maritime, inaugural stopover : Le Havre: double inaugural stopover with MSC's newest container ships

Inaugural calls at Le Havre for MSC KAYLEY and MSC BIANCA SILVIA. The latest addition to the MSC fleet, these two container ships have joined the Griffin service on the Asia-North Europe rotation as part of the 2M alliance.

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Arrivée du porte-conteneurs MSC Kayley propulsé au GNL dans le port du Havre - Enlarge image, modal window
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On Wednesday June 14th, HAROPA PORT welcomed the first call of the container ship MSC KAYLEY. Measuring 366 m long and 51 m wide, this latest-generation LNG-powered vessel has a capacity of 15,264 TEU. It joins the order for LNG-fuelled container ships expected from MSC.

On June 21, the port will also welcome the MSC BIANCA SILVIA - 366 m long, 51 m wide - 15,000 TEU - for its inaugural call.

These two ships are part of the Griffin service on the Asia-Northern Europe rotation (alliance 2M), which makes Le Havre Europe's 2nd largest port.

Rotation: Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Tanjung Pelepas, Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Le Havre, Tanger Med, King Abdullah City, Salalah, Singapore, Shanghai.