Welcome the Largest Ship to Call Chittagong

On 28-November 2016, MCC welcomed the container vessel on her maiden call at the Port of Chittagong.

MCC Chittagong is the second ship to be built to the new “Zhejiang 2700” design-first of which is the M/V MCC Ningbo. Popularly called “Chittagong Max”, these ships are specially designed to fit Chittagong port’s unique requirements.

To celebrate the momentous occasion, an event was organized onboard the brand-new vessel to highlight its capacity and advantages.

The guest of honor was the Chairman of the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) Rear Admiral M Khaled Iqbal, BSP. He was accompanied by key members of the CPA, including the Member of Harbour & Marine Commodore Shaheen Rahman (G), BN, Member of Engineering Commodore Zulfiqur Aziz (E), the Director of Security Lt Col. Md. Abdul Gaffar and Director of Traffic Mr. Golam Sarwar. Representatives of many other key functions such as the Harbour Master, Terminal Mangers, and Berth Operators also took the opportunity to get to know this versatile new vessel.

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