ICTSI services largest container vessel to call at the Philippines

INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) recently serviced the largest vessel to dock in the Philippines, the 4,330-TEU APL Bahrain, which called at both the New Container Terminal-1 (NCT-1) in Subic Bay Freeport and the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), ICTSI's flagship operation in the Port of Manila.

American President Lines Ltd (APL), one of the world's leading container shipping company based in Singapore, deployed the APL Bahrain for special calls in the country, said the ICTSI statement.

The vessel was newly built by Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co Ltd in its shipyard facility with production at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Zambales.

APL Bahrain, that has a length overall of 259.8 metres, had its maiden voyage from the Hanjin Subic shipyard to the nearby NCT-1, operated by ICTSI subsidiary Subic Bay International Terminal Corp. After NCT-1, the vessel's next stop was the MICT, the country's premier international trading gateway.

ICTSI is improving MICT's capacity and facilities with the ongoing Berth 6 project, which will expand the MICT to a further 14 hectares, 375 metres of berth, and additional eight rubber tyre gantries.
 

Source: SchedNet