Hyundai Motor Company is presently making use of vessels to move its vehicles over domestic markets to decrease charges and minimize carbon footprint.
As much as 800 Hyundai cars have been bundled onto the M.V. IDM Symex, a roll-on-roll-off (RoRo) craft, along the Chennai Port on Saturday. The freight are going to be unloaded at Pipavav Port in Gujarat, Chennai Port Deputy Chairman Cyril C. George mentioned.
Even so Hyundai have been employing Chennai Port for forwarding hyundai cars, this is actually the very first time that it is carrying its cargo over the sea for domestic sector.
Market sources discussed it takes commonly three or four days for the car company to move cars out from the formation centres near Chennai to Gujarat region by way of trailers.
Yet, shipping them is viewed as eco-friendly and additionally competitively priced mainly because the Centre had claimed to deliver enticement of Rs.3,000 a car for those using sea direction.
In conversation with The Hindu, Mr. George noted: “It is an additional action of the Mission Resurge - Chennai Port. Also, it is in accordance with the Shipping Ministry’s strategy of encouraging coastal delivery, slicing carbon foot print and also dealing with the traffic blockage problem at the port. Additionally it's the first time that cars are now being relocated from the east coast to western coast.”
Shortly after flagging off the initial service, Chennai Port Trust officers are also conversing with different OEMs which include Nissan and even Ford to get started making use of the coast for vehicle shipping.
“To motivate the OEMs to use our services, we have publicized a flat wharfage fee of Rs.500 for each and every small car and Rs.2,000 for good sized cars. Even the wharfage for RoRo boats choosing coastal method has been dramatically reduced by 40 % of usual fee. This selection was taken within a day,” pronounced Chennai Port Chairman M.A. Bhaskarachar.
Kamarajar Port, that just recently overtook Chennai Port for car exports, is at the same time contemplating in a very similar path. “Normally, coal, fertilizers, iron ore, oil products and bare cement are moved from one port to another one. Now, we are requesting the OEMs to transport motors from southerly ports to western ports. This can lead to removing sizeable number of trailers off road, greatly reduce carbon footprint plus fuel ingestion,” Mr. Bhaskarachar noted.
As much as 800 Hyundai cars have been bundled onto the M.V. IDM Symex, a roll-on-roll-off (RoRo) craft, along the Chennai Port on Saturday. The freight are going to be unloaded at Pipavav Port in Gujarat, Chennai Port Deputy Chairman Cyril C. George mentioned.
Even so Hyundai have been employing Chennai Port for forwarding hyundai cars, this is actually the very first time that it is carrying its cargo over the sea for domestic sector.
Market sources discussed it takes commonly three or four days for the car company to move cars out from the formation centres near Chennai to Gujarat region by way of trailers.
Yet, shipping them is viewed as eco-friendly and additionally competitively priced mainly because the Centre had claimed to deliver enticement of Rs.3,000 a car for those using sea direction.
In conversation with The Hindu, Mr. George noted: “It is an additional action of the Mission Resurge - Chennai Port. Also, it is in accordance with the Shipping Ministry’s strategy of encouraging coastal delivery, slicing carbon foot print and also dealing with the traffic blockage problem at the port. Additionally it's the first time that cars are now being relocated from the east coast to western coast.”
Shortly after flagging off the initial service, Chennai Port Trust officers are also conversing with different OEMs which include Nissan and even Ford to get started making use of the coast for vehicle shipping.
“To motivate the OEMs to use our services, we have publicized a flat wharfage fee of Rs.500 for each and every small car and Rs.2,000 for good sized cars. Even the wharfage for RoRo boats choosing coastal method has been dramatically reduced by 40 % of usual fee. This selection was taken within a day,” pronounced Chennai Port Chairman M.A. Bhaskarachar.
Kamarajar Port, that just recently overtook Chennai Port for car exports, is at the same time contemplating in a very similar path. “Normally, coal, fertilizers, iron ore, oil products and bare cement are moved from one port to another one. Now, we are requesting the OEMs to transport motors from southerly ports to western ports. This can lead to removing sizeable number of trailers off road, greatly reduce carbon footprint plus fuel ingestion,” Mr. Bhaskarachar noted.