Between August 3 and August 17, 2019, PCL (Pacific Carriers Ltd) Shipping and PACC, one of the leading shipping companies in South-East Asia, made 4 vessel calls at V. O. Chidambaranar Port, Tuticorin and loaded a record 222 units of windmill blades, 32 sections of windmill towers, 20 nacelles and 20 hubs. These were carried on M.V. Lanka Jaya, M.V. Ikan Selyang, Ikan Parang and Ikan Pulas.
PACC/PCL plan to make 10 calls per month to India to cater to the growing market, said a release.
PCL is part of the Kuok Group of Companies, Kuok Singapore Ltd. The company was incorporated in 1973 and purchased its first ship in 1977. PACC was also established in 1977 as a fully-owned subsidiary of PCL Shipping, now fully established as a global player in the shipping industry. It is a leading bulk operator with a growing fleet of Product Tankers, besides operating Platform Support Vessels, Anchor Handling Tugs, Offshore Support Vessels, Barges and Transloaders, and Feeder Services.
PACC’s core activities encompass Ship Owning, Ship Management, Freight Trading and Container Feeder Operations.
PCL’s fleet comprises a wide range of vessels, including Capesize, Post Panamax, Panamax, Bulk Carriers, Handysize, Tankers, Medium Range Carriers, VLGCs and MRGCs.
PACC operates a fleet of 12 MPVs.
PCL and PACC together have a fleet of 93 vessels, with more than 60 chartered vessels, to meet their customers’ requirements. They have a dedicated project and break-bulk express service, global parcel and project service, and regional feeder and project service.
Synergy with Kerry Indev
Kerry Indev Logistics Pvt. Ltd, one of India’s leading logistics companies, which is headquartered in Chennai, has a JV with the Kuok Group. Kerry Indev has been representing PCL/PACC as its agent on pan-India basis from January 2018. PACC and PCL have expanded their business in India and have been catering to various types of cargo like barytes, steel pipes, aluminium ingots, steel rolls, granite, cobble stones, etc. They are specialists in handling project cargo and cater to the windmill market in a very big way. Presently they have almost 8 sailings a month from Kandla, Mundra, Visakhapatnam, Krishnapatnam and Tuticorin. PACC/PCL have carried windmill blades of various lengths, i.e. 68.2 m, 62.2 m, 42.1 m and 44.1 m, besides nacelles, hubs and towers, the release added.
