Mainline vessel M.V. Haian Alfa makes maiden call at VOC Port

THOOTHUKUDI: The mainline container vessel M.V. Haian Alfa made its maiden call to V.O. Chidambaranar (VOC) Port Authority’s Dakshin Bharat Gateway Terminal (DBGT) in Thoothukudi on November 7. The new service strengthened the port’s mainline connectivity with Vietnam and other international markets, providing additional shipping opportunities for exporters and importers in the region.

The Vietnamese flagged vessel with a container capacity of 1,781 TEUs, a length overall of 171.9 metres and a beam of 28.4 metres was berthed at DBGT terminal. The service follows a port rotation of Thoothukudi-Chennai- Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)-Hai Phong (Vietnam)-Qinzhou (China)-Port Klang (Malaysia)-Thoothukudi. As per the service schedule, the transit time from Thoothukudi is around seven days to Ho Chi Minh and ten days to Hai Phong. During its maiden call at VOC Port, M.V.

Haian Alfa handled a total of 823 TEUs of containers. This includes 723 TEUs of import containers predominantly for VinFast car manufacturing company and 100 TEUs of transhipment containers destined for Colombo.