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Kolkata, May 23 Emirates Shipping’s Hyper Galex II service has started calling at Pipavav port, a private port in Gujarat, according to port sources. The maiden call was made by ‘MV Emirates Kabir’ recently.

With the fixed day weekly sailing from Pipavav, Emirates Shipping now provides shippers in Gujarat and Northwest India with direct connections to various ports in China and West Asia like Xingang, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Hongkong, Singapore, Port Klang, Colombo, Dubai and Bandar Abbas.

In all, six vessels of the capacity ranging from 2,500 to 3,100 TEUs are being deployed on the services to offer one of the best transit times between North China and Dubai, sources add.

Pipavav port, a multi-purpose, all weather port designed to handle bulk, break-bulk and containerised traffic, is run by APM Terminal, one of the world’s largest container terminal operator.

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