Cargo traffic at major ports rises 6% in April

20 May 2019 Evaluate

Industry body Indian Ports Association (IPA) in its latest data has indicated that the 12 major ports in India recorded a growth of 5.65 percent and together handled 60.07 million tonnes (MT) of cargo during the period April 2019 as against 56.86 MT handled during the corresponding period of previous year. The growth in the cargo traffic was mainly attributed to increase in demand from various sectors, including coal, containers and petroleum, oil and lubricants (POL).

According to the data, coking coal volumes handled by the 12 ports surged by 30.62 percent to 5.51 MT during the first month this fiscal, while thermal and steam coal grew 12.65 percent to 10.91 MT. Container volumes too rose 5.74 percent to 12.54 MT in terms of tonnage handled. POL handling during April jumped by 11 per cent to 18.99 MT as compared to previous fiscal.

Data further indicated that among the 12 major ports, Deendayal Port, earlier known as Kandla port, recorded the highest growth in traffic at 11.30 MT in April, followed by Paradip Port 9.55 MT, JNPT 5.99, Visakhapatnam 5.69 and Mumbai Port 5 MT. Kolkata Port, including Haldia, handled 4.95 MT of cargo, while Chennai port handled 3.94 MT of cargo. 

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