Green Freight Corridor-2 service inaugurated in Kerala; Will reduce logistic cost & transit time of containers

This service will hyperlink Kochi-Beypore-Azhikkal, and Kollam port shall be added later to this service.

Inexperienced Freight Hall 2: Varied steps are being taken to advertise coastal commerce and to supply sustainable, environment friendly and cost-effective Intermodal in addition to Multimodal buyer options. The Ministry of Ports, Transport and Waterways goals to supply seaborne connectivity to the commerce and industries within the hinterland, decrease congestion on the rail and highway aside from bringing down logistics prices. Lately, Mansukh Mandaviya- the Union Minister of State for Ministry of Ports, Transport and Waterways, inaugurated the loading operation on the primary voyage of Coastal Transport Service- Inexperienced Freight Hall 2 from Cochin Port to the ports of Beypore and Azhikkhal.

In accordance with the ministry, Inexperienced Freight Hall Service is operated by Spherical The Coast Non-public Restricted, Mumbai, which is a JM Baxi Group firm. This service will hyperlink Kochi-Beypore-Azhikkal, and Kollam port shall be added later to this service. The JM Baxi firm is the final agent for the service. Twice every week, the vessel will name at Cochin Port and can feeder exim and coastal containers to Beypore and Azhikkal ports. The objects that will be shipped would come with Rice, Salt, Wheat, Cement, Building Materials, and so on. unloaded at Cochin from Gujarat. The Operators, on the return leg, are targetting to maneuver exim cargo like Footwear, Espresso, Plywood, Textiles, and so on. Equally, at a later stage, the imported Cashew containers could be moved as nicely from Cochin to Kollam.

To advertise coastal delivery of containers, a 50% rebate is being provided by Cochin Port in vessel-related prices for the River Sea vessels. Equally, the Kerala authorities has provided an operational incentive @10% above the highway transportation price as per the research report of NATPC for coastal delivery within the state’s minor ports for one yr interval from 23 January 2021. Throughout the preliminary interval, these hand-holding measures would assist the sustenance of the service. Additionally, it might encourage the introduction of extra companies of this kind on common foundation.

In accordance with the ministry, it’s anticipated that the service will carry a few marked modal shift of containers transportation in addition to ease the congestion on the highway and decrease carbon footprint. The service additionally augurs nicely to hyperlink the hinterlands of north Kerala, significantly the exim commerce within the areas of Calicut and Kannur which can acquire direct entry to Vallarpadam ICTT by the mode of the ocean, saving price and transit time.