<p>According to a press release, owing to the lightening strike by the cargo handling workers without prior notice to the port or trade, many vessels are going on demurrage causing a huge loss to the export/import trade, stevedores, shipping companies/charteres and also huge loss to the national exchequer in the form of demurrages during recession.<br /><br />It is also learnt that some of the ship/cargo owners are diverting their vessels to other neighbouring ports. There are 12 ships at berth and 29 vessels are waiting to enter the Port. <br /><br />The farmers in Karnataka badly require fertiliser to carry out their plantation work and any delay in receipt of fertiliser may jeopardise the cultivation process. <br /><br />The fertiliser vessel has arrived at NMPT on July 31 with 32,469 MT of imported urea and discharged 1,661 MT.<br /><br />However, the port labourers went on a strike on August 1 and 2 and resumed discharge operations only on the fertilser vessel at August 3 at 7.45 pm after holding talks with Traffic Manager and port labour unions. <br /><br />Till Tuesday morning, they could discharge only 1,023 MT and on Tuesday with the first shift, they have discharged 1,118 MT. The balance cargo on board is 28,358 MT. <br /><br />The discharge operations only on the fertiliser vessel is in progress but they have not resumed cargo operations in other ships which are berthed in the port.</p>
<p>According to a press release, owing to the lightening strike by the cargo handling workers without prior notice to the port or trade, many vessels are going on demurrage causing a huge loss to the export/import trade, stevedores, shipping companies/charteres and also huge loss to the national exchequer in the form of demurrages during recession.<br /><br />It is also learnt that some of the ship/cargo owners are diverting their vessels to other neighbouring ports. There are 12 ships at berth and 29 vessels are waiting to enter the Port. <br /><br />The farmers in Karnataka badly require fertiliser to carry out their plantation work and any delay in receipt of fertiliser may jeopardise the cultivation process. <br /><br />The fertiliser vessel has arrived at NMPT on July 31 with 32,469 MT of imported urea and discharged 1,661 MT.<br /><br />However, the port labourers went on a strike on August 1 and 2 and resumed discharge operations only on the fertilser vessel at August 3 at 7.45 pm after holding talks with Traffic Manager and port labour unions. <br /><br />Till Tuesday morning, they could discharge only 1,023 MT and on Tuesday with the first shift, they have discharged 1,118 MT. The balance cargo on board is 28,358 MT. <br /><br />The discharge operations only on the fertiliser vessel is in progress but they have not resumed cargo operations in other ships which are berthed in the port.</p>
