The country’s largest multi product port at Mundra handled around 2,200 vessels and approximately 38 million tonnes of cargo volumes across all segments during the financial year 2008-09.
As per report during 2007-08, Mundra port had handled 1,624 vessels and 28.79 million tonnes of cargo.
It said that the new terminal, having an automobile terminal operating system developed and implemented within nine months after signing of agreement with Maruti Suzuki for car exports, also commenced operations in January 2009.
In the last three months ending March 31, the port exported 18,211 cars. With a 57 km long dedicated rail line, it also handled close to 4,500 rakes in the last fiscal.
The highest number of rakes handled in a single month was 459 in December 2008 when it also handled the highest number of rakes, 15, in a single day.
In another record, the loading and releasing of a rail rake with 64 wagons for coal took 95 minutes in January 2009.The highest amount of coal loaded in a day, 57,525 tonnes, was on March 31 with 15 rakes in a 24 hour cycle.
The port purchased a new locomotive engine with 3,100 HP capacity and also started container train operation from northern India to Mundra with six container rakes.
Among the dry cargo it handled was the Delhi Metro coaches in March. The first export from Mundra SEZ unit, Thermax Ltd, was the first boiler export, the heaviest cargo of 220 tonnes, in February 2009.
The highest quantity in handling of fertilizer cargo was in November 2008. The port handled the largest container vessel, MVCMA CGM Baudelaire on February 2nd 2009 and acquired the first in the new fleet of 70 tonnes bollard pull tugs to cater to the UPPX container vessels. Five more tugs are on order.
The container terminal handled nearly 10 times more vessels in 2008-09 and the number of container liner services increased to 11 in 2008-09. It achieved the highest gross crane productivity of 55.24 moves per hour for one crane on MV Taban on March 14.
Source : SteelGuru