Between April 1 and March 15, the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) handled 5.09 million tonne (mn t) of cargo, 31.52 per cent higher than 3.87 mn t handled in the year-ago period.
The port derived a large portion of its business from Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals as it handled 1.92 mn t (1.39 mn t) of crude oil and 1.05 mn t (0.5 mn t) of product cargo for the state-run firm during the above period.
The port handled 1.41 mn t (0.59 mn t) of coal during the period. Of this, the port handled 0.6 mt (0.29 mn t) of coal for UPCL (Udupi Power Corporation) till May 15.
The port posted 77.47 per cent expansion in its container cargo volume during the period. He said that the port handled 6,144 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of containers till May 15 of 2013-14 against 3,462 TEUs in the corresponding period of 2012-13.
Tamilvanan said that the port handled 9.29 lakh tonne of railway-bound traffic till May 15 of 2013-14 (7.28 lakh tonne), recording a growth of 27.60 per cent.
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