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Lily Shipping again breaks record for cargo imports

Fathmath Shaahunaz
13 June 2016, MVT 13:40
The Lily Shipping vessel pictured at the Maldives harbour. PHOTO/LILY SHIPPING
Fathmath Shaahunaz
13 June 2016, MVT 13:40

Local retail and wholesale firm Lily Shipping and Trading Pvt Ltd has broken its national record of importing the highest number of cargo at once to the Maldives with 776 cargo containers on one freighter.

The previous national record by Lily Shipping and Trading was 700 cargo containers on a single freighter for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan last year.

According to an official of the company, the freighter named “MV Vega Kappa” had arrived at capital Male from Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Saturday, carrying total 776 cargo containers of food and other supplies necessary for Ramadan.

“We were able to make the record again due to the large demand for food for Ramadan and materials for other various projects. [The cargo] includes some of our goods as well,” said the official.

The official added that the cargo consists of imported goods from various countries.

“We brought these transhipment containers to Male from Colombo, which came from countries of Europe, Africa and Asia. Our company is one of which imports the highest amount of cargo from Colombo to Male.”

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