A project cargo vessel called Zhen Hua 15 – a general cargo built in 1989 and now sailing under the flag of Hong Kong – has embarked on its maiden voyage to the coast of Kerala from the East China Sea with one quay crane and two yard cranes fabricated in China for the Vizhinjam international seaport. The ship, however, is expected to call at the under-construction Vizhinjam port after unloading another consignment meant for the Mundra port in Gujarat.
The freighter began its voyage on August 31, a trip from Shanghai in China to unload project cargo that will be used to offload the containers at the Vizhinjam port.
Port authorities here had placed an order for eight quay cranes (rail-mounted) and 24 yard cranes (cantilever rail-mounted gantry) to a company named M/s ZPMC (Zhenhua Port Machinery Company) based in Shanghai, China. The Kerala government has plans to bring the first vessel to the under-construction port by September to honour its promise to the people earlier.
