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Record cargo handling at Tuticorin port

Our Correspondent

Madurai, July 1 The Tuticorin Port has created a record in cargo handling. According to Mr A. Subbiah, Deputy Chairman, Tuticorin Port Trust, on June 23, 8,069 tonnes of urea was discharged from the vessel mv Star Canopus at Berth No. VIII.

This is the highest volume of urea so far discharged in the Port, in a single day.

The previous record was 7,800 tonnes on June 30, 2007, from the vessel mv Heng Shun.

The cargo was imported from Oman.

Highest tonnage

A quantity of 13,756 tonnes of DAP was discharged on June 6 from the vessel mv Pacific Future at VOC Berth No. III, again the highest tonnage handled in a single day.

The cargo was imported by Coramandal Fertilizers Ltd, Chennai, from China.

On May 24, a quantity of 12,139 tonnes of industrial salt in bulk was discharged from the vessel mv Slam Jade at Berth No. VIII.

The cargo was imported by Raj Salts, Tuticorin, he said in a press release.

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