APM Terminals Pipavav (Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd) has commenced a new weekly double stack rail service to the industrial center in Faridabad in north India's Haryana State, near the Indian Capital City of New Delhi.

The dedicated double stack operations, which can efficiently 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 Japanese NYK Shipping Line. The existing Sakura I dedicated double stack rail service, is operated by NYK exclusively for containers being imported by Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

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