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Big Box Load Is Beautiful
01 Nov 2004
On 27 September, the pushboat Riad left Rotterdam's ECT Delta Terminals with a record load of 652TEU. All of the 415 containers on board were full, to be unloaded in Rotterdam and feedered on to Antwerp.
Nautically the transport posed no problems but was limited to a speed of 10km/h. The high volume load was barge operator WCT-MCA 's answer to the problem of overstretched terminals; one barge takes less time to handle than several.
MJ Information No: 20028
