The 17,722 TEUs 'CMA CGM Kerguelen' vessel is longer than four football pitches

Sharjah, UAE; June 11, 2015

Gulftainer, the privately owned independent terminal management and logistics company, welcomed its largest ever vessel at Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT). The 'CMA CGM Kerguelen', named after 18th century French navigator, Yves Joseph de Kerguelen de Trémarec, made its maiden call at the terminal on the CMA flagship service 'FAL1.'

The 'CMA CGM Kerguelen' is the newest and largest vessel in the CMA CGM's fleet with an overall length (LOA) of 398 metres, a width of 54 metres and a total capacity of 17,722 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit).

Daniel Wright, Gulftainer's Terminal Manager at KCT said: "Receiving the 'CMA CGM Kerguelen' represents another milestone for Gulftainer and Khorfakkan Container Terminal, as it is the largest vessel we have worked at the facility. This new milestone adds to the benchmarks already achieved this year at the Terminal where we recently set a new record for the highest number of containers discharged and loaded on a single vessel call when the 'CMA CGM Jules Verne' worked a total of 19,561 TEUs in a record time. "

The 'CMA CGM Kerguelen' is longer than four football pitches, or five-and-a-half A380 Airbus aircraft and its length also surpasses the Empire State Building's height, which stands at 381 metres. On her maiden call to KCT, the vessel discharged and loaded over 7,700 containers and departed the Terminal ahead of schedule.

Due to its unique location, KCT has been one of the most important transhipment hubs for the Arabian Gulf, the Indian Sub-continent, the Gulf of Oman and the East African markets. KCT also recently received the 'Shipping Port of the Year' honour at the 2015 Supply Chain & Transport Awards (SCATA).

Gulftainer's current portfolio covers UAE operations in Khorfakkan Port and Port Khalid in Sharjah as well as activities at Umm Qasr in Iraq, Recife in Brazil, Jeddah and Jubail in Saudi Arabia and Tripoli Port in Lebanon, which will commence operations in September 2015. The Company also expanded to the USA in 2014 by signing a long-term agreement to operate the container and multi-cargo terminal at Port Canaveral in Florida.

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About Gulftainer:
Gulftainer, privately-owned by UAE-based conglomerate Crescent Enterprises, is a rapidly expanding, dynamic ports and logistics company. Gulftainer operates and manages ports and logistics businesses in several countries, including the UAE, Iraq, Pakistan, Brazil, Lebanon, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the United States. In the UAE, Gulftainer operates ports on behalf of the Sharjah Port Authority - Sharjah Container Terminal (SCT), Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT); and Hamriya Container Terminal (HCT). The company has signed a 35-year concession with the Canaveral Port Authority in Florida marking Gulftainer's first venture in the United States. www.gulftainer.com

For further information, please contact:
Kelly Home / Sonia Blanco
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller
+9714 4507600
kelly.home@bm.com / sonia.blanco@bm.com
Kathryn Bradley
Gulftainer
+9716 5128888
Kbradley@gulftainer.com

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