During the current year 2017-18, the port has handled 1,00,666 TEUs (15,00,572 tonnes) of containerized cargo and further 13 vessels are scheduled to call during the remaining period of the current financial year 2017-18.
The increased handling of coffee, raw cashew, gherkins, machinery, polypropline granules, chemicals, agri-products, coastal cargo, has contributed immensely in achieving a growth rate of 23% in terms of TEUs and 24% in terms of volume. The port is witnessing a steady growth in container traffic mainly due to pro-active business promotion initiatives made by the port coupled with the infrastructure and capacity addition, expansion of container yards, container handling equipments like reach stackers, increased number of reefer plug points, concretization of roads, simplified documentation, RFID system of admittance and ease of doing business initiatives etc.
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