Adani Group-owned MPSEZ achieves record coal handling

Surpasses Krishnapattinam’s national record in coal discharge.

Adani Group-owned Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd (MPSEZ) has achieved a record cargo handling of 1,11,699 tonnes of steam coal in the past 24 hours, which was the best performance till date by an Indian port, a company statement informed.

The Mundra port’s West Basin terminal surpassed Krishnapattinam Port's national record of best coal discharge performance of 106,171 tonnes in July 2011 and improved its own record of 95,000 tonnes in June 2011. The West Basin terminal has a capacity of 1.6 million tonnes per day which is being expanded to 3.2 million tonnes per day.

The company further informed that its coal import terminal at Dahej Port has been connected by railways, a move that will help reducing logistics costs for transporting coal to the region and rest of India.

The railway line of about 62 kilometers was built by the Bharuch Dahej Railway Corporation Limited, with an aim to provide vital rail connectivity to the industrial establishments in Dahej.

"Logistics is presently the biggest hurdle faced by India Inc. It is the Adani group’s endeavour to increase India’s efficiency and boost its economy by progressively reducing high logistics cost. Importing coal at Dahej is expected to reduce logistics costs between 20 per cent to 40 per cent for the power plants in western India and specifically in the region. We are committed to do so by developing highly efficient ports, Inland terminals and other logistics infrastructure," Malay Mahadevia, wholetime director at MPSEZ in a statement issued on Monday.

Meanwhile, the coal import terminal at Dahej, owned by Adani Petronet (Dahej) Ltd, a joint venture with Petronet LNG Ltd, has a capacity to handle 20 million tonnes of coal a year.

The terminal at Dahej is equipped with two jetties with a deep draft of 14 meters each thus enabling berthing of large capsize vessels.