Whilst SECH full-container terminal in the Sampierdarena basin accommodated the 14,000-TEU container vessel One Millau of the MD1 service, Med-Far East loop operated by THE Alliance, Vado Gateway welcomed for the first time the Maersk Genoa containership
With a 10,000 teu capacity, 337 metres long and 48 metres wide, it ranks to date as the largest vessel to have docked in Vado Ligure. The ship manoeuvres were carried out by the pilots and tug operators of Savona, coordinated by the Coast Guards.