Hutchison Ports announced that the first operation of Hutchison Ports ICAVE within the modernization of the port of Veracruz, took place on July 1, at 6:30 am.
Specifically, the first operation of Hutchison Ports Internacional de Contenedores Asociados de Veracruz (ICAVE) within the modernization of the Port of Veracruz was undertaken with the visit by CMA CGM White Shark. According to the port, the White Shark arrived at about 8:20 and officially unloaded the first of millions of containers that will arrive at the new ICAVE terminal.
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Moreover, the Maltese-flagged White Shark, consists of a length of 294.12m, a beam of 32.2m and a capacity of 5,095 TEUs, built in 2007, it becomes an icon for the history of foreign trade in Mexico; because her arrival marks a new beginning in the dynamics of a port community in our country and in the world.
The port of Veracruz, considered as a millenary gateway to world diversity, gains strength with this great port work.
In its statement, the port commented that they have taken steps towards their goals, meanwhile according to the port that the move was ‘a small step for Hutchison Ports ICAVE, but a great step for the Mexican Port System.’