United Arab Shipping Company’s newest vessel, the 18,800 TEU LNG-ready Barzan, has made its maiden call at the Port of Felixstowe, the Port of Britain.
The biggest container ship in the UASC fleet arrived at the UK’s largest container port from Port Kelang in Malaysia, the Port of Felixstowe informed in a statement. The vessel is deployed on UASC’s AEC1 service between Asia and North Europe.
Barzan, named the world’s most environmentally friendly ultra large container vessel, is the first of a series of six 18,800 TEU vessels being acquired by UASC for the Asia – Europe trade. Barzan is also a part of the industry’s first LNG-ready fleet and will set new standards for fuel and energy efficiency, due to optimised vessel design and an array of efficiency technologies, according to the statement.
As well as Felixstowe, the AEC1 service calls at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Port Kelang, Rotterdam, and Hamburg.
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