The MSC Fabiola has a capacity of 12,500 TEUs. After unloading and then loading cargo, the ship is scheduled to depart Long Beach this evening. It’s scheduled to return monthly to the Total Terminals International facility on Pier T.
The Port of Long Beach on Friday welcomed the largest container ship ever to call to North America, the MSC Fabiola. The vessel, measuring 1,200 feet in length and capable of carrying more than 12,000 container units, docked at Pier T on Terminal Island.
It is the first of what is expected to be a string of larger container ships to be deployed by ocean carriers in Pacific Rim routes. Currently, the larger container ships typically serving Asia and North America have capacities of about 8,000 TEUs.