The onset of the southwest monsoon and the peak West Africa raw cashew imports season have resulted in a drop in productivity levels at the container terminal of Kochi port to an all-time low of around 80-90 moves a shift from the earlier figures of 110-120, reported The Hindu.

Sources in the shipping fraternity pointed out that the Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal is lacking adequate space for storage of raw cashew transhipment containers meant for Tuticorin and Mangalore ports, which are discharged from mainline vessels from West African ports.