"This is the only direct service from Goa and New Mangalore to Colombo and Tuticorin," said Captain Tarun Gupta, General Manager, Samsara Group.
The ship named MV MOUNT BOKOR has the capacity to carry about 1,100 TU (Twenty Equivalent Unit) of cargo every time it leaves from Goa, he said.
The company already has slot agreement on another ship MV TIGER GOMAN on GMT service, which regularly plies between Goa to New Mangalore and then to Colombo with about 1250 TEUs.