Mumbai Port leads the way as coastal shipping catches on

Port currently handles iron ore, cement, petro products, steel; now eyes agri products, engg goods

In a bid to strengthen its revenue from coastal cargo, Mumbai Port, the country's largest port, has chalked out a strong marketing strategy to garner a variety of bulk cargoes such as agri products and engineering goods in the coming months.

"We are in talks with EEPC (Engineering Export Promotion Council of India) for project cargo and FCI (Food Corporation of India) for various agri products as we aim to further increase our volumes from the growing coastal division," Y A Wanage deputy chairman told Business Standard.

Currently, Mumbai Port handles coastal cargo for iron ore, cement, petroleum products and