"We are planning to start our service to Myanmar sometime in September on experimental basis," SCI chairman and managing director A K Gupta said here today on the sidelines of the Calcutta Freight Brokers Association AGM.
He said there would be one vessel providing container service.
"There will be transhipment at Colombo. We are eying cargo from Hazira. We are now doing on experimental basis between Chennai and Colombo and we may add more ports. There is commitment of support from the government level of both sides," Gupta said.
Meanwhile, Gupta indicated that sluggish trend in the freight industry was expected to continue for some time more.
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