APM Terminals Pipavav commences rail service to Faridabad

MUMBAI: APM Terminals Pipavav (Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd) Monday said it has commenced a new weekly double stack rail service to Faridabad, Haryana. The dedicated double stack operations, which can carry two containers placed one on top of another in specially designed rail cars, will be operated in association with Gateway Rail and NYK India.

Known as "Sakura II", the service will operate between Pipavav Port and ICD-Faridabad (Piyala)/ICD-Garhi Harsaru, covering a distance of 1,015 km (630 miles) exclusively for the Japanese NYK Shipping Line, it said.

The existing Sakura I dedicated double stack rail service, is operated by NYK exclusively for containers being imported by Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.