Arrival of first magenta ship at Port of New York and New Jersey sign of “strong connectivity” with Asia.
GCT USA welcomed the Ocean Network Express’ (ONE’s) first magenta ship on its first dual call to what it hails as the most advanced terminal in the Port of New York and New Jersey, GCT Bayonne.
Following the merger of NYK Line, Mitsui OSK and “K” Line on April 1, ultra-large container ship ONE Stork joined the Transport High Efficiency (“THE”) Alliance’s EC4 Asia-North America all-water Suez service on its maiden voyage to the East Coast.
“THE Alliance chose to host all of its Far East all-water services at semi-automated GCT Bayonne, due to its award-winning high marine and landside productivity,” said GCT Global Container Terminals Inc. “All of the consortium’s consignees will benefit from the fastest truck turn times in the harbor, due to the facility’s recent introduction of the only truck appointment system on the North American East Coast.”
With the arrival of the first dual-cantilevered rail-mounted gantry cranes to the port in late July, THE Alliance will be among the first to take advantage of the new intermodal capacity and efficiency offered at GCT Bayonne through the commissioning of ExpressRail Port Jersey (Greenville Yard) in late 2018.
“Having served THE Alliance and its predecessors at each of our terminals on the East and West coasts, our relationship with ONE runs deep,” said John Atkins, president of GCT USA. “Supporting the seamless transition of 10,000-TEU vessels to 14,000-TEU vessels into service this year, we are pleased to be part of the enhanced service package that ONE and THE Alliance offer to its customers.”
Molly Campbell, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey port department director, said, “As the largest East Coast port, the arrival of ONE Stork represents the strong connectivity we have to Asia. We look forward to working closely with both ONE and THE Alliance to continue building their networks through the Port of New York and New Jersey.”
Ships on the EC4 are not only among the largest, but the cleanest fleet serving the East Coast, GCT said. As the first magenta vessel in the service’s EC4 East Asia-Southeast Asia-Suez-East Coast rotation, the ONE Stork will return every seven weeks to GCT Bayonne, with nearly all 10 of its partner 14,000-TEU vessels already in service.
In June, GCT Bayonne’s sister terminal — GCT Deltaport — was the first terminal in Canada to welcome the magenta ONE Commitment to its first call to the Vancouver gateway.
GCT Bayonne welcomes ONE Stork
