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MANGALURU: While the pandemic impacted ports resulting in a decrease in cargo traffic, New Mangaluru Port Trust (NMPT) bucked the trend, registering a 6.2% growth in the container export segment between April and November, compared to the same period last year.
Provisional NMPT traffic data related to containers from April 1 to November 30 shows 4,87,059 metric tonnes was loaded this year as against 4,58,469 metric tonnes during the same period last year.
“This is one segment which recovered quickly from the lockdown,” an NMPT official said. “It was deeply impacted on both counts ship to shore handling due to non-availability of trailers/drivers and delivery of import containers.”