New Mangalore Port achieves new records

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February 17, 2011

Mangalore, February 17: The 10th cruise vessel of the current financial year 2010-11, M.V. Clipper Odyssey called at the New Mangalore Port on Saturday, February 12 with 135 tourists from USA.

Sixty-one passengers opted for ground tour and visited the tourist areas in and around Mangalore and sailed to Goa on the same day. The Port has witnessed a spurt in cruise traffic by handling 10 vessels so far with 4929 passengers out of which 3369 opted for ground tour.

They had enjoyed the scenic beauty of DK District and the hospitality extended to them and expressed their happiness over their short stay at this coastal city.

The Port has achieved a record in the handling of coal by handling 45,180 tonnes in a day on February 10, 2011 (MV Volumnia) surpassing the earlier record of 40,701 tonnes handled on November 4, 2010( MV Ribbon).

The coal traffic at NMPT has steadily grown over the past 6 years. From 3.15 lakh tonnes of coal handled during 2004-05, the same has grown to 27.90 lakh tonnes during 2009-10.

Kota Nazim - 7th Main Line container vessel from East Africa (Port Matwara) called at New Mangalore Port on Sunday, February 13. The vessel started its operation of unloading 281 boxes of Raw cashew for distribution among various cashew processing units situated in and around Mangalore and sailed out next day.

The vessel also took 132 TEUs of export containers with granite, fish meal & fish oil, which is a record. The advantage of Main Line vessel directly calling at the Port is the lesser transit time and lesser handling cost. It will take only 9 days between Mangalore and East Africa whereas vessels via Colombo will take 21 days.

The Exporters can utilize the advantage of moving their export cargo since the vessel is touching Singapore and Far East countries in the return voyage M/s Seamaster Shipping Logistics Pvt. Ltd. (Seaways group) are the agents of the vessel and M/s HML Agencies the Stevedores and C&F agents.

The port is witnessing upward growth in container traffic by handling 35,000 TEUs during the current year (as on date) which is an alltime record with a growth rate of 24.39%

The Port has handled 5 heavy consignments for Bharathi Shipyard weighing 2000 tonnes. The giant project cargo imported from South Korea has been brought in a special vessel MV Dongbang Giant No.3 on Saturday, February 12.

The cargo has been unloaded using Ro-Ro method in a unique operation by M/s Delta Infralogistics (World Wide Ltd,), Mangalore. M/s Seastar Shipping Agencies are the Steamer Agents of the vessel.

As a part of business development, NMPT will be conducting a Mega Trade Meet at Madikeri on next Saturday, February 19 in association with FKCCI, Bangalore and Kodagu District Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Coffee exporters from Madikeri, Kushalnagar & Chikmagalur and other exporters and importers from Hassan region are expected to participate in the meet.

Visvesvaraya Industrial Trade Centre, Bangalore will be conducting one day Export Awareness Programme at Shimoga on February 22 in association with District Industries Centre (DIC), Shimoga, FKCCI, Bangalore and Shimoga Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

The purpose is to educate the exporters on the formalities for export, foreign trade policy and cargo handling facilities available at NMPT.

P Tamilvanan, Chairman, NMPT, while expressing happiness over the notable achievements of the Port during the last one week has congratulated all the Port labour, employees, officers, Trade Union Leaders and the Users for their co-operation in bringing laurels to the Port.

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March 8,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 8: The economic slowdown in the country had a cascading effect on Karnataka, as its growth rate for outgoing fiscal 2019-20 is projected to be 6.8 per cent against 7.8 per cent in the last fiscal (2018-19), a senior official said on Saturday.

"The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) is estimated to be 1 per cent less at 6.8 per cent for this fiscal from 7.8 per cent in the last fiscal due to slowdown in manufacturing (industry) and services sectors," an official of the state finance department told media.

Though the agriculture sector has revived from 1.6 per dent in the drought-hit last fiscal (2018-19) to register 3.9 per cent this fiscal, growth rates of industries and services will be 4.8 per cent and 7.9 per cent for 2019-20 against 5.6 per cent and 9.8 per cent respectively in 2018-19.

