Sophia Celeste

The Sofia Celeste is the first ship to transit the newly-enlarged Panama Canal and then call at the UK

Shipping firm MSC’s neo-panama vessel Sofia Celeste made its first call to London this week as it arrived into the London Container Terminal (LCT) in Tilbury.

The ship, which has a capacity of around 8,800 TEUs, arrived following its first transit of the newly enlarged Panama Canal and is the first to call into the UK after this journey. It is also the first in a new class of vessels on a reconfigured service connecting the west coast of South America, east coast of North America and northwest Europe.

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