he Port of Durban in South Africa has made history with the arrival of the MSC Rifaya, the largest container ship ever to dock at a South African port.
The ultra-large container vessel (ULCV) made an unscheduled stop at Durban on Monday, June 9, to undergo emergency repairs after sailing from Ashdod, Israel.
Measuring nearly 400 meters in length and weighing over 200,000 metric tonnes, the MSC Rifaya ranks among the world’s largest container vessels.
Its reported capacity ranges from 19,437 to 19,466 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), surpassing all previous container ships to enter South African waters.
Docking the massive vessel was a complex maneuver involving four harbour tugs.
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