M.V. MSC Michaela, longest container vessel with highest container carrying capacity berthed at VOC Port

V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority has achieved a large milestone with the palmy berthing of M.V. MSC Michaela. The vessel’s wide magnitude is 304 metres with a beam of 40 metres.

This marks the accomplishment of the longest instrumentality vas and the highest carrying capableness vas with 6.724 TEUs of containers, ever to berth astatine the port, underscoring the increasing prominence of India’s maritime sector.

The progression of the larboard from handling M.V. MSC Petra with an wide magnitude 299.5 metres successful May 2022 to palmy accomplishment of M.V. MSC Michaela, importantly highlights the important enhancement of VOC Port’s operational capabilities.

MSC Michaela, which arrived from Panama is scheduled to sail to Colombo, is handling a full of 3,977 TEUs astatine the port. This includes 2,676 TEUs of import containers, 1,104 TEUs of export containers, 148 TEUs involving restow operations and 49 TEUs of transhipment containers.

In the commemorative lawsuit held astatine the port, Susanta Kumar Purohit, IRSEE, Chairperson, VOC Port stated that the palmy handling of M.V. MSC Michaela reflects the port’s caller infrastructure upgrades specified arsenic enhancing the maximum draught to 14.20 metres, widening the turning ellipse of port’s basin from 488 metres to 550 metres, operationalisation of DPE installation and the caller induction of 4th tug with 60 tonne bollard propulsion to manoeuvre ample instrumentality vessels.