Port25 Aug 2017 09:31
Under the terms of the Contract, MPL will start receiving cargo on the Commercial Operations Date of the Facility, which is expected to occur during December 2017. MPL has signed the Contract with an Indian-based company for a five-year term, extendable by an additional two years. In the first year, MPL has contracted to handle two million tonnes of cargo (with a guaranteed minimum of 750,000 tonnes). In year two, this will increase to two and a half million tonnes (with a guaranteed minimum of one million tonnes), and to three million tonnes in year three (with a guaranteed minimum of two million tonnes). Under the terms of the contract, and at today's exchange rate, MPL expects to generate revenue of approximately GBP 4.7million for every one million tonnes handled, with a built-in escalation of 7 per cent per annum.