Another first of its kind in India, the Ro-Ro (Roll-on-Roll-off) barge service transports containers and trucks from Willingdon Island to Vallarpadam Terminal, through the Cochin backwaters. It is the first double-end ferry operated in India and has a capacity to move fifteen 20-TEU container trucks in a trip and 500 TEUs a day.
The Kochi Port and the IWAI through joint venture had set up Ro-Ro terminal in Bolghatty and Willingdon Island at an investment of Rs16crore to facilitate inland waterway connectivity to the Vallarpadam terminal for moving containerised cargo.
The vessel is on long term charter from a Singapore company and was under Singapore Government employment. The vessel is classed by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).
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