Three Hamburg Sud vessels recently made their maiden voyages to International Container Terminal Services, Inc, flagship Manila International Container Terminal. The 1,819-TEU MV Cap Portland was the first to arrive followed by MV Cap Palmerston and MV Cap Andreas. The vessels are part of Hamburg’s ANZL service. Hamburg’s Philippine agent is FilSov Shipping, Inc. Photo shows the awarding of commemorative certificates to MV Cap Andreas (l-r): Eulalo Borja, ICTSI operations superintendent; Elmer Merquita, ICTSI assistant operations manager; Arthur Valdez, ICTSI operations superintendent; Cris Escalona, FilSov vessel planner; Ernani Gonzales, FilSov operations assistant; Capt. Marek Sudol, Cap Andreas vessel master; and Artemio Lim, ICTSI operations officer-in-charge.

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