Mainline vessel calls at Cochin Port

Kochi, Nov 28 (UNI) Cochin Port has entered a new era of handling direct mainline container vessels, when the mainline vessel M V Emirates WASL arrived at the port here yesterday.

The mainline vessel operated by Emirates Shipping Line connected major ports and trading centers located in China, India and the Middle East, a Cochin Port Trust relase said today.

The vessel with average 3,000 TEUs carrying capacity would call at the Cochin port twice every week.

More such services are expected to commence in the next two months.

The Cochin Port, which achieved the status of deep draft port in February last enabled the bigger vessels with direct connectivity to different continents to add Cochin to their regular schedule.

With the commencement of regular mainline vessel services, the EXIM trade of Kerala as well as from the areas like Coimbatore, Pollachi, Tirupur, Erode, Karur, Dindigul, Namakkal and Bangalore would be directly benefitted.

It would also avoid multiple handling of boxes, save considerable time and money for the EXIM trade, the release added.

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