Paradip, Mar 17 (FN Representative) JSW Paradip Terminal Private Limited (JSW PTPL) set a record in loading the highest ever of 1,41,200 tonnes of iron ore in a cape vessel ‘MV Star Lyra’, company sources said on Thursday. The cargo was shipped by JSW Steel Ltd and this is the record-breaking iron ore loaded in a single vessel in Paradip Port since its inception. JSW Infrastructure and JSW Steel’s initiative has opened up opportunities for the port users to ship iron ore & pellets in cape vessels at JSW PTPL to reduce the logistics cost.
The JSW Paradip East Quay Coal Terminal commenced its commercial operations of 30 MTPA fully mechanized coal loading facility at Paradip Port on March 15, 2022. The terminal was inaugurated by Paradip Port Chairman P L Harnath and JMD, JSW Infrastructure Ltd Arun Maheshwari. JSW sources said the terminal has berthed its first Panamax vessel ‘MV Captain P. Egglezos’ for loading approximately 76,000 tonnes of thermal coal for Andhra Pradesh Power Development Company Limited. JSW Paradip East Quay Coal Terminal shall be the prime infrastructure facility for the coastal thermal plant power producers of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to move coal from Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) to the end-users.