Record movement of reefer cargo at New Mangalore Port

With the onset of fishing season in the coastal belt, the New Mangalore Port is witnessing a record movement of reefer cargo in containers. The total reefer cargo exported through the port during the first half of the current fiscal year was 1,257 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units). In September alone, 442 TEUs of reefer containers stuffed with fish was exported so far.

At the port, two more container vessels are expected to call during the current week by which another 216 TEUs of reefer containers will be exported.

These reefer containers are stuffed with varieties of fish like mackerel, ribbon fish, shrimps, seer paste etc. for export to China, Europe, Bangkok, etc. It is expected to export large volumes of reefer cargo during the coming months of the current financial year.