PSA Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals starts second regular service with Hapag-Lloyd call

PSA’s Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals continued on its growth path with the arrival of Hapag-Lloyd’s “Express Rome” at the terminal today, marking BMCT’s second weekly service call and its first direct Europe service. The 10,114-TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit), 122,961 dwt “Express Rome” is 350 metres long and operates the Indian Ocean Service (“IOS”) linking India and the Middle East directly with the North European ports of Antwerp, Hamburg and London. Its inaugural call at BMCT will be followed by three sister ships from Hapag Lloyd plus three and one vessels respectively from service partners Hamburg-Sud and CMA-CGM.