Cochin Port joins ´Deep Draft´ Club

The Cochin Port has joined the club of deep draft ports servicing vessels of 14.5 m draft, with the call of mainline container vessel MV Petrohue on July 13 at the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT).Petrohue is part of Galex shipping service, a consortium of vessel operators ESL, KMTC, RCL and Hanjin. The vessel connects Pusan, South Korea, Shanghai, Ningbo, Chiwan, Singapore, Port Klang, Colombo, Kochi, Nhava Sheva, Mundra and Jebel Ali. Galex, which consists of seven vessels with capacity of 6,500 TEUs each, reinforces Cochin Port´s position as a transshipment hub with state-of-the-art facilities. The vessels will call at Kochi on a weekly basis. The Cochin Port Trust had made 14.5 m draft available at ICTT in April 2013. Contact: The Cochin Port. Tel: 0484-258 2006. Website: www.cochinport.com