Mechanised coal handling facility inaugurated at New Mangalore Port

Mechanised coal handling facility inaugurated at New Mangalore Port

May 23: Shipping Ministry Secretary Gopal Krishna inaugurated the coal terminal with mechanised coal handling facility at New Mangalore Port on Wednesday. The facility is handled by Chettinad Mangalore Coal Terminal Private Limited. It was developed on Design, Build, Finance, Operate, Transfer (DBFOT) basis at Berth No 16 at an estimated cost of Rs 469.46 crore. Mechanisation of coal handling will also eliminate pollution in the vicinity as all conveyors will be closed.
With the new facility, the entire process – from unloading from ships to loading it on to railway wagons or trucks – will be completely mechanised. Each wagon will get loaded within a minute, leaving no room for the generation of dust, explained Chettinad Group Director Chandramoleeswaran V.
He also said that two ship unloaders have been installed to handle one lakh dead weight tonnage vessel. The depth of the berth is 15.1 metres. The ship unloaders can unload up to 2,000 tonnes an hour. Two stackers cum reclaimers, with a capacity to handle 4,000 tonnes an hour for stacking and reclaiming coal, have been installed. The capacity of wagon loading system is 1,600 MT silo and able to load seven rakes a day. Each rake will have 59 railway wagons.