Giant Container Ship (ONE MEISHAN) Arrives at Damietta Container Terminal ||Jan 2024


DCHC (Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Co.) received the giant container ship ONE MEISHAN of the Japanese shipping line Ocean Network Express (ONE), which is one of the largest container shipping operators in the world, and the ONE MEISHAN ship is a modern container ship that was built in 2018 in Japan and carries the flag of Japan, and it is coming from Asia heading to Europe and was entered on the quay of the Damietta Container Terminal coming from the port of Singapore, where the ship was anchored on container berth No. (1) on Monday January 15, 2024, was handled with 5 giant quay cranes STS and 4111 containers will be unloaded and shipped, and the dimensions of the ONE MEISHAN ship are 366 meters long, 51 meters wide, draft 15.40 meters and a maximum load of 15,000 TEUs, which is one of the latest container ships of the ONE shipping line. It is worth mentioning that DCHC (Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Co.) has completed the implementation of a giant project to strengthen and deepen the container berths so that it can receive giant container ships in service, which have a draft of up to 17 meters and a load of more than 20 thousand TEUs, and also the application of the modern information system NAVIS N4 to manage and operate the container terminal electronically, which reflects positively on the performance rates and efficiency of the terminal, thus confirming the terminal's readiness to compete as the strongest container handling terminals in The Eastern Mediterranean region, in line with the policy of the Egyptian state to make Egypt a global logistics center. And with the continued arrival of giant ships to Damietta Container Terminal, Admiral Dr. Rafik Galal - Executive Managing Director of DCHC (Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Co.) thanks and appreciation to all the company's employees, success partners, for their sincere efforts and dedication to work to raise the status of the company, as well as thanks to our customers from global shipping lines that deal with us and trust us, and also many thanks to the Damietta Port Authority headed by Admiral Ahmed Hawash for the full and fruitful coordination between DCHC (Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Co.) and the Damietta Port Authority.