Vizhinjam International Port, Thiruvananthapuram receives mothership MV San FernandoOwned by SFL Corporation and chartered by Maersk (AP Moller Group), Denmark, the giant ship reached the outer anchorage around 7 am on Thursday, and was berthed by 9.30 am, to begin trial operations at the mega container transshipment port. There was a sign of.
Thousands of people witnessed this incident
MV San Fernando Tug welcomed with water salute ocean prestige Thousands of people stood at the port with Indian flags to welcome the 300 meter long and 48 meter wide carrier. The mothership will offload around 2,000 containers, marking a milestone in the first phase of the Mega Vizhinjam project, the country’s first deep-water container transshipment port.
official ceremony
It has been developed in a public-private partnership (PPP) model with Adani Ports as the private partner. The official ceremony of attaining motherhood will be held on Friday. Kerala Ports Minister VN Vasavan had told the state assembly that the port has received the location code (IN NYY1), and is awaiting electronic data interchange recognition, custodian code, immigration check post clearance, full approval from NSPC, among others. Is. Full-scale commercial operations may begin by September/October.
The port has a natural draft of 18â20 metres, and can host some of the largest container ships. Located 16 km south of here, the international port is close to the international East-West shipping route. Once fully operational, it can give tough competition to Colombo (Sri Lanka), Salalah (Oman) and Singapore ports in terms of handling container traffic.
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