Mangalore International Airport Handles Highest Quantity of Areca Nut at Integrated Cargo Terminal

Mangalore International Airport Handles Highest Quantity of Areca Nut at Integrated Cargo Terminal

Mangalore International Airport (MIA) facilitated the inbound handling of arecanut at its integrated cargo terminal (ICT) in January. The red variety of arecanut, weighing 1,519 kg in 60 bags, was ferried as belly air cargo from Agartala in Tripura to Mangalore. The shipment is the highest quantity of the crop that the integrated cargo terminal has handled since it started domestic cargo operation on May 1, 2023. It also marks the highest single-day inbound cargo that the ICT has handled since May 1, 2023. In the past, the ICT had handled inbound parcels of arecanut, although in smaller quantity, according to a press release from the airport

The ICT has carved a niche for itself while emerging as one of the largest handlers of outbound post office mail cargo domestically. Export of seafood to international markets through domestic transit hubs is also a speciality of the cargo terminal. Since it commenced operations, the ICT has handled 2714.29 tonnes of cargo, comprising 2523.98 tonnes of outbound and 190.3 tonnes of inbound cargo.

International cargo operations will commence in February 2024.