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Mumbai-based Shreyas Shipping and Logistics (SSL) claims to have become the first company to have services for domestic containerised cargo at every major port, from Mundra to Kolkata along Indian coast. It says the initiative is in line with the Sagarmala project of Indian government, and reflecting this fact, one of its existing vessels, OEL Victory, is being renamed SSL Sagarmala.
The ability to offer a comprehensive domestic coastal container service has been made possible by the acquisition of the 1600 teu SSL Gujarat for US$ 4.5 million in January this year. The upgraded service will connect Mundra, Tuticorin, Katupalli, Vizag, Cochin and Jebel Ali. Two vessels, SSL Mumbai and SSL Gujarat, are being deployed to maintain a 28-day voyage rotation with a fortnightly frequency, which it is planned to increase to weekly within the foreseeable future.
SSL will also operate a feeder service between Kolkata and Haldia to Vizag, where cargo will be transshipped onto the company’s PIX2 service to ports in the Gulf.
“The vision of Shreyas Shipping and Logistics is very much in line with the vision of Ministry of Shipping for Indian coastal shipping, and we have been following the directives for the growth of this efficient and cost-effective mode for transporting goods within the country without adding to traffic woes,” explains Ritesh S. Ramakrishnan, director, strategy and business planning, at SSL’s parent, the Transworld Group. “The new policies and initiatives of the Ministry of Shipping will go a long way in developing coastal shipping, to which Shreyas has been committed for the last two decades.”
In a further initiative SSL has decided to rename its vessels from having the OEL brand, which has been a well-known operation regionally for many years. From now on, all vessels will operate with SSL as the prefix.
