PSA Mumbai welcomes maiden vessel of new Far East service

December 14, 2020: PSA Mumbai on December 12, welcomed maiden vessel of the new Far East service (CI6/SIS/CISC2), jointly operated by Wan Hai Lines, Interasia Lines, Sinokor Merchant Marine, Heung A Line, and Feedertech.

M.V. Singapore Bridge is the first vessel deployed in this service of 6 vessels with a nominal capacity of 4,250 TEU, connecting PSA Mumbai to key Far East markets with the following port rotations: PSA Mumbai - Mundra - Port Klang North Port - Shekou - Dalian - Shanghai - Ningbo - Hong Kong - Shekou - Singapore - Port Klang West Port - Port Klang North Port - Colombo - PSA Mumbai.

Sivakumar Kaliannan, managing director of PSA Mumbai, said, “Launching a new service signal continuing confidence in India’s EXIM volume recovery: our throughput for the months of September, October and November 2020 have surpassed the same period last year. With more new services coming to PSA Mumbai in Q1 2021 and more new products to be rolled out, we are looking forward to increasing our role in facilitating India’s maritime trade in 2021.”

Jose Chen, IAL India representative, said, “Interasia Lines is happy to further strengthen its relationship with PSA Mumbai by adding the CI6 service apart from the CI2 service.”

M.K. Ko, owners representative for Sinokor Merchant Marine said, “Sinokor Group have launched this new service called ‘Sinokor India Service’ for the Indian Trade, which shall be serving customers in India, Malaysia and China, along with all the Intra-Asia regions, connected from the respective transhipment ports. With a short transit time ex-China to India and vice versa, we have taken into consideration the Indian customers’ needs and requirements.”

Capt Pankaj Mehrotra, CEO of Samsara Group Shipping Agency, the Heung-A Line agent for India, said, “With the launch of SIS service, Heung-A Line re-instates its presence in the prospective Indian market with a vessel deployment and committed to serving the trade.”

Ritesh Ramesh Thapa, general manager India region, for Feedertech Shipping India, said, “Feedertech, part of the of Unifeeder Group, is pleased to introduce the new CISC2 service from PSA Mumbai. We dedicate this service to our Indian traders who always believe and trust us for providing reliable service.”