First Direct Mainline Container Vessel “mv Hong An” calls at New Mangalore Port

MANGALORE: The first direct mainline vessel “mv Hong An” called at the New Mangalore Port on Thursday, after the port operationalised its dedicated ContainerTerminal.

The regular service vessel will operate between the westbound rotation of Chittagong- Colombo-MangaloreNhava Sheva-Mundra; and the eastbound leg to Jebel AliKhalifa Port, said a release. It is the only direct service for Indian exporters to Jebel Ali and Abu Dhabi with seamless connectionstotheUSA,Europe,SouthEastAsia,andAfrica.

NMP Authority Chairman A.V. Ramana inaugurated thefirstDirectMainlineServicefromNewMangalorePort byflaggingoffthecontainerdischargingfromthevesselin presence of Sagar Dange, Head India Operations CMA-CGM; Ramanathan, Vice -President and Unit Head, JSW Mangalore Coal and Container Terminals, officers from NMPA, official’s from JSW-MCTPL,CMA-CGM,andPortUsers.

The mainline service got introduced primarily as a result of the use of various productivity measures to free up berth time for new services through the establishment of a fixed window berthing policy and the extension of additional inducements in the form of commercial rebates onvessel-relatedcosts.