/R E P E A T -- Invitation to the news media - Event aboard the first ocean-going vessel to arrive at the Port of Montreal in 2018/

MONTREAL, Jan. 1, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ -  Ms. Sylvie Vachon, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Montreal Port Authority (MPA), invites the media to accompany the delegation she will lead to extend a warm welcome and best wishes to Captain Rakesh Kumar and the crew of the Ottawa Express, the first ocean-going vessel to reach the Port of Montreal without a stopover this year.

Port Map (CNW Group/Montreal Port Authority)

Flying the Bermuda flag, the Ottawa Express is a container ship operated by Hapag-Lloyd, represented in Montreal by the Robert Reford agency. The Ottawa Express left the Port of Liverpool, England, on December 21^st, 2017, crossed the Port of Montreal's downstream limits at Sorel at 11:55 a.m. on January 1^st and completed its route to MPA's Berth 77 at Cast Terminal operated by Montreal Gateway Terminals Partnership.

WHAT	Greeting of the first vessel of the year to reach the Port of Montreal
WHEN	January 2^nd 2018, at 11 :00
WHO	Sylvie Vachon, President and CEO of the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) Captain Rakesh Kumar
WHERE	The vessel is moored at Cast Terminal (Berth 77) IMPORTANT: Media representatives should first report to the Cast Terminal Security Station

SOURCE Montreal Port Authority

Mélanie Nadeau, Director of Communications, Montreal Port Authority, 514-283-1385, [email protected]