(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Aqaba, Oct 22 (Petra) –– The world's largest car transporter, Hoegh Target docked at the Port of Aqaba Friday with 8,500 cars on board, 650 of which will be unloaded in the port.
Mansour Qouqazeh, a Ports Corporation official, said as he welcomed the giant Ro-Ro vessel that it was the first Post Panamax carrier registered to the Norwegian firm Hoegh Autoliners to arrive in Aqaba and the Middle East. That is a testimony of the port's ability and efficiency to welcome such ships, he said. The 14-deck auto transporter, boasts deck space the size of 10 football pitches. It is 200 metres in length and 36 metres wide and has a deck space of 71,400 square metres.
Officials said the vessel will left the port with 450 re-export cars.
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22/10/2016 - 06:31:26 PM
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