New Mangalore Port handle record coal in a single day

Mangalore: New Mangalore Port handled a record quantity of 19,750 tonnes of coal in vessel m.v. Astra on Thursday. A press release by the Port said here on Friday that 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 tonnes handled on February 24.

A record quantity of 8,126 tonnes of coal was handled in a single shift on September 28, surpassing the earlier record of 6,372 tonnes handled on September 24, 2005.

The release said that m.v. Astra - carrying 32,290 tonnes of coal from South Africa for Bhatia International of Indore for distribution in Karnataka - called at the port on September 28. Atlantic Shipping is the steamer agents and Hassan Hajee & Sons is the stevedores and C&F agents.