APM Terminals Rotterdam welcomed the first call of the United Arab Shipping Company’s vessel to the facility when the 6800 TEU Mayssan called on her voyage of the weekly AEC2 Asia Europe Container Service.

United Arab Shipping Company, the 20th largest container shipping
company, is projected to move over 100,000 TEUs through the terminal
yearly.

“We are very proud that UASC has chosen APM Terminals Rotterdam to
serve their customers in these tough economic times” stated Managing
Director of APM Terminals Rotterdam, Hans van Kerkhof, who presented
the Captain with a plaque commemorating the event. “We look forward to
delivering operational excellence to UASC and help them grow their
business”.

UASC (United Arab Shipping Company) was established in July 1976;
jointly by the six shareholding states from the Arabian Gulf (Bahrain,
Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and U.A.E). The head office is
located in the State of Kuwait with a corporate office in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates. UASC has a fleet of 40 vessels and has over 192,000
containers in service.

With an annual throughout of 2.6 million TEUs, APM Terminals Rotterdam
is one of the largest container terminals in Europe and in the APM
Terminals Global Terminal Network. APM Terminals Rotterdam recently
went “green” with electricity for gantry crane and other operations now
generated by clean-energy wind power.

Source: APM Terminals

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