Vizag Port handle record cargo in a single day

Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam Port set a record on Tuesday in unloading granulated urea in bulk. A quantity of 15,951 tonnes of urea was unloaded from m.v. Pontonikis at EQ-7 berth, surpassing the previous best of 15,167 tonnes in 2006.

The cargo was imported by the Indian Farmers' Fertiliser Co-operative Ltd and Sarat Chatterjee and Co were the stevedores. Chowgule Bros Pvt Ltd was the steamer agent.