Hemas enters maritime business

Far Shipping Lanka a wholly owned subsidiary of Hemas Holdings Plc has been appointed as the Exclusive Shipping Agent for Far Shipping Lines (FSL), Singapore. An agreement was signed recently in Singapore by both parties to enhance their operations in Sri Lanka.

Maintaining a presence in Colombo since 2002 and currently operating four services, FSL remains the only feeder from the top common carrier operators which maintains all services exclusively to the port of Colombo.

Far Shipping launched its operations in 2002 with a mission to provide a reliable common carrier feeder service to the Main Liners operating in the Indian subcontinent.

The company FSL initially launched feeder services linking transshipment ports in Singapore, the Port of Colombo with the Indian Sub-Continent. It subsequently expanded its network and now offers services connecting the Indian Sub-Continent and Arabian Gulf with transshipment ports in the Colombo Port.

Head of Shipping at Hemas, Irshad Musheen said, "The group's determination to have a maritime presence is supported by a fundamental philosophy to explore and discover new business horizons.

This demonstrates the Group's desire to support the Colombo Port's status of Hub Port for South Asia through the involvement of the feeder business.

Hemas will facilitate FSL in Colombo and look at supporting it to enhance FSL services in Colombo". Musheen also welcomed FSLs' commitment to Colombo and said that Hemas would build its maritime strategy around the vision of the port of Colombo.