October 07, 2008

Mormugao Port loads 20,075 tonne of iron ore in a day

Exim News Service reported that a record for conventional loading of 20,075 tonnes of iron ore on to the vessel MV Nord Express was achieved on January 11th 2008 at Mormugao Port’s Mooring Dolphins.

A Mormugao Port Trust release said that MV Nord Express arrived on January 6th 208 and commenced loading operations on January 8th 2008 at West of Break Water. The vessel was shifted to Mooring Dolphins 1 and 2 on January 10th 2008 at 14.24 hrs and loading operations were carried out by the CHLD workers using the ship’s own gears.

The shift wise loading on January 11th 2008 was as follows:
1st shift- 6,000 tonnes
2nd shift - 6,975 tonnes
3rd shift - 7,100 tonnes