07 June 2017
Direct mainline connection results in enhanced business opportunities with the Far East

Khalifa Bin Salman Port, Hidd, Bahrain. APM Terminals Bahrain recently marked a milestone with the arrival of the largest container ship ever to call the Khalifa Bin Salman Port (KBSP). OOCL (Orient Overseas Container Line) Singapore, with an overall length of 366.469 meters and a capacity of 13208 TEUs (twenty feet equivalent unit).

The introduction of the Ocean Alliance MEA3 service, offers Bahrain customers with a direct main line call to China and the Far East, thus helping to boost business opportunities. This will also coincide with APM Terminals’ ongoing efforts to make KBSP the transshipment hub for the upper Gulf region with an overall increase in container throughput.

Photo-caption: OOCL Singapore and the master of the vessel, Capt.Kong Wai Ho, welcomed at KBSP by officials from Port and Maritime Affairs, APM Terminals Bahrain and agents Almoayed Wilhelmsen

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Contact Information
Ramla AlHaddad
Commercial Officer
APM Terminals
Hidd, Bahrain
Office  +973 1736 5559
Mobile +973 3888 5539
Ramla.Alhaddad@apmterminals.com 

Pooja Rekhi-Sharma
Memac Ogilvy Bahrain
Office  +973 17561723
Pooja.sharma@ogilvy.com

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