New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT)

Container trailer-truck driver crushed to death at NMPT

The driver of a container trailer-truck was crushed to death after a container hit his cabin while in transit on New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) premises on Wednesday night even as workers alleged negligence by the logistics company and NMPT in leaving the container unlocked on the trailer.

In his complaint to Panambur Police, Yashodhara, a trailer-truck driver, said that he and the deceased, Vinod Poojary (58), worked for Delta Infralogistics, Kulur.

Poojary brought two containers of 20 tonnes...

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NMPT to focus on container sector

New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) is aiming to handle a traffic of 50 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) in the next three-four years, according to Venkata Ramana Akkaraju, Chairman.

He told BusinessLine on Friday, July 12, that the port handled 42.5 million tonnes of cargo in 2018-19. “Our plan is to take it to 44 MTPA in the current fiscal,” he said, adding that it will be increased to 50 MTPA in the next three-four years. To achieve this, he has set sights on container and coastal cargo, as also...

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JSW set to win box terminal project in India

JSW Infrastructure Ltd is set to win the rights to run its first container terminal project at a Central Government-owned port. It has quoted the highest per-container royalty to operate a facility at New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT).

The Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Infrastructure quoted a royalty of ₹951 per twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) for a 500,000 TEU capacity terminal to be run from Berth No 14 at NMPT on a 30-year contract, multiple government sources told BusinessLine. The company confirmed...

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SR expects enhanced freight loading at NMPT

Southern Railway expects that the mechanised general coal handling facility at New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) could considerably enhance freight loading of its Palakkad Division.

Speaking at the Railway Week Celebrations at Palakkad on Wednesday, June 12, SR’s Principal Chief Operations Manager S. Anantharaman said the launching of Chettinad Mangaluru Coal Terminal Project Pvt. Ltd. (CMCTPL) will improve coal loading and hence the Division to get ready to handle additional coal.

The private coal...

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KCCI disapproves NMPT’s move for extra charges

Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Mangaluru, has said that the New Mangalore Port Trust’s (NMPT) proposal to TAMP (Tariff Authority for Major Ports) on introducing anchorage charge and increasing container related charges at the port will discourage the trade from doing business with the port.

KCCI, which has submitted its recommendations to TAMP on the revised proposal of NMPT for the revision of scale of rates (SoR) at the port, said the introduction of anchorage charges would be...

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Container ship damaged at New Mangalore Port

Mangaluru: Timely intervention of New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) averted a major incident after container ship X-press Brahmaputra sustained damage to her port side hull on Saturday (Nov. 13) morning, while sailing out.

According to NMPT authorities, the incident took place between 7am to 8am. The cargo-laden vessel was immediately brought back to access the extent of the damage. Currently the situation is under control, said sources.

Sources told STOI said while sailing out from Jetty No.2, the...

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