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Date: 26/04/2024

Vizhinjam Port’s trial run of cargo operations likely next month

The trial run of cargo handling operations at Vizhinjam International Seaport is expected to commence by the end of May 2024, it is learnt. Yard and ship-to-shore cranes brought to the port from China will be used to carry out the operations of loading and unloading cargo from two container ships on trial basis. The port company revealed that it has made the necessary arrangements, including appointment of technical experts, to conduct the trial run, as per reports. The port requires 32 cranes, including 24 yard cranes and eight ship-to-shore cranes. The cranes have been coming to the port from China since last August, the reports said.

source: Exim News Service: Thiruvananthapuram, April 25