Zhen Hua 15

Written By: Team GSL | 14 Oct 2023 First ‘ship’ carrying massive cranes arrives at Kerala’s Vizhinjam Port. The Vizhinjam International Seaport “Zhen Hua 15” The Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram, the first deep-sea container transshipment terminal in India, is set to receive the largest crane in the country. Chinese ship Zhen Hua 15 carrying cranes arrived at Kerala’s Vizhinjam International Seaport on 12/10/2023, Thursday. The ship, which reached the outer waters of Vizhinjam on Wednesday. was given a traditional water salute. Authorities of the Vizhinjam International Seaport, Thiruvananthapuram, have successfully unloaded two yard cranes (rail-mounted gantry cranes) from the Zhen Hua 15 project vessel docked at the port. At the moment, more than 80 per cent of the first phase of the work at the port has been completed. Seven more ships are scheduled to arrive at the port after the arrival of the first ship. The port will be opened for commercial operations in next year. The ship is expected to depart from the port by October 25, despite its originally scheduled departure date of October 21. Furthermore, the same vessel is anticipated to return to the port with five additional cranes by the end of November. Once open, the port will prove to be a game-changer not just for Kerala but for the entire country as 80 per cent of the transshipments to India that currently takes place at Colombo, Singapore and Dubai will now happen at Vizhinjam.