep Phuoc Industrial
Park, has a total capacity of 1.5 million TEU a year.
SPCT is a state of the art facility currently equipped with five
quay cranes ...