This presentation covers the major feeder services from and into Mangalore (India) #logistics #shipping # container shipping #Mangalore

1. Prepared by:
R Raghunandan
St John freight Systems Mangalore
Date: 15-09-2018
Presentation on Feeder services
from and into Mangalore Port

2. About New Mangaluru Port
• New Mangaluru Port is a deep-water, all-weather port at Panambur,
Mangaluru in Karnataka state in India, which is the deepest inner
harbour on the west coast. It is the only major port of Karnataka
and is the seventh largest port in India. This port is operated by
New Mangaluru Port Trust. Wikipedia
• Location: Mangaluru
• Annual container volume: 62,808TEU (2014-2015)
• Opened: 4 May 1974
• Available berths: 17
• Value of cargo: 36.5 million tonnes (2014-2015)
• Operated by: New Mangaluru Port Trust

3. Major feeder operators and their
services
1. BTL
2. Simatech/Sima Marine
3. SSL
4. TCI Seaways

4. 1. BTL Feeder service
• BTL has been offering common Feedering relays containers,
belonging to the Liner shipping companies, to and from origin
Mangalore port via transshipment hub Colombo , for onward
connection on main line vessels for over a decade.
• BTL offers a reliable weekly service and caters mainly to
MAERSK, MSC and other liners,
• Weekly service with Colombo- Mangalore rotation
exclusively for EXIM cargoes.
Goa call added only during reefer season ( Sept – April or
depending on fish catch/reefer booking)

5. BTL Feeder service

6. BTL Feeder Schedule

7. Details of Feeder deployed

8. 2. Simatech feeder service
• : Sima Marine India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Dubai-based Simatech
Shipping, a major container feeder servicing company, had launched
coastal container shipping services in India since 2016 covering four of
the country’s ports namely Mundra, Goa, Mangalore and Kochi.
• Simatech’s feeder service aims to target the good growth potential in
the India coastal segment They have been offering a consistent
service with competitive rates to attract more coastal cargo
movement which was moving by road.
• Simatech‘s main customers are CMA CGM, HAPAG nad major NVOCC
• Rotation: Mundra-Mangalore-Cochin-Colombo with 2 feeders
deployed Pamba and Sarayu calling alternate weeks.

9. Simatech Feeder Schedule

10. Details of Feeders deployed

11. 3. SSL feeder service
• Shreyas Shipping and Logistics, the Indian flagged vessel owning
unit of Transworld Group
• SSL, a pioneer and leading player in domestic coastal container
shipping covering all main Indian ports including Mangalore.
• SSL, which has a fleet of 13 vessels with a capacity of over
23,000 TEUs, also offers services to the Middle East and
Bangladesh.
•SSL operates all its services on a fixed day weekly schedule with
rotation Kochi-Mangalore-Mundra service
•SSL has been offering common Feedering service from Kochi to
Mundra via Mangalore since last 3 years.

12. SSL Feeder Schedule

13. Details of Feeder deployed

14. 4. TCI seaways feeder service
• TCI Seaways does Coastal Shipping, Agency Service and
Containerized Business.
• TCI Seaways caters to the coastal cargo requirements
for transporting container and bulk cargo from Ports
on the West coast / East coast of India
• TCI has deployed TCI express/ TCI Arjun feeder and
maintains a rotation Cochin- Mundra-mangalore
Cochin calling Mangalore once in 8 days
• TCI express feeder has been calling Mangalore since
July 2018

15. TCI feeder schedule

16. Details of Feeder deployed