Around a year after the Bureau of Immigration (BoI) stopped the outer anchorage crew change at Vizhinjam seaport, the Mercantile Marine Department (MMD) that functions under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has accorded the ISPS Code (International Code for the Security of Ships and Port Facilities) for the port.
With the port getting the certification, the passenger and merchant vessels of international shipping lines, which have been giving a miss to the Vizhinjam port since last July, can now call at the port.
