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Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 4.28 GMT |
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More
transhipment business for Colombo Port |
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Sri
Lanka's
Colombo
port
stands
to gain
more
container
transhipment
business
with
Maersk,
the
world
biggest
container
shipping
line by
volume,
deciding
to stop
direct
calls at
Chennai,
officials
said.
Maersk
Line has
announced
it will
stop
direct
calls at
Chennai
on its
'MECL2'
service
linking
South
Asia to
North
America
with the
last
vessel
calling
at the
South
Indian
port on
February
5.
"This
will
mean
more
transhipment
business
for
Colombo,"
quoting
Amal
Rodrigo,
country
manager
for
Maersk
Line
reported
LBO.
"Instead
of our
ship
going to
Chennai
and
loading
there,
it will
pick up
the
Chennai
cargo
from
Colombo.
There
are
fairly
large
export
volumes
from
Chennai
which
will be
sent on
feeder
vessels
to
Colombo."
Maersk
Line in
its
announcement
to the
trade
said
that
while
Chennai
has been
moved
from the
rotation
of its
ships,
it will
offer
multiple
feeder
sailings
from
Chennai
to
Colombo
for
onward
connection
to the
MECL2
service.
"This
will now
result
in
multiple
weekly
sailings
and will
also
ensure
continuous
cargo
carting
at
Chennai,"
the line
said in
a
statement.
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