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Jaffna-Tamil Nadu sea cargo service from next month
View(s):By Chris Kamalendran
A cargo service via sea between Jaffna and Tamil Nadu is to begin from the first week of February.
The service will operate every Friday and is initially expected to ferry 300 metric tonnes (MT) of Indian products to Jaffna’s Kankesanthurai (KKS) Harbour.
A discussion in this regard was held yesterday in Jaffna between a Colombo-based cargo agent and the Jaffna Chamber of Commerce.
Before the talks began, the Colombo cargo agent, Customs and Sri Lanka Ports Authority officials visited the KKS Harbour to work out the setting up of a warehouse urgently to store the goods.
Jaffna Chamber of Commerce President T. Jayasekaran made a request from the delegation that after unloading the cargo, the ship should take local products back to India.
Mr Jayasekaran said he believed the cargo service would help reduce the prices of products imported directly from India to Jaffna rather than coming via Colombo.
Many Jaffna importers have assured that they can supply local products at a low price for the Indian market, rather than shipping them via Colombo.
Meanwhile, Sri Lankan authorities are also having talks with India on resuming a passenger ferry service between Jaffna and India as early as possible.
It has also been reported that there is high demand for the flight service between Palali and Tamil Nadu after flights services began last month.
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