01/01/0001
Second Pipavav Double Stack Service
APM Terminals Pipavav (Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd) one of western India’s fastest growing gateway ports, has begun a new weekly double stack rail service to the industrial center of Faridabad in north India’s Haryana State, near the Indian Capital City of New Delhi. The dedicated double stack operations, which can efficiently carry two containers placed one on top of another in specially designed rail cars, will be operated in association with Gateway Rail and NYK India. Known as "Sakura II", the service will operate between Pipavav Port and ICD-Faridabad (Piyala)/ICD-Garhi Harsaru, covering a distance of 1,015 km (630 miles) exclusively for Japanese-based NYK Shipping Line. The existing Sakura I dedicated double stack rail service called, is operated by NYK exclusively for containers being imported by Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
The inaugural Sakura II service run was seen off from Pipavav Port by APM Terminals Pipavav Managing Director Keld Pederson, and NYK Line General Manager Yasuhiro Ishi, along with other senior officials of APM Terminals Pipavav and Gateway Rail.
Double stack rail movements were pioneered in India by APM Terminals and the Indian Railway in 2006 with service from Pipavav Port to the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, terminating in Jaipur, one of India’s largest cities. Pipavav Port is currently moving block trains between Garhi Harsaru and Pipavav and between Ludhiana and Pipavav. Pipavav’s rail volume grew by 20% in the first half of 2014. Pipavav began Ro/Ro service for NYK earlier in 2015, handling exports of Indian-manufactured passenger cars.
The inaugural Sakura II service run was seen off from Pipavav Port by APM Terminals Pipavav Managing Director Keld Pederson, and NYK Line General Manager Yasuhiro Ishi, along with other senior officials of APM Terminals Pipavav and Gateway Rail.
Double stack rail movements were pioneered in India by APM Terminals and the Indian Railway in 2006 with service from Pipavav Port to the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, terminating in Jaipur, one of India’s largest cities. Pipavav Port is currently moving block trains between Garhi Harsaru and Pipavav and between Ludhiana and Pipavav. Pipavav’s rail volume grew by 20% in the first half of 2014. Pipavav began Ro/Ro service for NYK earlier in 2015, handling exports of Indian-manufactured passenger cars.