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)