Felixstowe welcomes the Cosco Glory

The Cosco Glory and sister ship Cosco Pride were constructed by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd, measure 366 m in length and weigh in at 140,542 tons apiece. Capable of carrying 13,100teu, they are the flagship vessels of the Cosco container ship fleet.

“We are pleased to welcome Cosco Glory to the port on her maiden voyage and are proud to be one of the only UK ports to be able to berth the increasingly large ships entering the market [and] with the current expansion at the port, we will be able to handle more of these super post-Panamax vessels simultaneously,” David Gledhill, CEO of Hutchison Ports (UK) which owns Felixstowe port.

The Cosco Glory is currently employed on the NE3 service, for which the port rotation is: Rotterdam, Felixstowe, Hamburg, Antwerp, Nansha, Hong Kong, Xingang, Dalian, Qingdao, Ningbo, Yantian and Singapore.