Since 1971, Contship has served in La Spezia as a conduit for Italian markets and is now increasingly extending its reach as a gateway to Switzerland, Southern Europe and beyond.
Weighing in at precisely 242,331.60 displacement tonnes, the 399 m LOA containership berthed at Fornelli East with two tugs at 12.43 hours, where operations started soon after, at 13.02 hours.
MSC London comfortably exceeds all other ship sizes that regularly call in La Spezia, the largest of which are typically 366 m in length and 52 m in breadth. LSCT usually operate without any restrictions on ships of 20 rows across, whereas with a breadth of 54 m, the outer seaside row was planned to be avoided on this occasion. With this exception, the terminal is able respond to the needs of the operations. From the second half of 2015, 2 x 23 row new cranes will be in service on Fornelli East and all future new crane order’s will be capable of reaching at least 23 rows ensuring that LSCT is well positioned for the future.