More vessels with cargo are continuing to call on Hamad Port from different parts of the world, according to sources in the shipping industry.
The steady arrival of ships is in line with efforts undertaken to ensure the continuous flow of supplies and meet the needs of the local market in light of the recent measures taken against Qatar.
Five new direct service lines were launched between Hamad Port and a number of ports in the region and beyond in less than 20 days, Gulf Times reported earlier this week, citing a statement by the Qatar Ports Management Company (Mwani Qatar).
Close on the heels of two ships of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) arriving with large loads of cargo from the Far East and Oman, sources at the port said a Maersk vessel - Jack London - arrived in Doha yesterday.
This is the second time in around 10 days that the vessel, which is operating between Salalah in Oman and Hamad Port, has arrived in Doha, enquiries revealed. Jack London is the first ship to be welcomed under the new service launched by Maersk between Hamad Port and Salalah Port.
Industry sources said the same ship is expected to once again come to Hamad Port with cargo from Salalah in the third week of this month.
Meanwhile, the sources informed that MSC Busan, a large vessel of 9,000 TEUs, is expected to arrive in Doha tomorrow. It had left Shanghai in China almost a month ago. It will arrive in Doha from Umm Qasr (Iraq).
Another MSC vessel, Seaboxer, which is operating between Salalah and Doha, is expected at Hamad Port tomorrow, according to the sources.
It is learnt that more than 1,000 containers of cargo will be offloaded from the two vessels together at Hamad Port.