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Following a directive to the major ports from the Union Ministry of Shipping to give priority for coastal shipping activities, New Mangalore port handled first coastal cargo to Lakshadweep Island on Thursday.
In this regard, m.v. PFS Prosperity berthed at the port on October 27 to load building materials to the island. The ship left for Lakshadweep on Thursday.
A press release by the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) said here that this is the first coastal movement of cargo to Minicoy in Lakshadweep Island from New Mangalore port. Hitherto these cargoes were going through Old Mangalore port (a minor port in Karnataka) and other neighbouring ports.
MK Shipping is the stevedores and clearing and forwarding agent for the cargo. Export Marine Services of Mangalore is the exporter of the entire consignment, it said.
The release said that the Union Ministry of Shipping has issued new guidelines under which ports will have to give priority berthing to dry bulk and general cargo coastal vessels, irrespective of the origin and final destination of the cargo, in order to save on fuel cost, and to de-congest railways and road transport, and to promote water transport.
Accordingly, all 12 major ports have been directed to earmark exclusive berths and green channel for coastal cargo to promote the sector, it said.
In this direction, NMPT has also initiated steps for promoting the coastal movement of cargo, the release added.
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