Weekly container service to US, Europe from Tuticorin, South India
Tuticorin became the first port in South India to be directly connected to Europe and the United States through a weekly container service. Eight vessels will be used for the service, jointly operated by a consortium of the Shipping Corporation of India, ZIM Integrated Shipping Lines, Emirates Shipping Lines and MAC Andrews Company Ltd, N K Raghupathy, chairman of the Port Trust said in a release here on Sunday. ZIM will operate three vessels, SCI and ESL two each and MAC one, he said, adding they will touch Barcelona, New York, Norfolk and Charleston ports.
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