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The M.V. Kissama, the 582-teu capacity feeder vessel acquired by the Hyderabad-based Seaways Shipping, will be put on a new service being launched to connect Paradip directly with Singapore. The port rotation will be Singapore-Port Klang-Kolkata-Paradip-Singapore. The vessel is to arrive in Kolkata on June 20 and Paradip on June 23.

The distance between Paradip and Singapore will be covered in five days. Right now there are no direct sailings between the Orissa port and Singapore. Seaways Shipping, which has served the Orissa port for the past four years, offers sailings from Paradip to Singapore, with transhipment at Chennai, which takes about 10 days. The new service will substantially cut down on the transit time. Since the vessel will call at Paradip only once a month, it will also be deployed on a new service being launched by the shipping line with port rotation of Singapore-Port Klang-Kolkata-Chittagong-Singapore.

Capt P. V. K. Mohan, CMD of Seaways Shipping, however, points out that the existing service connecting Paradip with Chennai will continue. Which means, there will now be two container sailings out of Paradip every month.

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