On 1 July 2012 the largest ever container ship to enter a South African port to work cargo will arrive in the Port of Durban, vindicating the recent widening and deepening of the harbour entrance.
The ship is the MSC SOLA (131,771-gt, built 2008) which is arriving from Port Louis and the Far East. Although she will not be fully laden the arrival of the 364 metre long ship becomes another justification for the recent harbour entrance channel project, which saw it widened by an additional 100m to a minimum width of 222m and deepened to a working draught of -16.5m.
On 1 July 2012 the largest ever container ship to enter a South African port to work cargo will arrive in the Port of Durban, vindicating the recent widening and deepening of the harbour entrance.
The ship is the MSC SOLA (131,771-gt, built 2008) which is arriving from Port Louis and the Far East. Although she will not be fully laden the arrival of the 364 metre long ship becomes another justification for the recent harbour entrance channel project, which saw it widened by an additional 100m to a minimum width of 222m and deepened to a working draught of -16.5m.
Once work on deepening at least one of the container terminal berths on Pier 2 has been completed ships of this size will be able to arrive or sail fully laden.
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