MPT registers robust growth in 2013-14

Mara Pandiyan, Chairman, Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), said that the port, which was earlier known as the iron ore port, last year had almost 99.9 per cent non-iron ore activities and still registered robust growth. The chairman, while briefing about the financial achievement of MPT for the last fiscal, presented the fact that the port has almost shed its mono commodity status and is now being widely recognised as a multi-commodity port. He said that general cargo traffic has increased by 23 per cent during the first two months of this year compared to the previous year. The port achieved operating income of Rs 218 crore in addition to Rs 67 crore received as grants from ministry of commerce, tourism, etc.