Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (formerly known as Kolkata Port Trust) has handled highest ever parcel load of Nepal Bound Fertilizer in a single vessel. The fully loaded bulk carrier vessel, MV Emelda (Length 190m, Beam: 32.5 m) carrying about 50000 Metric Tons of Urea has been discharging the Cargo at Port anchorages and is being transported to the Dock through barges. The cargo is then dispatched to Nepal by Rail. The entire cargo is for consumption by Nepal and has been imported from Oman.
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata has been a gateway port for Nepal Traffic since long and handles more than 80% of Nepal EXIM cargo. In the last financial year the port has handled its highest ever Nepal traffic of 2.8 Million Metric Tons of which included containers, coal, food grains and fertilizer.
Handling of such large parcel size vessels and then using barges to transport them to docks has demonstrated the capability of the Port in giving cost effective solution to its customers. The Port envisages handling more such vessels not only of Nepal Cargo but for Indian consumption too.
