Three days after the Gopalpur Port resumed operation, yet another mega ship reached at its berth.
According to information, the first vessel to reach the port was Japanese “SH Grace” from Sri lanka after the Gopalpur Port was re-commissioned and opened for cargo traffic.
Meanwhile, the port received Malaysian ship “MV Sten Tour” which came from Gujarat with 23,000 metric tons of salt for Aditya Birla Chemical India limited located in Ganjam town, sources said.
Sources further informed that another ship was scheduled to reach its berth with fertilizer. The port authorities said they target shipment of 35 lakh tons of cargo per annum.
“If the four mega industries currently operating in and around the port namely, Tata Steel, Titanium, IRE, and Aditya Birla, continuously use the port, the face of the port will change,” the authorities said.