The Mechanised Coal Handling Plant of Paradip Port loaded a Panamax vessel namely MV Paola Bottiglieri on May 9 at a record time of 20 hours.
The work included berthing to de-berthing for 84,656 MT achieving an all time best Gross Productivity Rate of 4,233 TPH (1, 01,587 TPD) and Net Productivity Rate of 5,084 TPH.
The vessel was chartered by M/s Bothra Shipping Services Private limited on account of M/s Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation limited for coastal shipment of thermal coal to their plant located at Vijayawada. The performance is at par with the international coal loading ports of Australia and South Africa.
This record loading rate only reaffirms the superior port infrastructure and operational efficiency at Paradip Port which is an all weather port capable of handling such vessels on sustainable basis.