(From Left) Messrs
Vishvanath Daluwatte -
Director NYK Line Lanka,
Shadil Rizan - Head of
Projects and Inland
Logistics at Logiventures,
Janitha Jayanetti - Director
Logiventures, Ruwan
Waidyaratne - Managing
Director Hayleys Advantis,
Dr. Priyath Bandu Wickrema -
Chairman of the Sri Lanka
Ports Authority, Binupa
Liyanage - Director
Logiventures and Asanka
Ratnayake - Director Hayleys
Advantis, at the Magam
Ruhunupura Mahinda Rajapaksa
Port to greet the NYK Line
vessel.
The
Hayleys Group has begun
offering comprehensive
automotive logistics
solutions through its
logistics services
subsidiary Logiventures, to
importers clearing their
vehicles at the Magam
Ruhunupura Mahinda Rajapaksa
Port in Hambantota.
The
company cleared its first
shipment of 850 vehicles in
June, when the NYK Line
vessel Cygnus Leader called
at the port. Logiventures
said it would work closely
with NYK Line, to expand its
engagement with the
automotive industry in Sri
Lanka.
The
company has already ordered
more car carrier trailers to
supplement its existing
fleet and invested in a
vehicle transit facility in
close proximity to the
Hambantota Port to
facilitate the clearing,
inspection and
transportation of vehicles
discharged at the Port by
roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro)
vessels. The initial
capacity of the facility is
approximately 700 vehicles,
the company said.
“Investment in this
operation is in response to
the recent SLPA decision to
divert Ro-Ro vessels to the
new port in Hambantota to
reduce congestion at the
Colombo Port,” Logiventures
Director Janitha Jayanetti
said.
“Logiventures has been
providing automotive
logistics services to many
leading vehicle importers
since 2006 and is the market
leader in supporting vehicle
importing companies,” he
said, adding that “the
company will work closely
with the local community to
create employment
opportunities for youth in
Hambantota through this
initiative.”
He also
said the company is now
geared to offer services
including documentation and
customs clearance of
vehicles, inspection,
initial transportation from
the port to the company's
transit yard, re-inspection
of vehicles prior to
dispatch and transportation
by car carrier trailers to
Colombo or any location
specified by the vehicle
importers.
“Safety
and security are key aspects
in an operation of this
nature, and Logiventures has
an established record in
these areas,”he said.
Jayanetti
added the company was
looking at delivering
vehicles to the showrooms or
yards of importing companies
on a ‘just-in-time’ basis,
enabling them to better
manage their storage and
display space. A member of
Hayleys Advantis, the
transportation and logistics
arm of the Hayleys Group,
Logiventures specializes in
cargo handling,
transportation, storage
facilities, sale and hire of
convertainers (portable
cabins) and empty
containers, supply of
tamper-evident seals and
stickers and numerous
services related to
logistics chains.
The
company is credited with
being the pioneer in
developing a car carrier
trailer in Sri Lanka to
transport cars on a large
scale. In addition to
transporting cargo from
point to point, Logiventures
offers a complete solution
to project cargo customers
who move heavy and over
dimensional cargo to site
locations in remote areas
where infrastructure is at a
bare minimum. Wherever
needed, specialized
equipment is utilized to
ensure cargo safety and the
company also liaises with
transport authorities and
local law enforcement
authorities to obtain the
necessary permits to
transport such cargo on
behalf of its customers.
(DN22062012)