San Fernando, a container ship arriving from China has made a debut call at Vizhinjam Port. It was guided by four tugs to the dock. The mother ship will offload 1900 containers at the port, some of which will be transhipped to other ports in the country and even abroad.
Vizhinjam is emerging as India’s first semi-automated port, expected to be fully commissioned in September or October 2024. “It is a natural port with depths between 20 and 24 meters. We have found that the ocean bottom here is rocky, which is very rare. Elsewhere, we would have to dredge to attain such depths,” Kerala Minister for Ports and Cooperatives V N Vasavan said.
