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Ports of Auckland to welcome five maiden visitors
MEDIA RELEASE
Thursday 5 March 2009 - for immediate release
Many a maiden caller
Ports of Auckland will welcome five maiden callers to the city over the next two weeks.
The container ship ACX Diamond will call the Fergusson container terminal on Thursday 12 March. This ship can carry 2,800 TEU (unit measurement for a standard 20-foot container).
The same day, Darling River will visit Freyberg Wharf. The dry bulk ship will be offloading 24,000 tonnes of gypsum, the material used to make ‘GIB Board’.
Thomas G Thompson, an oceanic research vessel, will also make its first call to Auckland a few days later, taking a break from the up to 315 days a year it spends at sea.
Meanwhile, the Naval Base will also be host to a research vessel and first time callerHMAS Launceston.
The new 2,700 TEU container vessel Cosco Dammam will arrive to Fergusson container terminal on Wednesday 18 March.
Five car carrying ships will also arrive at the Port in the week commencing Monday 9 March, including the second visit of the Aniara, the world’s largest and most environmentally-friendly car carrying ship.
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