THE Port of Tianjin recently handled the largest containership that has ever called at the port, the 15,550-TEU Eugen Maersk, Xinhua reports.
At 170,794 gross tonnes, it is 397.7 metres long and 56.4 metres wide with a draft of 16 metres.
The ship came from Dalian carrying 150,000 tonnes of freight, and called at Tianjin Port Alliance International Container Terminal's N4 berth. It stayed at Tianjin for 24 hours, loaded and unloaded 5,500 containers and departed for Qingdao.
In order to secure smooth operation and high efficiency, Tianjin sent a special task force of highly skilled workers to handle the mega ship, and had a number of quay cranes to handle cargo at the same time.
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