The cashew sector in Karnataka recently reached a milestone by importing 100,000 tonnes of raw cashew nuts through New Mangalore Port during the current financial year, recording a growth of nearly 30 percent over the previous year, the Hindu Business Lines reported.

One of the main reasons for this growth is the calling of the mainline container vessels at New Mangalore Port from the East and West African countries.

As many as four mainline container vessels called at the port during the financial year and two more are expected to call in the days to come.

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• Freight service on the coast of New Mangalore Port attracts pace

     Coastal cargo movement has gained momentum at New Mangalore Port with the commencement of coastal shipment of container cargo from Pipavav to New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT).  An NMPT press release said here on Tuesday that Jindal Waterways started its container feeder service at the port on July 27 with the arrival

• Second ship of E. Africa Calls for New Mangalore Port

    The second mainline container vessel from Port Mtwara in East Africa called at New Mangalore Port for unloading raw cashewnuts on Tuesday. A press release by Mr S

• Vasan reviews New Mangalore Port Projects

    The Union Shipping Minister, Mr G.K. Vasan, visited the New Mangalore Port on Friday

• New Mangalore Port gets fourth container ship

    New Mangalore Port has received the fourth mainline container vessel during the current financial year. The vessel – m.v

• Mangalore Port busiest port for LNG imports

    The Mangalore Port has emerged as the busiest port used for importing LPG amongst all the ports of India, with a throughput of 71,004 MT of LPG so far this year (up to November, 2009) under the Parallel Marketing Scheme (PMS).

• Mangalore: NMPT wants to build container terminal

    The New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) has planned to build a container terminal on build-own-transfer (BOT) basis considering the growth in container traffic in the last four years. An NMPT press release issued here on Thursday, quoting its Chairman P. Tamilvanan, said that the proposed terminal would boost the container traffic at

• NMPT container traffic by 12% in April and August

    New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) handled 15.23 million tonnes of cargo during the first five months of the current financial year against 15.09 mt in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. A press release by Mr S. Gopalakrishna, Traffic Manager of NMPT, said the port witnessed growth in the handling

• In general, bulk cargo handling hit in New Mangalore Port

     Mangalore, Aug. 2 The loading and unloading of general cargo and dry bulk cargo were affected at New Mangalore Port as the strike by the registered cargo handling workers entered the second day on Sunday.  They were on strike against the implementation of national tribunal award on rationalisation of the manning

• Spanish as a co-leader group among the five finalists for New Mangalore Port box terminal

    IL&FS, Spanish major Grup Maritim TCB, Essar Ports and Terminals, and Simplex Infrastructure are among the players shortlisted to bid for the project to develop and operate a new container terminal at the New Mangalore port on a build-operate-transfer basis for 30 years. These players can submit the financial bids

• Cargo diversion from Mangalore Port begins

    The ongoing strike by the registered cargo handling workers at the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) has now led to the diversion of cargo from New Mangalore to other ports, as the strike entered its seventh day on Friday. Though a series of meetings was held among the different stakeholders in