The MSC London en-route to Salalah

Salalah to berth largest MSC container ship

Port of Salalah will mark the historic arrival of the largest container ship to call in Oman when the MSC London arrives in Salalah today (Friday 8 August).

At 399 m in length, the vessel is, so far, the largest ship owned by the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and the first in a series of six 16,652 teu ships to join its 474+ vessel fleet.

“The arrival of the MSC London is more than a record event for us,” said David Gledhill, CEO at Port of Salalah, “as not only does this illustrate Salalah’s capability to handle vessels of this class, moreover, it reflects the sound partnership and confidence MSC has in the port to handle the company’s largest container ship efficiently.”

Salalah will handle the MSC London as well as an additional MSC vessel with a capacity of 10,000 teu in simultaneous container operations.  Up to 3,000 teu will be loaded onto the MSC London for transhipment as the vessel is underway from Singapore to the Black Sea.

Port of Salalah is the largest container terminal and the only port in Oman that provides direct weekly connections to markets in Far East, Europe and the US East Coast, as well as to emerging economies in Africa and the Indian Sub-continent, with multiple sailing to these locations each week.