Pictures show cars parked at the port  yard to be transshipped as M.V.Asian Legend being berthed at MRMRP, the final few cars been loaded on board the vessel, a machinery unit brought as a local consignment  being unloaded  from the vessel and Dr.Priyath B.Wickrama - Chairman of SLPA and Capt.Nihal Keppetipola - Managing Director of SLPA  inspecting the on going operations  during  the commencement of Ro-Ro operations at MRMRP.

The mega car carrier M.V.Asian Legend with an LOA of 199metres, belonged to  Hyundai Glovis Co.Ltd; and Aitken Spence Shipping Ltd; as the local agents,  recently called at Magm Ruhunupura Mahinda Rajapaksa port to transship 998 units that had been brought there at a previous consignment destined to Algeria. She also brought two remote controlled mega machinery units as a local consignment to be utilized at the Mattala Airport Construction Project. Expressing views over the success at the brand new port, Shone Pereira - the Operations Executive of the Aitken Spence Shipping Ltd; stated that they were fully contended over the smooth operations that were carried out at the port and the efficiency expressed in result enabled the vessel to leave port with the transshipment consignment with no delay at all.
(CPRD20062012)