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Port handles record quantity of coal

Staff Correspondent

The port also achieved a record in terms of quantity handled in a single shift

MANGALORE: The New Mangalore Port (NMPT) utilised the newly-constructed deep draught multi-purpose berth and achieved an all time record of handling 19,750 metric tonnes of coal from m.v. Astra on Thursday. This is the highest quantity of coal handled at the port in a day from a single vessel surpassing the earlier record of 19,470 metric tonnes handled from m.v. Dubai Ambassador on February 24 this year.

The port also achieved a record in terms of quantity handled in a single shift. A record 8,126 metric tonnes was handled in a single shift on Thursday during the second shift surpassing the earlier record of 6,372 metric tonnes handled on September 24 last year. M.v. Astra called on the port on Thursday carrying 32,290 metric tonnes of coal from South Africa for M/s Bhatia International, Indore, for distribution in Karnataka.

According to a press release from S. Gopalakrishna, traffic manager, NMPT, container traffic at the port is also doing well. During the first half of the current fiscal there was an increase of 86 per cent in container traffic.The frequency of container vessels calling on the port has increased to one vessel a week.

This would help the trade to move their cargo faster to the respective destinations at less ocean freight charges.

P. Tamilvanan, chairman, NMPT, while expressing his happiness over the achievements with stakeholders said employees would receive productivity-linked bonus of 17.5 per cent on ad-hoc basis for 2005-06.

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