: The port of Kochi received a shipment of 31,800 tonnes of wheat on Monday. This is the first wheat shipment that has reached Kochi in a decade, said a communication from the Cochin Port Trust.
An official of the Port Trust said each of the shipment would create about 15,000 man days of work and the trade unions had been roped in to see that the wheat is evacuated in a timely manner.
Meeting
The port authority and Headload Workers’ Welfare Board officials had convened a meeting of the trade unions operating in the port area for smooth operations and to prevent delay as the consignment had arrived during the monsoon season.
The wheat has been imported from Australia for a Kozhikode-based company, the press release said. It said that the next shipment was expected in a fortnight.
Shipment of 31,800 tonnes of wheat imported from Australia for a Kozhikode-based company.
