NMPA hosts ‘Awards Nite' to commemorate highest-ever cargo-handling
The New Mangalore Port Authority (NMPA) hosted an 'Awards Nite' event on Wednesday, May 14, to commemorate its historic achievement of handling the highest-ever cargo throughput of 46.01 million tonnes during 2024-25, compared to the previous record of 45.7 million tonnes set in 2023-24.
Dakshina Kannada MP Captain Brijesh Chowta inaugurated the event in the presence of Port Chairman A.V. Ramana, Deputy Chairperson S. Shanthi, Customs Commissioner P. Vinitha Sekhar and others.
Capt. Chowta congratulated NMPA on its achievement during its golden jubilee year and lauded the Port's consistent progress despite global disruptions like the Russia-Ukraine war and Red Sea crisis.
Emphasising the role of digitisation and infrastructure development, he assured continued support from the Central government to make NMPA a hub of logistics and trade facilitation in the region by setting up skill development centres, the Maritime University, etc.
The event recognised the outstanding performing stakeholders, including importers, exporters, terminal operators, shipping agents, port users and stevedores across various categories, acknowledging their contributions to the Port's success.
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