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Don Quijote makes history in the Port of Liverpool

For Immediate Release - 03 July, 2007

The giant car and truck carrier Don Quijote made history when she arrived in the Port of Liverpool at the end of a voyage from Japan.

The EUKOR operated vessel was the largest gross tonne ship ever to enter Liverpool's enclosed docks.

Weighing in at 67,141 gt, she was nearly 10,000 gross tonnes heavier than the combination container/ro-ro ships of Atlantic Container Line, which regularly call at Liverpool and at 58,438 gt, were the previous record holders.

The Don Quijote - length overall 227.9m and beam 32.29m - was delivering 415 cars and 25 pieces of heavy mobile plant loaded in Nagoya, Osaka and Yokohama for YA Logistics who import the used vehicles and sell them into the UK at a weekly trade auction.

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