Abu Dhabi Terminals welcomes JADE service – ZAWYA

Abu Dhabi Terminals welcomes JADE service – ZAWYA

Abu Dhabi Terminals welcomes JADE service | ZAWYA MENA Edition HomeBusinessArticleAbu Dhabi Terminals welcomes JADE service The JADE service forms part of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and 2M alliance networks    Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT), the managers and operators of Khalifa Port Container Terminal, recently welcomed yet another new main line service to its growing network.The JADE service, which forms part of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and 2M alliance networks, provides ADT customers with additional direct coverage and fast transit times from the Mediterranean and Red Sea into Abu Dhabi and from Abu Dhabi into South East Asia and North Asia.The first vessel call on this new service to Abu Dhabi took place on June 8 when MSC Maya made her maiden call to Khalifa Port Container Terminal. The containerships deployed on the JADE service are some of the largest ones in the world and the largest in the MSC fleet. On June 23 and June 28 ADT hosted the two largest containerships to ever call a terminal in the Arabian Gulf, the MSC SIXIN (23,656 TEU capacity) and the MSC GULSUN (23,756 TEU capacity).Ahmed Al Mutawa, Abu Dhabi Terminals' Chief Executive Officer, commented: "Our excellent relationship with