GT USA, the United States arm of UAE-based worldwide ports and logistics business Gulftainer, welcomed to its Canaveral Cargo Terminal (CCT) the M.V. Norderoog on its first call of StreamLines, N.V.'s brand-new Blue Stream service connecting Port Canaveral to Europe, the French West Indies and Central America.

The 528-foot M.V. Norderoog has a capacity of 1,368 TEU and 258 reefer plugs. Upon arrival at 7:36 p.m. on January 31, Peter Richards, CEO of GT USA and Managing Director of Gulftainer, marked the historic vessel call by providing to the team a celebratory plaque that was accepted by Captain Oleg Tereshenko of the M.V. Norderoog, who thanked the GT USA and Port Canaveral Authority representatives for their warm welcome.

Port Canaveral is the unique port of call in the United States for the Blue Stream service. The service is operated by StreamLines, N.V., part of the Seatrade Group, which provides import and export refrigerated and dry container service, with a concentrate on fresh fruit and vegetables and disposable freights. Calling weekly with five vessels, the service also consists of the M.V. Max Winner, M.V. Star Stratos, M.V. Victoria and M.V. Conti Salome.

"The brand-new service is a substantial development for Port Canaveral, improving trade relate to Central America, the Caribbean and Europe. This vessel call showcases the capabilities of Gulftainer and the Canaveral Cargo Terminal to offer our customers the world-class functional efficiency they need to expand their import and export cargo capabilities from Florida," said Richards.

The terminal has the ability to reverse cargo between Port Canaveral and the Orlando location within one to two hours, the fastest transit time when compared to other container terminals in the state. Heaven Stream service will serve Central America to Port Canaveral in simply three days and will provide the one of the fastest transit times - simply 11 days - in between Florida and Europe.

From Canaveral Cargo Terminal, vessels in the Blue Stream service will continue straight to Rotterdam, Netherlands, with hire Tilbury, United Kingdom, and Radicatel, France. After leaving Europe, the schedule loop takes the vessels to the French West Indies ports of Fort de France, Martinique, Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe and Phillipsburg, St. Maarten-- serving a Caribbean market based westbound out of Europe that is quite familiar to StreamLines. From St. Maarten, the vessels then continue on to Mon, Costa Rica; Puerto Corts, Honduras; and Santo Tomas, Guatemala; and from there straight on to Port Canaveral.

Pablo Gonzalez, General Manager, StreamLines N.V., said, "Working closely with our United States general agents, North American General Agents, we are extremely pleased to partner with GT USA to bring StreamLines to Port Canaveral, a vital transit point for refrigerated, dry and job freights between Central America, Florida and Europe. Our agents, our team, the vessels and their crews are dedicated to providing in Florida our trademark superior consumer focus, offering 'Fast, Dedicated, Direct' service.".

Gulftainer's Canaveral Cargo Terminal, the only dedicated container terminal at Port Canaveral, opened for business in June 2015. The Canaveral Cargo Terminal, developed on 20 acres with two berths and 2 gantry cranes to serve huge vessels, began operations with a twenty-foot comparable device (TEU) cargo capacity of 200,000 TEUs.