"The GSDP is projected to grow at 6.3 per cent in the ensuing fiscal of 2020-21 due to continued slowdown in the national economy," the official hinted.

According to the state's economic survey for 2019-20, the farm sector grew more than double to 3.9 per cent from 1.6 per cent a year ago due to increase in the production of foodgrains, dairy products and fish catch.

Foodgrain production across the state rose to 136 lakh tonnes from 128 lakh tonnes a year ago, the survey revealed.

"In line with the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate decline, Karnataka's GSDP has declined from a high of 13.3 per cent in 2016-17 to a low of 6.8 per cent in 2019-20.

"The GSDP has declined from a double-digit growth of 10.8 per cent in 2017-18 to 7.8 per cent in 2018-19 and 6.8 per cent in 2019-20," the survey pointed out.

The survey has adopted the all-India growth rate for the services sector growth in the state, which reflects the impact of slowdown in the key sector.

At current prices, the southern state's GSDP is expected to be Rs 16,99,115 crore (budget estimates) with a 10 per cent growth rate in the next fiscal (2020-21).

"Real estate, professional services and ownership of dwellings contributed 35.31 per cent to the GSDP in 2019-20, followed by manufacturing with 15.32 per cent, trade and repair services 9.51 per cent and crops 7.44 per cent," said the survey findings.

Per capital income in the state at current prices is estimated to be Rs 2,31,246 in 2019-20, an increase of 8.8 per cent from Rs 2,12,477 in 2018-19.

"The per capita income in the state is 58.4 per cent more than that of all-India rate at Rs 1,35,050 in this fiscal," the survey added.

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July 16,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Life is a journey that cannot be imagined without traveling but the prevailing COVID-19 situation has made the whole world come to a standstill.

This pandemic has not only limited the modes of transportation for people all across India but also forces them to look for safer, convenient, and comfortable travel options. Private charter services are thus seen as the best alternative.
This is the reason the demand for availing charter services has risen dramatically over the last couple of months and encouraged airlines to either start or expand their charter services business further.

Many airlines have revamped their business strategies keeping charter services in mind and entered into this optimist business segment recently.

Star Air, the aviation arm of Indian business conglomerate - Sanjay Ghodawat Group, has entered into the charter services business to fulfill private air travel requirements.

The group previously has an experience of over six years of running helicopter charter service operations successfully under Ghodawat Enterprises Pvt Ltd.

The airline, Star Air, with its world-class fleet of three Embraer ERJ-145 aircraft (50-seater), two helicopters - Airbus H130 (6-seater) and Airbus H135 (5-seater), has the capacity to fly one anywhere at any point in time as per one's convenience that too with great comfort, luxury and complete privacy.

Star Air is a known name in the Indian aviation industry that is recognized for its unmatched safety, comfort, and on-time performance records.

It was praised in the past for connecting the unconnected by commencing commercial flight services to many Tier-II and Tier-III cities in India that were not graced with airline services before.

And now, after gaining the trust of over 1,00,000 customers from all across India and serving countless prominent VIP's, it has launched its charter service business.

It holds a valid license for charter service business and operates as per the protocols defined by the DGCA. The company has a team of experienced pilots, technicians, and staff that assures one gets a best-in-class charter service with complete safety and without any hassles.

"We are delighted to expand our airline operations by opening this private charter services. Like our scheduled commercial airline services, we are offering a world-class charter service keeping your comfort, safety, and overall flying experience in mind, said Sanjay Ghodawat, Chairman - Star Air.

This company had started its operations in January 2019 to connect the unconnected by providing world-class flight services at an affordable cost.

Since then it is continuing on its endeavour and gaining immense trust nationwide. It provides services to many Indian cities like Bengaluru, Belagavi, Indore, Kalaburagi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Ajmer (Kishangarh).

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June 15,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 15: An Indian Army soldier hailing from Belthangady died in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh after he suffered a heart attack.

The deceased is identified as Sandesh Shetty (34), a resident of Barya. He was serving Indian Army for the last 14 years.

As per sources, Sandesh had resumed duties a week ago after returning from vacation. He was deployed at a quarantine center at Mathura and suffered a heart attack there.

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