Original news was published on 17 September, 2014

RAS Infraport, the first private terminal at Kandla Port in Gujarat, India, has handled its first shipment of steel slabs.

The cargo arrived on the Star Masaya, carrying 1,642 steel slabs with a total weight of 40,723 tonnes. The discharge was completed in three days with the average handling rate at 13,575 tonnes per day, an Exim News Service report said.

RAS Infraport opened its doors in 2013 as the first multipurpose cargo berth developed under a public private partnership basis at Kandla port. The terminal handles dry cargo and breakbulk undefined no liquids or containers. During its first year, the terminal handled 1.5 million tons of cargoes, including timber and project cargo. The terminal has two mobile harbor cranes, each with a lifting capacity of 140 tonnes, and nearly 22 hectares for storage.

A two-lane road inside the terminal property connects with a four-lane national highway to Kandla Port and inland destinations.

*NEWS SOURCE