Private sector port operator Mundra Port said it handled a record 111,699 metric tonne of steam coal in the past 24 hours.

The Adani Group company, Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone also said in a statement that its West Basin terminal improved its own record of 95,000 metric tonne of coal handled this June.

Mr Malay Mahadevia wholetime director of MPSEZ said that "Coal is India Inc's most affordable fuel and we at Mundra Port are committed to bring down costs by supplying this fuel.”

The coal was imported by Adani Power, Coastal Gujarat Power of the TATAs, Adani Enterprises, Binani Cements, and various SEBs and Central power utilities. The West Basin terminal has a capacity of 1.6 million tonne per day which is being expanded to 3.2 million tonne.

Apart from this, MPSEZ said, its coal import terminal at the Dahej Port, which has a capacity of handling 20 million tonne coal a year, has been connected by the Railways, a move that will help reducing logistics costs for transporting coal to the region and rest of the country.

(Sourced from IBNLive.com)