The Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways said in view of the port’s capabilities to service mega-size container vessels, he looks forward to seeing a “positive shift” in the international trans-shipment cargo from Colombo and Singapore to Vizhinjam in the near future.

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday said that the international deep-water trans-shipment port at Vizhinjam here will offer a “stiff competition” to similar ports in Colombo and Singapore.

The Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways said in view of the port’s capabilities to service mega-size container vessels, he looks forward to seeing a “positive shift” in the international trans-shipment cargo from Colombo and Singapore to Vizhinjam in the near future.

A 300-metre-long Chinese mothership ‘San Fernando’, which berthed at the port a day ago, was on Friday formally welcomed by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in a ceremony where Sonowal was also present.