The 18,000 TEU Triple-E class vessel Marie Maersk is scheduled to arrive in Rotterdam on December 6.
APM Terminals Rotterdam is retrofitting five of its existing post-Panamax cranes with new booms, to allow for a 23-container row reach for 18,000teu vessels.
APM plans to have the upgrades, which consist of both engineering and software adjustments, completed by the arrival of the 18,000teu Triple-E class vessel Marie Maersk, scheduled to arrive in Rotterdam on 6 December as part of the weekly Asia/North Europe AE10 service. Marie Maersk is the fourth Triple-E class vessel out of a total of 20 scheduled for delivery over the next two years.