Boost in Mormugoa Port output

Despite being hit by a ban on iron ore mining, the Mormugoa Port Trust reported a 25 per cent increase in cargo throughput in 2014-15 at 14.71 million tonne on the back of multi-commodity approach, the port said. Its cargo handling had slipped to 11.74 metric tonne in 2013-14, which had dwindled from a peak of 50 metric tonne in 2010-11, primarily due to the ban on iron ore mining.

¨The port has since staged a remarkable turnaround from being a mono-commodity port to being a multi-commodity port by adding a wide range of cargo to its kitty,¨ it said in a statement.