Adani Ports Adds Three RMGCs in Mundra
Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), India’s largest port developer, has recently made an addition of three new Rail Mounted Gantry Cranes (RMGC), for their container rail terminal in Mundra. The RMGCs, expected to be operational by this month end, was offloaded on October 7, as part of enhancing the handling capabilities of Inland Container Depot (ICD) bound containers in Mundra port. “Mundra is the only port in India having 21st century infrastructure. Adding these new RMG cranes will be a game changer for rail container operations, as this goes in line with the Chairman’s vision of supply driven infrastructure & automation for faster evacuation of containers and quick turnaround of container trains.
Mundra Port handles its largest Vessel
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (Adani Ports), one of India’s largest private port developer and operator and part of Adani Group, said its Mundra Port handled the largest parcel size vessel. Adani International Container Terminals Private Limited (AICTPL) Mundra recently set a new record for having achieved the highest number of moves on a single vessel call. Surpassing another record at Adani Mundra Port, 8307 TEUs (Twenty feet equivalent) were handled from MV. MSC Fillippa in 55.5 hours with an GCR of 28.31/hour. The container team was thus successful in surpassing their previous record of 7,504 TEUs from single vessel achieved in November 2015. The containers handled comprised both export and import containers, with the vessel turnaround in just over 57 hours. Mr.
Record Coal Handling by Mundra Port
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), India’s largest port developer and operator, today accomplished a discharge record of 1,64,914 metric tons of steam coal from vessel MV Marijeannie within 24 hours. MV Marijeannie carrying 1, 67,152 metric tons of steam coal for Adani Power Limited berthed at Mundra Port’s West Basin Port on 4 May 2016 by the port’s marine team. On this Milestone Mr. Ennarasu Karunesan CEO – APSEZ Mundra & Tuna Ports said “I would like to compliment my team for setting this record in India and the stake holders for having the trust in us. The current handling capacity of west port is 60 MMT of coal per annum. This record stands out as the fastest discharge rate in the history of any port in India.
Adani Kandla Terminal Hits 3.5 MT Volume
Adani Kandla Bulk Terminal Pvt. Ltd. Adani Kandla Bulk Terminal Pvt. Ltd. (AKBTPL) under the concession agreement with Kandla Port Trust (KPT) has successfully over shot the MGT in its 1st year of operations itself. “We at Adani Group share our Chairman’s vision of achieving 200 Million Metric Tons cargo by 2020. This milestone will take us one more step closer to our vision” said Mr. Ennarasu Karunesan, CEO APSEZ Mundra & Tuna Ports. AKBTPL was inaugurated by Hon'ble Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping, Government of India, Shri Nitin Gadkari, and commenced its operations on February 10, 2015. mechanized operation and technical expertise and achieving utmost satisfaction of their customers.
