Deployed in the Asia Suez Express (AZX), linking Sardinia to USEC and the Far East with weekly westbound and eastbound calls, m/v Performance made her maiden call at Cagliari International Container Terminal (CICT) in the early hours of July 5th.
The Maltese flagged 6,400 TEUs ship is run by Tokyo-based Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), one of the oldest shipping lines active in the market.
Prior to the conclusion of operations the same day, tradition respected as chief officer Glukharev Alexander and fellow crew members were presented with the customized crest on deck. On this occasion, a memento of the welcomed return of NYK operated ships at CICT since 2010, with other units also deployed in the AZX.