{"id":5891,"date":"2023-04-17T19:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5891"},"modified":"2023-04-17T19:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:55:00","slug":"mss-announces-kulhudhuffushi-addu-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5891","title":{"rendered":"MSS announces Kulhudhuffushi, Addu operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maldives State Shipping (MSS) has announced it was preparing to launch shipping operations to Kulhudhuffushi and Addu cities.<\/p>\n<p>The state shipping corporation, a subsidiary under State Trading Organization (STO) is now seeking a vessel to launch operations for the new routes.<\/p>\n<p>MSS had previously operated a shipping vessel between Addu and Tuticorin, India, launched in October 2020. The operation came to a halt in March 2022 owing to lack of local industry support.<\/p>\n<p>During the operational period between Addu and Tuticorin, MSS operated a 4,000-ton capacity vessel whereas the combined total of imports by Addu City entrepreneurs did not exceed 300 tons.<\/p>\n<p>To minimize wastage of this operation, MSS directed the remainder of the vessel&#8217;s capacity on transporting goods for STO and for ongoing projects in Addu City, the demand for which dropped once the projects concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the corporation&#8217;s latest business decision, MSS Executive Director Captain Mohamed Nazim said that the corporation began seeking the vessel for its Kulhudhuffushi and Addu operations a month earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Nazim further claimed that the operations will incorporate a smaller vessel compared to the previous one, and said it would be ideal for the logistical operations between the new routes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maldives State Shipping (MSS) has announced it was preparing to launch shipping operations to Kulhudhuffushi and Addu cities. 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MSS had previously operated a shipping vessel between Addu and Tuticorin, India, launched in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2423],"tags":[1352,1551,1880,1882],"class_list":{"0":"post-5891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-maldives-state-shipping","9":"tag-mss","10":"tag-shipping-and-logistics","11":"tag-shipping-industry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MSS announces Kulhudhuffushi, Addu operations - Maldives Business Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=5891\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MSS announces Kulhudhuffushi, Addu operations - Maldives Business Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maldives State Shipping (MSS) has announced it was preparing to launch shipping operations to Kulhudhuffushi and Addu cities. 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