Mangaluru : The Indian Coastguard ship rescued 10 crew members from a stranded fishing boat on Thursday. During an ongoing search and rescue operation, the people on the boat ‘Divine Spirit’ were brought to New Mangalore Port. The crew members had been stranded due to rough seas. Ahead of the Independence Day, the Indian Coast […]

Mangaluru : Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim has said work on ‘22/5 park,’ a memorial for air crash victims will be completed by October. The memorial is coming up on 90 cents land belonging to New Mangalore Port, at Thanneerbavi. It was the place where unidentified victims of air crash were buried. Chairing a meeting […]

Mangalore : The first shipment of building material to Minicoy Island in Lakshadeep established at New Mangalore Port (NMP) on October 29, Wednesday. The a cargo vessel MV PFS Prosperity, berthed at the Port to carry materials like stone jelly/ aggrigate, cement and sand and others on October 27. The vessel is expected to sail […]

Manglore: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Oscar Fernandes has urged Union Minister for Railways Mallikarjuna Kharge to establish Mangalore division for railways under the control of Konkan railways. In a letter to the Minister dated February 10, he said that the establishment of Mangalore division will provide more facilities and benefits to the […]

Mangalore : Two luxury cruise vessels M V Legend of the Seas, with 1,707 passengers and 795 crew and M.V. Pacific Princess with 585 passengers and 378 crew called at New Mangalore Port on April 13, Saturday. This is the third and fourth cruise vessel calling at the port during the beginning of the current […]

Mangalore : New Mangalore Port in the current fiscal 2012-2013 handled a record traffic of 37.04 million tonnes of cargo as against 32.94 million tones handled in 2011-12 registering the growth of 12.43% over last year. This is the highest quality of traffic ever handled at the Port, said Dr P Tamilvanan, Chairman of NMPT. […]

Mangalore : One  of the world’s most luxurious cruise vessels M V Rotterdam, called at New Mangalore Port here on Thursday February 7 with 1,288 cruise passengers and 598 crew on board the vessel. Out of the total passengers, 366 were from the Netherlands, 331 from the USA, 243 from the UK, 198 from Canada […]

Mangalore : GK Vasan, Union minister for shipping during his visit to New Mangalore Port on Tuesday reviewed overall performance of the Port. Vasan expressed happiness over traffic growth of 11.52% during first nine months of current financial year. Vasan reviewed various projects and expressed satisfaction over the progress, especially efforts taken by the Port […]

Mangalore : Two Cruise vessels M.V. Sevenseas Voyager and M.V. Seabourn Odyssey  carrying over 1000 passengers from UK and US, called at the New Mangalore Port on December 3, Monday. If this is the maiden voyage for Seabourn Odyssey, for Sevenseas Voyager, this is her third voyage to Mangalore. Out of the total 1088 passengers […]

  Mangalore : The beginning of the cruise season was marked with two cruise ships  M. V. Aida Diva  with 1810 passengers and a crew of 617 on board, and M. V. Clipper Odyssey  with 60 passengers and a crew of 70 on board, called at New Mangalore Port on Saturday M. V. Aida Diva, […]