Mumbai:Shreyas Shipping & Logistics Limited has added one more cellular container vessel to its fleet namely OEL KOCHI. This vessel was delivered to the company on 1st August, 2012 at Singapore. OEL KOCHI shall make her maiden call from Kochi on the 14th August, 2012.
Mr. S. Ramakrishnan, Chairman & Managing Director, Shreyas Shipping & Logistics Ltd. was happy to state that “Shreyas has inducted one more vessel to its fleet and dedicates her maiden call at Cochin Port to the Nation for coastal trade on the eve of 65th Independence day.”
With this addition, the total tonnage available with Shreyas will increase by almost 45%. This vessel shall operate on the Indian coast and Shreyas is confident that it will be able to open more avenues for feeder as well as domestic trade to the customers.
Presently Shreyas owns 5 vessels and will operate three of the larger vessels on the West Coast trade and provide connectivity between most of the container terminals / Ports on the West Coast of India and help in developing ICTT as transhipment hub. The vessel has been named as OEL KOCHI to primarily provide connectivity between Vallarpadam terminal at Kochi with all other Indian ports and container terminals.
The proposed service rotation for the three vessels on the West Coast of India after induction of OEL KOCHI in the service will be as below.
OEL KOCHI & OEL SHREYAS : ICTT – TUTICORIN – MUNDRA – HAZIRA – NSV – ICTT (COK) on a 14 days for the round voyage which will then help to offer a weekly service.
OEL TRUST : ICTT (COK) – MANGALORE – GOA – HAZIRA – MUNDRA - KARACHI - KANDLA - ICTT (COK) on a fortnightly service.
There are inherent advantages for coastal shipping and immense growth opportunities in India. With this addition, Shreyas is now poised to develop the domestic, feeder and overall multimodal logistics on the Indian coast. Having successfully converted numerous cargoes from road / rail movement to sea movement, Shreyas has supported in reducing pollution & helped in improving the environment Shreyas has been ably supported by its wholly owned subsidiary Shreyas Relay Systems Limited (SRS) who is the front end for the domestic business. SRS is an integrated multi modal logistics solutions provider. It provides last mile connectivity using land-sea-land model. SRS’s core business activities include domestic and liner services, rail transportation, road transportation and freight forwarding. SRS has a strong setup of branches and satellite branches across various cities within India.
About Shreyas Shipping & Logistics:
Shreyas Shipping & Logistics Limited (hereinafter referred to as "Shreyas" ) is a part of the Transworld Group of Companies and is listed on the BSE and NSE. Shreyas began its operations in the year 1994 and is the first Indian private sector to own & operate container feeder service in India. Shreyas pioneered the concept of coastal transhipment services within India. It also pioneered the concept of Domestic cargo movement by sea in the year 2002-03.
Shreyas is the no.1 Coastal operator handling maximum feeder as well as domestic cargo. It is the recipient of the MALA awards for Best Coastal operator for the past two consecutive years.
SSLL has been re-certified by DNV Quality Registrar in accordance with the Standard ISO 9001:2008.
