Nissan Motor India
Pvt. Ltd. (NMIPL) flagged-off its 300,000th car for export from
Ennore Port Ltd. (EPL) in the presence of Kenichiro Yomura, President - Nissan
India, Baskarachar, MD and Chairman, Ennore Port, Chennai, Hideki
Maebashi, Head of Exports and Atul Shahane, General Manager, Vehicle Exports,
Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd.
The Indian arm of
the Japanese carmaker commenced exports from the Ennore port in September 2010
and was the first automaker to use the Ennore port as the export gateway. Since
then Nissan have been exporting their vehicles to more than 100 countries/regions
including Africa, Middle East and Europe. Nissan has now exported over 300,000
vehicles in last three years from the Ennore port.
Kenichiro Yomura,
President, Nissan India Operations said, “This milestone underscores our
manufacturing capabilities at our world class facility here in Oragadam, near
Chennai.”
It may be recalled
that in 2008, Nissan had signed its first MoU with Ennore Port Ltd. (EPL) to
export its vehicles to various countries. In July 2013, the agreement between
Ennore Port and Nissan was upgraded to include more parking space and priority
handling of vehicle units inside the port. This agreement is valid for the next
10 years.