Largest Vessel to call at King Abdulaziz Port
2023-07-17
Largest Vessel to call at King Abdulaziz Port
On 16 July 2023, King Abdulaziz Port Dammam (KAPD) and Saudi Global Ports (SGP) celebrated the arrival of Hapag-Lloyd AG’s Berlin Express, the largest container vessel to call at the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. At almost 400m long with a width of 61m, the Berlin Express is amongst the largest container vessels globally with a nominal capacity of 23,664 TEUs.
Berlin Express is part of the AG3 service which connects the growing economies in Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, and China) with the Middle East (UAE, Oman, and Saudi Arabia).
