Grand Alliance's New Service Goes into Full Operation by Starting to Call at Ceres Paragon Terminal
August 8, 2005
On August 6, the 63,179-gross-ton NYK Procyon, assigned by NYK to the Grand Alliance's newly inaugurated Loop F service to Europe, paid her first visit to a terminal of the Ceres Paragon Terminals B.V., an affiliate of NYK, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This marked the first regular call by a large-sized containership not only for the Ceres Paragon Terminal, but also for Amsterdam Port.
To celebrate NYK Procyon's visit, a welcome ceremony was held by the quarters concerned of Amsterdam City. At the ceremony, Mr. Marin Marohnic, captain of the vessel, was presented with a plaque commemorating her first call at the port by Director Hans Gerson of the city's Port and Harbor Bureau.
The Grand Alliance plans to have its Loop A service to Europe also pay a regular visit to the Ceres Paragon Terminal from September in addition to Loop F. This terminal is counted upon to contribute to making up for a shortage of terminal capacity due to fast-increasing European cargoes and alleviating the resulting port congestion and ship delays in the European region.
Details of Ceres Paragon Terminals B.V.
| Number of berths | : 3 |
| Quay length | : 400 X 57m (Indented Berth), 615m (Marginal Berth) |
| Water depth | : 15m |
| Yard area | : 550,000 m2 |
| Number of gantry cranes | : 9 |
| Capacity(Year) | :1,000,000TEUs |
| Ships deployed (8) | Container Capacity | Ports of Call | |
| NYK Procyon | 4,895 TEUs | Origin | ETA/ETD |
| Sandra Azul | 4,895 TEUs | HAMBURG | WED/THU |
| Bunga Pelangi Dua | 4,900 TEUs | AMSTERDAM | FRI/SAT |
| Bunga Pelangi | 4,900 TEUs | SOUTHAMPTON | SUN/MON |
| OOCL New York | 5,560 TEUs | GIOIA TAURO | SAT/SAT |
| P&O Nedlloyd Bangkok | 4,150 TEUs | SINGAPORE | FRI/SAT |
| Nedlloyd Honshu | 4,112 TEUs | XIAMEN | TUE/WED |
| Nedlloyd Hong Kong | 4,112 TEUs | SHANGHAI NINGBO XIAMEN KAOHSIUNG SINGAPORE SUEZ |
THU/FRI SAT/SAT MON/MON TUE/TUE FRI/SAT TUE/TUE |