Though the Chinese ship carrying container-handling cranes is allowed to dock at the under construction Vizhinjam International Seaport developed by Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Limited (AVPPL), the Chinese crew on-board the ship are not allowed to sign off in India, nor allowed to come ashore.
According to sources, the ship that has been waiting at the outer anchorage of Vizhinjam since Wednesday night will be allowed to berth only on October 14, a day ahead of the reception to be accorded by the State administration to the ship and its consignment.
It is learnt that there are around a dozen Chinese crew on-board the project cargo vessel, who were not given permission by the Centre government to sign off here or come ashore. The crew will remain on the ship during the entire time of unloading the consignment. After the engineers from China were not granted visas, a delegation of service engineers brought by the Chinese company from Mumbai, mostly comprising Indians, would coordinate the installation and testing works on the cranes at the berth here, sources said.
