PORT OF CASABLANCA: RECEPTION OF THE WORLD’S FIRST G5- CLASS VESSEL

On Sunday June 18th, Marsa Maroc’s facilities in the Port of Casablanca welcomed the Ro-Ro vessel “Great Antwerp”, the world’s first G5-class vessel.

Owned by the Grimaldi Group shipping line, this exceptional vessel combines high capacity, new technologies, and reduced ecological impact. With a length of 250 meters, a width of 38 meters, and a deadweight of 45,684 tons, it can carry 4,700 linear meters of merchandise, 2,500 CEUs (Car Equivalent Units) and 2,000 TEUs (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit).

Teams from the Port of Casablanca successfully unloaded the Great Antwerp’s cargo of new cars, trucks, machinery, and containers.