“The CMA CGM MARCO POLO’s arrival at our seaport underscores the Port of New York and New Jersey’s ability to serve the ultra-large cargo container ships that increasingly carry the food, supplies and goods needed to sustain millions of residents, support thousands of jobs and keep businesses open,” Rick Cotton, executive director of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said in a news release.
The colossal vessel will be a spectacle as it arrives to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge area around 7 a.m. The best locations to witness the ship's historic arrival are best vantage points from Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island or along the Bay Ridge Promenade in Brooklyn.
Then the ship will cruise through the New York Harbor, near the Statue of Liberty, before heading to the Bayonne Bridge area around 10 a.m. It will then arrive at Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal, spending two days there before leaving for Norfolk, Virginia, on Saturday.