MPSEZ is close to another record

Crossing milestones and setting benchmarks seems to have become something of a habit for Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ). A little over two months after commencing operations at the world’s largest coal receiving terminal, MPSEZ has attained another new high—the handling of more than 1 million TEUs, for the first time, in the period April-January 2010-11, Exim News Service reports.


A combined total of 1,014,193 TEUs, to be exact, were handled by the Adani Mundra Container Terminal (AMCT) and the Mundra International Container Terminal (MICT), the two box terminals operating at Mundra Port, during the 10 months of the current fiscal.


While MICT’s individual contribution was 564,339 TEUs, AMCT handled 449,854 TEUs in the period under review.


In 2009-10, MPSEZ had registered a container throughput of 931,160 TEUs.


MICT and AMCT had commenced operations in July 2003 and August 2007, respectively.


MPSEZ is also close to another record. In all likelihood, it is expected to achieve an overall throughput of more than 50 million tonnes, again for the first time, in 2010-11, a significant increase over the 40.29 million tonnes achieved in 2009-10.


MPSEZ is thus going from strength to strength. The coal terminal is projected to significantly boost cargo volumes and the Port’s emergence as the key vehicle export gateway on the West Coast should also add to overall throughput.
(Source:http://www.transportweekly.com)