‘Food Corporation of India partners with Allcargo Logistics for its shipping requirements in the project’
Mumbai, July 9, 2014: Allcargo Logistics’ multi-purpose vessel ‘Allcargo Laxmi’ successfully completed the delivery of its very first consignment of bagged rice for FCI. The FCI commissioned the project to dispatch raw rice stock from Vishkhapatnam to Agartala in the north-east region of India through multi-modal transport i.e., sea-river-road. It involved transportation of stock from Vizag port to Diamond Harbour in Kolkata.
This is a first of its kind assignment for MV Allcargo Laxmi, where it carried 5,000 tonnes of rice from Vizag port and reached Diamond Harbour successfully within 2 days of sailing. At Diamond Harbor, the stock will be trans-shipped into barges and taken through river movement up to Bangladesh. Thereafter, it will transit Bangladesh through trucks and again would be boarded from Bangladesh to feed FCI depots in Agartala by trucks. The movement is regulated by Protocol on Inland Water Trade and Treaty (PIWTT) signed between India and Bangladesh government. With this shipment, Allcargo Shipping has significantly contributed in the novel venture of opening up an alternative route when compared with the conventional dispatch of stock by the rail-road hitherto done from Punjab/Haryana to Tripura.
Allcargo Logistics has a fleet of three fully owned ships which operate in coastal movement of bulk, break bulk and Project Cargo across all major ports in India and its subcontinents. The shipping service provides a crucial link between all Indian ports which enables the clients to save on the logistics cost. M.V. Laxmi and M.V. Arathi bear a cargo capacity of 4,800 gross tonnage with a crane range of 2X25 MT, M.V. Susheela is the largest vessel amongst them with a capacity of 6,200 gross tonnage offering a crane range of 2X80 MT.
About Allcargo Logistics Ltd:
As part of the Avvashya Group, Allcargo Logistics is an integrated logistics multinational, headquartered in India. As one of India’s largest publicly listed logistics companies Allcargo operates across 90 plus countries through 200 plus offices globally. Its services comprise global Multimodal Transport Operations (NVOCC, LCL & FCL), pan India CFS/ICD operations, Project and Engineering Solutions (Project Logistics & Equipment Hiring Solutions), Ship Owning & Chartering and 3PL & Warehousing services.
Under the Avvashya Foundation an NGO of the Avvashya Group, Allcargo also supports numerous Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, focusing on Natural Disaster Relief, Health Care, Education, Women Empowerment, Sports and Environmental Sustainability.