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The giant container ship Emma Maerske was towed to Palermo by the Fairmount Alpine

Among a number of the recent high profile tows carried out recently by Fairmount Marine of Rotterdam was the delivery of the 156,907 dwt container ship Emma Maersk from the Suez Canal Container Terminal in Egypt to Fincantieri’s repair yard in Palermo, Sicily. The 398m long Emma Maersk was disabled ...

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