Panaji, Aug 21 (PTI) The revival of container services at Mormugao Port will ease logistics, reduce costs for businesses and unlock new opportunities for industries in Goa, especially the growing pharmaceutical sector, state Transport and Industries Minister Mauvin Godinho said on Thursday.

He was speaking at Trade Meet 2025 organised here to chart the revival of container shipping from the port.

The facility was a natural resource that must be fully utilised, he asserted.

"With upgraded infrastructure, including cranes and other handling equipment, Mormugao Port Authority (MPA) is taking the right steps to re-establish the port as a competitive hub. Goa contributes over 8 per cent of global pharmaceutical production despite being a small state. Revived container services will greatly support such industries," Godinho said.

The conclave was hosted by Delta Ports Mormugao Terminal Pvt Ltd in collaboration with MPA and supported by Goa Industrial Development Corporation (Goa-IDC).

Goa-IDC chairperson Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco said efficient logistics would play a pivotal role in accelerating industrial growth in the state.

MPA deputy chairperson Vinayak Rao said the port, in operation since 1885, was firmly back on the growth path despite setbacks such as the mining ban.

The container terminal would save industries the cost of transporting cargo to JNPT or Navi Mumbai, said Goa-IDC managing director Pravimal Abhishek.

Delta Ports managing director Shamil Ahmed said his company was committed to providing world-class facilities under its 30-year concession agreement with MPA. PTI RPS BNM

Port concession and infrastructure upgrade to restore container services, lowering logistics costs and boosting industrial supply chains. Revival of container services at Mormugao Port focuses on restoring port logistics capacity through infrastructure upgradation and a long-term concession-based terminal management model. The Mormugao Port Authority and a private terminal operator are implementing equipment and handling improvements to retain cargo locally, reduce transport costs for industries-notably pharmaceuticals-and enhance supply-chain efficiency. The initiative reflects public-private collaboration involving the port authority and state industrial agencies to strengthen port governance, modernise assets, and support regional industrial competitiveness by reducing reliance on external ports.