The Multipurpose Port of Doraleh (DMP) received a ship, from the MOL line, MV Aquarius ACE which unloaded 277 vehicles for transshipments bound for Europe.
DMP has truly become a vehicle transshipment hub. By definition, transshipments is the action of shipping goods or containers to an intermediate destination and then to another destination.
The transshipments activity is on the right track, during the past year, the volumes and performance have increased and as proof, just with the MOL line it closed the year with a significant increase of 90% in traffic compared to the fiscal year 2022. The port has played its role of bursting traffic to the ports of the region, namely Jeddah, Mombassa, Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Sokhna.
In 2023, the policy of the general management is to set the bar even higher by positioning itself as an International Transshipment Port with the largest volume from Chennai bound for Europe, more precisely at the Port of Antwerp in Belgium.
The first international transshipments vehicles were unloaded on March 23 by the vessel MV Aquarius ACE.
DMP was able to invest in this activity due to its following attribute; A high level of qualification of its workforce, good dock management, availability of vehicle storage spaces, and low incident rate. All of these elements form the core of its service offering.
“With these new flows, there are also import and export prospects for local, regional and international markets that are emerging”, welcomes the management of DMP, which notes however that the transshipment of vehicles is becoming a regular activity. In this perspective, the Director General considers “Maintaining the quality of service is an essential element in the pursuit of our success”.
“Our country is determined to become an international logistics platform and a multimodal center for economic and commercial exchanges.”
DMP has succeeded in strengthening its position as a high-level port, industrial and logistics platform.