<p>M V N Raj TPN 241 left for Colombo from the old port here carrying goods including onion, potato, corn, and turmeric, officials said.<br /><br />It would take about 24 hours for a vessel to reach Colombo, about 150 nautical miles from the port here, they said.<br /><br />Private cargo shipping service between India and Sri Lanka was stopped in the 1980s (rpt) 1980s due to ethnic war in Sri Lanka.<br /><br />Cargo shipping service between Tuticorin and Maldives is already in operation.</p>
<p>M V N Raj TPN 241 left for Colombo from the old port here carrying goods including onion, potato, corn, and turmeric, officials said.<br /><br />It would take about 24 hours for a vessel to reach Colombo, about 150 nautical miles from the port here, they said.<br /><br />Private cargo shipping service between India and Sri Lanka was stopped in the 1980s (rpt) 1980s due to ethnic war in Sri Lanka.<br /><br />Cargo shipping service between Tuticorin and Maldives is already in operation.</p>