Port of Salalah has received the maiden call from global shipping line CSAV (CompañíaSud Americana de Vapores). CSAV is a Chilean shipping company operating across all the continents in container, bulk and car carrier vessels. They are one of the oldest and most respected liner companies in the world today.
The M/V Pucon a 304 metre, 6,500 TEU (20 foot equivalent container units) container vessel called at Salalah on Tuesday en route from India to northern Europe. In laymen’s terms, the cargo on the MV Pucon if laid end to end would be the equivalent of five times the length of the world’s tallest building the Burj Khalifa. With 25 of the world’s largest cranes, Port of Salalah is in fact built to handle double this size of cargo on a single vessel.
The vessel will be calling at Salalah in both directions on a monthly rotation as part of an Asia-Europe-Asia service. The vessel crew met Ahmed Akaak, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Port of Salalah, and senior members of the port management. The captain received a commemorative plaque to mark the vessel’s maiden call at Salalah. Peter Ford, Chief Executive Officer for Port of Salalah said: “We are delighted to welcome CSAV to Salalah and receive the maiden call from its vessel the MV Pucon.”
The addition of CSAV as a customer to the Port of Salalah will add to the number of markets and options that businesses, both local and international, have when using Salalah as a distribution or manufacturing base. “We are in further negotiations with a number of other key liner companies whose regional and global shipping networks will be greatly enhanced by using the strategic location Salalah offers.”
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