The consignment of 4237 packets of cotton processed garments/linen produced at the Hassan SEZ by M/s Himatsingka Seida Ltd. has been exported to USA.
This is for the first time garments are handled at the Port. The Mainline operators are M/s CMA CGM and the handling agents M/s Cargo links. The total transit time will be 28 days which is comparable in terms of ocean freight, transit time and road freight to the neighbouring ports.
P Tamilvanan, Chairman, has attributed the handling of this new cargo, hitherto moving through neighbouring ports, to the pro-active marketing efforts made by the Port at various locations of the hinterland during the last few years coupled with the infrastructure additions made for the smooth handling of containers. Through these trade meets, the Port could convince the exporters/exporters from the hinterland that New Mangalore Port – the Gateway Port of Karnataka could handle any type of cargo at economical rates with less transit time and reliability. He has added that the above garment unit, which is a 100% export oriented one, is expected to move their entire consignment of export to the tune of 25 TEUs per month through New Mangalore Port.
The Port could also attract another new cargo like building materials which started importing from gulf countries. The container traffic at the Port has crossed 36000 TEUs during the current year (as on date) with a growth rate of 27%.
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