INS Talwar is the first vessel under the Samudra Setu-II operation which embarked from Bahrain to reach New Mangaluru Port at 1.30pm on Wednesday.
MANGALURU: The New Mangaluru Port Trust (NMPT) handled the first naval vessel INS Talwar, which was carrying 40MT of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) under the Samudra Setu-II operation launched by the Indian Navy.
Upon its arrival, the vessel was given the highest priority berthing in the port, at berth No. 7.
The LMO is donated by the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Indian Red Cross Society, as a token of goodwill to overcome the current pandemic situation.
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Minister for tourism, environment and ecology C P Yogeeshwara
MANGALURU: The tourism department to introduce a seaplane to connect coastal Karnataka with neighbouring states for promoting tourism in the state.
Minister for tourism, environment and ecology C P Yogeeshwara said that a proposal in this regard will be submitted to the central government soon.
The tourism department has plans to give a major fillip to health tourism, temple tourism and beach tourism in coastal Karnataka, by providing infrastructure under a special tourism package, Yogeeshwara said at an interaction with journalists organised by the Dakshina Kannada District Working Journalists Association, here on Saturday.
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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.”