state enterprise industry transport founded mal maldives 1986 headquarters mal maldives key people ibrahim shareef mohamed chief executive officer services port services slogan gateway to the maldivian economy website www.port.com.mv maldives ports limited is a state corporation of the maldives created to be the sole port authority of the ports of the maldives . it is 100 % owned by the government of maldives and is located in mal the principal port major city and capital of the archipelago nation in the indian ocean . the port of mal comprises an inner harbour used by pleasure craft the fishing industry and coastal trade ; and an outer harbor where larger ships may port . 1 contents 1 history 2 port facilities 3 services 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit prior to 2012 port activity at mal consisted of portage of goods from anchored ships and manual unloading and warehousing . the maldivian national trading corporation mntc which was formed in the 1950s and orchid company which was formed a few years later began using mechanized equipment at the port including barges tugboats and cranes . port operations were assumed by the government after the two companies were dissolved and in 1983 maldives transport and contracting company was formed as a state corporation owned by the state and the public . 1985 saw the male commercial harbour project which rebuilt and modernized the port dredging and reshaping the harbor and constructing new jetties office buildings and container terminals . the current port operator and authority maldives ports limited was formed shortly after in 1986 . 2 port facilities edit berths magathufaalan length 101.3 m water depth of dl 10.8 m vessels with 6000 gt eastern lighterage berth length 85.0 m water depth dl 3.5 m western lighterage berth length 150.0 m water depth dl 3.5 m storage area open storage of 21 700 m covered warehouse of 2400 m reefer points 84 plug points for reefer containers pilotage pilotage is compulsory for all vessels above 100 gt engaged in foreign trade . the position of the pilot boarding is defined as follows latitude of 04 10.9 n and longitude of 073 30.4 e. services edit mpl is engaged in the administration and management of male commercial harbour and providing the following services . marine services 1 . pilotage providing of pilot service 2 . dockage providing of berths 3 . towage providing of tug services 4 . salvage rescue operation cargo services 1 . stevedoring handling of cargo from ship to jetty or vice versa 2 . handling handling of cargo from jetty to storage place 3 . wharfage providing of wharves and equipments 4 . storage providing of warehouses 5 . shifting shifting of cargo within the ship jetty and re load 6 . sorting sorting of mixed marks 7 . measuring measurement of cargo 8 . stuffing stuffing goods into container 9 . stripping removing goods out of container 10 . lashing lashing the container 11 . unlashing unlashing the container other services 1 . rental renting tugs barges cranes forklifts and equipment 2 . water providing water to ships 3 . electricity providing power to reefer container see also edit atolls of the maldives harbor government of the maldives port authority port operator transport in the maldives references edit maldives ports limited about us about us male commercial harbor external links edit maldives ports limited official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title maldives ports limited & oldid 704775549 categories government of the maldivestransport in the maldivesport authorities1986 establishments in the maldivesmal navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 february 2016 at 14 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view