DCT Gdansk handles its biggest vessel yet

Racha Bhum was delivered to the Singaporean carrier Regional Container Lines (RCL) by the Polish shipyard Stocznia Gdynia at the end of August and chartered by Hapag-Lloyd for her voyage to Asia. She loaded 1,002 empty containers, equivalent to over 1,500 teu.

Using three ship-to-shore cranes, DCT Gdansk handled the ship in just 12 hours, with a loading rate that averaged 88.1 moves per hour. According to DCT Gdansk’s CEO, Boris Wenzel, this performance was further proof that DCT Gdansk is ready to handle deep-sea vessels when carriers decide that the time is right for direct services into the Baltic.