Gangavaram Port sets a record on steam coal handling

Gangavaram Port today said it has crossed a milestone by discharging a record 1,12,599 metric tonnes of steam coal from an ultra large cargo vessel in 24 hours.
The private port located here discharged a record 1,12,599 metric tonnes of steam coal from 'M V Cape Jupiter' in 24 hours (spread over September 4 & 5), a company release said here.
M V Cape Jupiter is a capesize vessel, a class of ships that are very large in size and have a capacity to carry over 1,50,000 DWT (dead weight tonnage) of cargo.
This record discharge rate only reaffirms the superior infrastructure and operational efficiency available at the Gangavaram port, the release said.

Raj Dandu, Executive Director, Gangavaram Port, commended the port team on the performance.
With the commissioning of the second mechanised coal handling terminal and three other general cargo berths, the infrastructure at the Gangavaram Port has been strengthened with a capacity to handle about 64 million metric tonnes of cargo per annum, he said in the release.
It has been developed as an all-weather, deep, modern and fully mechanised port in India, capable of handling capesize vessels.