A parcel of inbound arecanut on the Integrated Cargo Terminal of Mangaluru International Airport that’s meant for a Shivamogga-based firm.
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Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) facilitated the inbound dealing with of arecanut (Areca catechu), a tropical crop, at its built-in cargo terminal (ICT) in January.
The red selection of arecanut, weighing 1,519 kg in 60 baggage, was ferried as stomach air cargo from Agartala in Tripura to Mangaluru. The cargo is the highest quantity of the crop that the built-in cargo terminal has dealt with because it began home cargo operation on May 1, 2023. It additionally marks the highest single day inbound cargo that the ICT has dealt with since May 1, 2023. In the previous, the ICT had dealt with inbound parcels of arecanut, though in smaller quantity.
The arecanut was procured by Srinivasa Supari Traders, a Shivamogga-based firm. The firm’s representatives transported the crop by highway to Shivamogga.
Airlifting of arecanut was additionally a primary for the corporate that in any other case recurrently sources this crop by highway from numerous components of India, together with Agartala.
The ICT has carved a distinct segment for itself whereas rising as one of the most important handler of outbound submit workplace mail cargo domestically. Export of seafood (stay crabs) to worldwide markets by means of home transit hubs can also be a speciality of the cargo terminal.
Since it commenced operations, the ICT has dealt with 2714.29 tonnes of cargo, comprising 2523.98 tonnes of outbound and 190.three tonnes of inbound cargo.
International cargo operations will begin in February 2024.