International Container Terminal Services Inc. said that its Croatia operation under Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) has achieved a record monthly throughput of 3,193 twenty-equivalent units (TEU) of cargo while posting the highest single vessel exchange of 7,120 TEUs during its servicing of the Maersk Huacho in the Port of Rijeka, Croatia.
ICTSI said that the throughput exceeds the previous record set in July 2024 by 11 percent, with the terminal operator noting that it underscores “AGCT’s growing capacity and key role as Croatia’s largest seaport and regional supply chain facilitator for the Balkans and Central Europe.”
ICTSI also said that for the same month, AGCT also achieved an all-time high on the Ocean Alliance, comprised of CMA CGM, China Ocean Shipping Company, Limited (COSCO), Evergreen and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), with 3,193 TEUs.
“Additionally, AGCT set a new single vessel exchange record with 7,120 TEUs during its servicing of the Maersk Huacho,” ICTSI said.
The vessel operates in the 2M Alliance, a joint vessel sharing service by Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company that directly connects China and other far east ports in the Adriatic region.
In the same month, “We are pleased with the teamwork and efforts of our staff to achieve this new milestone. I am sure we will have a few more ahead. The result is even more pleasing given that we had been down to single berth operation with the 100-meter deepening project,” said Emmanuel Papagiannakis, AGCT chief executive officer (CEO).
“We now see a return to two berth operations as the project is completed in October, improving the terminal’s service levels,” he added.
Papagiannakis said rail throughput in the terminal also continued to recover following the Red Sea crisis earlier in the year, with rail share reaching more than 41 percent of total throughput.
In March 2011, ICTSI forged a 30-year strategic partnership with Luka Rijeka D.D. for the operation, management, and development of AGCT.
