For the first time in the history of 38 years, since the inception of the Ore Handling Complex in 1965, the export of iron ore through the Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) touched an al l time high of 10 million tonne mark in the current fiscal, according to a port release.
This is the highest ever ore exports, handled by the port in any fiscal year. The port started exporting iron ore from 1952-53 in a limited way through conventional means and later switched over to phase-I mechanisation in the year 1965, the release added.