Largest container ship ‘EVER ART’ crosses New Suez Canal for 1st time – Egypt Today

Largest container ship ‘EVER ART’ crosses New Suez Canal for 1st time – Egypt Today

CAIRO - 30 June 2022: The giant container ship "EVER ART" crossed for the first time the New Suez Canal within a convoy on its journey coming from Malaysia, and heading to the port of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. EVER ART is the largest container ship in the world, and follows the shipping line "EVER GREEN". EVER ART is the sixth ship in a series of 12 giant ships under construction of the 24 A class. Its tonnage is 221,000 tons, and it can carry 24,132 containers on board. Lieutenant-General Osama Rabie, head of the Suez Canal Authority, directed to take all necessary measures to ensure the safe transit of the tanker. A group of senior authority guides was appointed to provide navigational aids from accompanying locomotives, in addition to instant follow-up from the main traffic office and guidance stations along the canal. "EVER ART" is the newer sister to the ships "EVER ARM", "EVER ACE", "EVER ACT", "EVER AIM", and "EVER ALP", which all crossed the Suez Canal several times before, he added, indicating that the New Suez Canal is the first and most efficient choice among global roads and corridors. The head of the authority stressed the readiness