Vizhinjam port receives first container ship

Adani Ports & SEZ (APSEZ) announced the arrival of the first mother ship at its Vizhinjam port.

San Fernando, the 300-meter-long container vessel operated by Maersk will be availing the services at the port to offload about 2,000 containers and for 400 container movements within the vessel.

Vizhinjam International Seaport in Kerala is a critical economic infrastructure project promoted by the Government of Kerala in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.

This also marks the debut of India’s first automated port with infrastructure and facilities capable of handling large ships, with its modern equipment and automation and IT systems.

Karan Adani: “No other port in India – including our own highly advanced Mundra Port – has these technologies. What we have already installed here is South Asia’s most advanced container handling technology.”

“And once we complete the automation and the Vessel Traffic Management System, Vizhinjam will be in a class of its own as one of the most technologically sophisticated transshipment ports in the world.”

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