New Mangalore Port has started the export of container cargo for Nestle India Ltd.
A press statement by New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) said here on Thursday Nestle India Ltd has commenced routing export shipments of noodles and sauces through the port.
The company exported 11 containers of noodles to the UK and two containers to Australia from New Mangalore Port. In addition, six containers of sauces were sent to Canada. Two vessels — M.V. Express Yamuna and M.V. Tiger Mango — handled these containers at New Mangalore.
It said the Nestle India Ltd representative has assured the port of regular volumes of containers through it. The representative indicated that speciality products manufactured at Nestle’s plants at Nanjangud and Mysore would be exported through the port, the statement said.
NMPT had handled container cargo of 25,053 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) till September 26 of 2013-14 as against 23,964 TEUs in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.