Mangaluru:

New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) conducted a trade meet with coffee exporters and logistics providers from Madikeri, Kushalnagar, Chikmagalur, and Hassan regions at Kushalnagar recently.

A press release by NMPT said here on Tuesday the initiative was taken to facilitate a face-to-face interaction between coffee exporters, custom house agents, mainline vessel operators, logistic providers, and the port trust.

PC Parida, NMPT Chairman, said coffee exporters from Madikeri, Kushalnagar, Chikmagalur, and Hassan regions exported around 1.59 lakh tonnes of coffee in 2014-15 from NMPT.

The growing frequency of container vessels calling at the port, coupled with improved road connectivity and infrastructure at the port, had helped the port achieve the export performance. He hoped the trend would continue in the current fiscal also.

Suresh P Shirwadkar, Deputy Chairman, and Nownith Kumar, Senior Deputy Traffic Manager, spoke on the occasion.

The release said coffee exporters assured that they would route their consignments through New Mangalore Port.

source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com / Business Line / Home> Economy> Logistics / The Hindu Bureau / Mangaluru -January 12th, 2016