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Marco Polo, largest container ship to visit East Coast, makes stop in Port of Virginia
The crew of the Marco Polo docked the nearly 1,300-foot monster of a ship at Norfolk s Port of Virginia on Sunday.
Credit: Port of Virginia Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 3:11 PM EDT May 24, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. The crew of the Marco Polo docked the nearly 1,300-foot monster of a ship at Norfolk s Port of Virginia on Sunday.
Joseph Harris, a spokesperson for the port, said the Marco Polo was the largest container ship to visit the East Coast to date.
This vessel can transport 16,022 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). That beats out the last record, set in April, when the MSC Virgo visited. The Virgo has a 15,072 TEU capacity.
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