The New Mangalore Port at Mangaluru has handled the largest parcel size container vessel between July 23 and July 25 when it received M.V. Neyyar carrying 1,936 TEUs of containerised cargo.
NMP Authority said the vessel belonging to Sima Marine India, under the agency of MBK Logistics, was berthed at JSW Mangalore Container Terminal (Berth No. 14) on July 23. Authorities handled 1,011 TEUs of import containers and 925 TEUs of export containers. It sailed out of Mangaluru on July 25.
The earlier record was M.V. SSL Brahmaputra, which called at the port on June 14, 2021, with 1521 TEUs of containerised cargo.