Ahmad 
The Misrata Free Zone announced the arrival of the largest container ship to Libyan ports in years with a load of more than 5,000 containers.
The free zone said in a statement that the ship is coming from the port of “Jebel Ali – Dubai” in the United Arab Emirates, with a length of 300 meters and a width of 40 meters, and the largest draft enters the port of the free zone with a depth of more than 12.5 meters.
The statement explained that the ship carries 5,250 TEUs, including 4,481 transit containers.
The free zone indicated that the ship will be shipped to the ports of Hamburg and Hankensputel in Germany, Naples in Italy, Santos in Brazil, and Damietta in Egypt.
It is noteworthy that for the first time in several years, a commercial container ship with a load of more than 3,000 containers entered Libyan ports, with a draft exceeding 12.5 meters.