ICTT ACHIVES LANDMARK IN TRANSHIPMENT VOLUMES

DP World's International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT) added another landmark to its cap with the berthing of MV NEW YORKER, underlining that the facility is becoming the preferred choice and most sought after port in India for foreign shipping lines, emphasised a release. It was the first Maersk Line FW1 direct main line service vessel that called at ICTT and was mainly carrying raw cashew from West African ports like Bissau and Abidjan to Cochin.

Newyorker Berthed at ICCT

Franck Dedenis, Managing Director for Maersk Line (India and Sri Lanka), said, “When it comes to Cashews, product quality is paramount. Raw cashews are extremely sensitive to moisture, hence the cargo cannot be on the seas for a long time. 

The Cashew service which is just dedicated to the cashew nuts import and is customized according to the trade demands, has shorter transit time and top quality food containers.”  

The Maersk Line Service Advantages:

1.    One Stop Shop through Dedicated Coverage: Customers don’t need to coordinate with multiple service providers to meet market demands with regular FW1 and FW 5 services to the West African Cashew gateways

2.    Planning Accuracy through Service Reliability: Businesses now have the ability to plan operations and distribution more accurately, ensuring speed to market with the Cashew Service giving them a very high schedule reliability

3.    Competitive Advantage through an Early Bird Service: Customers will now have a ‘First Mover’ advantage in both the domestic and the export markets as the Cashew Express is the first liner service to call Bissau this season

4.    Peace of mind with Guaranteed Equipment Availability and Quality: Maersk Line ensures quality and consistency, giving customers peace of mind by shipping empty food grade containers into Bissau especially for the cashew season

5.    Increased Dependability with Pick-Up Guarantee: Maersk Line ensures that all shippers have enough time to load on the Cashew Express and therefore able to avoid incidental costs arising out of unplanned exigencies. This is because the vessels stay put in Bissau for 5 days at a minimum operational cost of USD 60,00 per day.

The ship has carried 1185 TEUs to Kochi and will also have transhipment volumes to Tuticorin and Mangalore.

KOTA NIPAH First call of PIL Service at ICTT

Maersk Line has planned five vessels in this service and this is the first vessel to call at ICTT. Meanwhile the transhiment volumes in the terminal started increasing by the starting of news service such as ZIM LINE ,NEMO,AME,FWI,SGE Services

 ICCT presently receiving Transhipment volumes from Tuticorin,Mangalore,Colombo,Hazaria and other ports . Presently the Vessels OEL Kochi,Oel Kutch,Oel trust & Oel dubai & Maersk Avon acts as the feeder service to different Indian ports from ictt

The MOL Comfort saga has come to an end.

According to an emailed report by the Indian Coast Guard, the burned out wreck parted her tow line and disappeared into the inky depths of the Indian Ocean at around 0100 IST.

Her last position was at 19’56″N 65’25″E, in a water depth of about 3,000 meters of the Indian Ocean late Wednesday, four days after fire broke out while the section was being towed according to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines.

The aft portion of the ship, which snapped in half on June 17 about 200 nautical miles from Yemen, and about 1,700 containers sank 10 days later. The bow was being towed to port when fire broke out on July 6.

The Indian Coast Guard, which had been called in to help fight the fire, left the scene earlier Wednesday when the ship’s progress took it outside India’s search and rescue area, according to gCaptain, a maritime news agency that has been tracking the progress of the vessel.

The Indian Coast Guard had reported that most of the MOL Comfort’s containers held hazardous and noxious substances, making it “extremely dangerous” to tow the ship toward the coast for firefighting operations.

Salvage teams were remaining on the scene to monitor the release of any oil and floating containers, MOL said.

MOL has already started an investigation with the MOL Comfort’s shipbuilder, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, to determine the cause of the accident, and has appointed Lloyd’s Register as a technical consultant.

MOL Comfort Stern on Fire

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) reports today that the a fire has broken out on the rear end of the fore part of the vessel at around 0030UTC (0930 JST) on July 6.

“We immediately requested the salvage company to start fire fighting. The tug boat and other two rescue boats are responding to the fire at the scene,” notes MOL in a statement on their website.

According to a statement on MOL’s website, the fire is not yet under control and efforts to contain the blaze have been hampered by adverse weather.  Following a request by the salvage company, the Indian Coast Guard’s patrol boat “Samudra Prahari”, which is equipped with powerful external fire fighting system, has been dispatched and is now proceeding to the scene.

The fire was noticed by Indian Coast Guard's Dornier aircraft at 11 am on Saturday while on routine maritime surveillance mission. It was bound for Port Sohar, Oman.

This is the second significant setback to befall the salvors after the stern of the vessel sank in heavy seas on June 27.