Kochi, May 11 (Agency) Cochin Port has bagged the Sagar Shreshtha Sammaan Award for best performance among all Indian major ports for best Turn Around Time in non-Container Port category, during the year 2022-23. This award is in recognition of the excellent performance of Cochin Port in handling dry bulk and liquid bulk cargo vessels at Cochin. The port recorded 48 hours in turning around vessels of an average parcel size of 43,800 MT that arrived at the Port. The TRT is a performance parameter which is calculated on the basis of the notice of readiness by the vessel till pilot disembark time after operations, of a vessel that arrives at the port.
Union Minister for Ports, Shipping Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday given away the Award to Dr M Beena, Chairperson, Cochin Port Authority. The function was attended by senior functionaries of the Ministry, Major Ports and Industry leaders, including Shripad Naik, Minister of State, Sudhansh Pant, Secretary (PS&W), Rajiv Jalota, Chairman, Indian Ports Association. Vikas Narwal, Deputy Chairperson, Vipin R. Menoth, Traffic Manager, Capt. Joseph Alapat, Deputy Conservator and R. Sathish, Sr. Deputy Director of Cochin Port attended the function.