Gangavaram port sets record in coal discharge

News was prepared under the information support of Online Daily Newspaper on Hellenic and international Shipping "Hellenic Shipping News".

31 Oct 2009

The Gangavaram port set a record on October 25 by discharging 48,545 tonnes of coking coal from the vessel, m.v Luminous Halo, in 24 hours, according to a press release issued on Wednesday.
The release says it was four times the national average. The entire cargo in the vessel, 52,500 tonnes of coking coal imported by the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (the Vizag steel plant), was discharged in 27 hours.
The new port has, so far, handled 215 vessels and crossed the 10-million tonne cargo mark recently.

Source: The Hindu Business Line