Mangalore Port Handles Its Largest Container Vessel: Click to Know

The New Mangalore Port at Mangalore has handled the largest parcel size container vessel between July 23 and July 25 when it received M.V. Neyyar carrying 1,936 TEUs of containerised cargo. The NMP vessel belonging to Sima Marine India, under the agency of MBK Logistics, was berthed at JSW Mangalore Container Terminal (Berth No. 14) on July 23. Authorities handled 1,011 TEUs of import containers and 925 TEUs of export containers. It sailed out of Mangalore on July 25.

The earlier record was M.V. SSL Brahmaputra, which called at the port on June 14, 2021, with 1521 TEUs of containerised cargo. Container traffic at NMPA has steadily increased from less than 1000 TEUs handled in 2000 to 1.5 lakh TEUS handled in 2021-22.

Container cargo was handled at various general cargo berths of the port till the last financial year.