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Port Hueneme greets its first neopanamax arrival

Port Hueneme, CA, has received its first Neo-Panamax ship, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics' High Efficiency Ro/Ro (HERO) vessel, Thalatta. Almost 200 meters long and 36.5 meters wide, the ship can carry 8,000 car equivalent units. Port Hueneme officials say the arrival of the giant vessel marks a paradigm shift in how the widened Panama Canal will bring a new class of vessels to the port — the only deep water harbor between ... [+]