The Mechanised Coal Handling Plant (MCHP) of the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) has achieved two records in thermal coal loading performance on Sunday while loading into the vessels MV JS POTOMAC and MV ER BIlBAO. A record quantity of 41,000 tonnes of thermal coal was loaded in a shift of eight hours surpassing the previous record in a shift of 40,751 tonnes loaded on October 21, 2006.
Also, a record quantity of 1,07,268 tonnes of thermal coal was loaded on the day, surpassing the previous record of 1,00,127 tonnes handled on January 31, 2015. The plant has achieved a loading rate of 3,170 tonnes per hour (TPH) against the loading rate of 3,000 TPH asked by the vessels. PPT Chairman MT Krishna Babu and Deputy Chairman N Vaiyapuri expressed their happiness over the achievement and congratulated the PPT officers, employees and workers and all the stakeholders for this.