Milaha Launches Feeder Service between Sri Lanka and
Bangladesh
November 23,
2017
Milaha has announced the launch of a direct feeder service
between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Colombo and Chittagong will be
the 7th and 8th new ports of call for Milaha this year, and are
part of the significant service expansion since the beginning of
2017.
The new service, called BCX, will be operated via two vessels of
effective capacity 1,200 TEUs, and will start in the second half
of November, following a Colombo-Chittagong-Colombo rotation
with a transit time of 5 days. The service will cater to the
general consumer goods and garments industry in Bangladesh, a
high growth market.
Commenting on the launch of the new service, Milaha’s President
and CEO Mr. Abdulrahman Essa Al-Mannai said: “We have seen a
great response to the direct and fast services that we launched
between Qatar and some key South Asian markets earlier this
year, and this has encouraged us to continue our strategic
expansion into new markets. We believe the BCX service will
strongly enhance connectivity to one of the fastest-growing
markets in South Asia.”
Milaha continues to build its international presence and diverse
portfolio of marine and logistics services. The company recently
expanded into several new shipping routes and accelerated
deployment of new supply chain solutions across a number of
countries. Milaha currently calls two ports in Oman (Sohar and
Salalah), three ports in India (Nhava Sheva, Mundra, and
Kandla), one port in Pakistan (Karachi), and one port in Kuwait
(Shuwaikh), and offering enhanced connectivity and transit times
between the Arabian Gulf region and the Indian Subcontinent.
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