Hambantota International Port (HIP) recently handled the largest RORO shipment of 2022 to date.
M.V. Glovis Champion carrying 8,147 vehicles and 18 HH (High and Heavy) vehicles, called at the port last week and the port completed the operation within 28 hours. The high efficiency and productivity was achieved as a result of HIP’s skilled workforce and smart use of technology.
As the Colombo port’s container terminals corner the transshipment volumes of South Indian ports, Hambantota port specialized in transshipment of automobiles.
The port however did not disclose the identity of the port from where the automobiles were
loaded for onward movement to either Continent or South East Asia. Speculations
are that they may have been loaded from one of the Chennai’s ports
Local Agents for the vessel expressed their appreciation of the Hambantota Port’s’s service
offering. “On behalf of Hyundai Glovis, we express our sincere appreciation to the HIP team, for being very supportive and cooperative towards meeting our Principal requirements. It is noteworthy and special thanks to the operations team who managed to complete both 1st and 2nd calls of M.V. Glovis Champion, to the given deadline, whilst also meeting cargo safety standards, which is highly commendable. We thank you, and sincerely expect your continued support for future”.
