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The Mangalore Harbour Project was set up in the year 1962. The maritime works on the project commenced in 1968. The New Mangalore Port, the only major port of Karnataka was declared as the ninth major port on 4 May 1974 and was formally inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi on 11 January 1975.
Mangalore experienced significant growth in the decades 1970–80, with the opening of New Mangalore Port in 1974 and commissioning of Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited in 1976. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] Today, the Mangalore region is a nationally known higher education hub with a flourishing service sector, particularly in medical services, a ...
The New Mangalore Port is India's seventh-largest container port. [75] It handles 75 percent of India's coffee exports and the bulk of its cashew nuts. [ 104 ] The Mangalore Customs Commissionerate collected a revenue of ₹ 4.47 billion (US$52.31 million) during 2012–13 [ 105 ] and ₹ 27.91 billion (US$326.63 million) during December 2018 ...
Belekeri Port is located at Binge Bay, south of the Kali estuary and 27 km south of Karwar in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. It is currently the second largest port in Karnataka after Mangalore Port. One of its main advantages is its proximity to Hospet and Bellary, which are major producers of iron ore. This port is primarily used ...
Sea entrance to Mangalore Harbour. There is a Nandaneshwara temple in Panambur. The sea port is near to Surathkal railway station on the Mumbai-Mangalore railway route. Many small, medium and large scale industries are located at Panambur including Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers and Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited.
The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. plant in New Mangalore Port The pellet plant, with a capacity of 3.5 million tons per annum, was commissioned at Mangalore in 1987. [ 3 ] The plant was stopped in 2011 but in 2014, it resumed producing and exporting pellets, running on ores supplied by NMDC Limited . [ 4 ]
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Mangalore was a major port caught up in the Indian Ocean trade since times immemorial. The area around Mangalore along with St Mary's islands and Barcelor, also served as a maritime trade post for the Portuguese in Goa and Bombay, until Shivappa Nayaka defeated Portugal's armada in battle.