Non-major ports’ cargo traffic up 4.8% to 447 MT in April-December

30 Jan 2020 Evaluate

Shipping Ministry in its latest report has indicated that India's non-major ports witnessed a 4.8 percent rise in cargo traffic at 447.21 million tonnes (MT) during April- December period of 2019-20. It also noted that these non-major ports had recorded a cargo traffic of 426.53 MT during the corresponding period the previous year.

According to the report, during the April-December 2019-20, Directorate of Ports at Odisha recorded highest growth in traffic at 64.2 percent followed by Ports of Tamil Nadu Maritime Board (34.1 percent), Directorate of Ports, Puducherry, 27.7 percent) and Ports Management Board, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (25.4 percent) against the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. Directorate of Ports, Karnataka, recorded a growth of 25 percent while Gujarat Maritime Board recorded a growth of 4.1 percent. Negative growth was seen at Goa, Kerala Maritime Board, Maharashtra Maritime Board and Directorate of Ports, Andhra Pradesh (2.1 percent).

However, the report stated that when it came to handling cargo, Gujarat Maritime Board handled the maximum cargo of 304.99 MT with a share of 68.2 percent followed by Directorate of ports, Andhra Pradesh (17 percent), Maharashtra Maritime Board (6.8 percent) and Directorate of Ports, Odisha (5.7 percent). It also said Directorate of Ports, Puducherry, cargo share stood at 1.8 percent, Andaman & Nicobar Islands at 0.3 percent and Directorate of Ports, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Maritime Board at 0.2 per cent each during April-December, 2019-20.

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