Officials of the Vizhinjam Port in Kerala highlighted certain issues before the state Ports Minister K Babu, when the latter visited the port.
The port does not have a tug to guide ships in and cranes for off-loading large containers from the vessels. The port recently received its first box vessel when these shortcomings were exposed.
According to shipping agents, the vessel carried 94 containers. The vessel arrived from Dubai via Beypore and it left to Kollam. It would make its final call at Kochi, where the containers will be off-loaded.
The box vessel, MV Karuthal, arrived as part of a trial run at various small ports in the state.
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