Major ports in India post 4.77% rise in cargo handling during 2017-18
07 Apr 2018
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Major ports in India have recorded a growth of 4.77 per cent, together handling 679.35 million tonnes of cargo during the period April 2017 to March 2018 against 648.39 million tonnes handled during the corresponding period of the previous year.
Nine ports — Kolkata (including Haldia), Visakhapatnam, Paradip, Kamarajar, Chennai, Cochin, New Mangalore, JNPT and Deendayal also registered positive growth in traffic.
Cochin Port recorded the highest growth of 16.52 per cent in cargo handled, followed by Paradip 14.68 per cent, Kolkata (incl. Haldia) 13.61 per cent, JNPT 6.2 per cent and New Mangalore 5.28 per cent.
Cochin Port saw a 105.88 per cent increase in fertiliser traffic, a 20.62 per cent increase in POL cargo and a 12.46 per cent increase in container traffic.
Kolkata Port recorded an overall growth of 13.61 per cent. Kolkata Dock System (KDS) posted traffic growth of 3.45 per cent, while the Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) recorded positive growth of 18.61 per cent, which is also the highest among all the major ports.
Deendayal Port (Kandla) handled the highest volume of traffic of 110.10 million tonnes, with a share of 16.21 per cent, followed by Paradip with 102.01 million tonnes (15.02 per cent share), JNPT with 66.00 million tonnes (9.72 per cent share), Visakhapatnam with 63.54 million tonnes (9.35 per cent share) and Mumbai with 62.83 million tonnes (9.25 per cent share). Together, these five ports handled around 60 per cent of cargo traffic at major ports.
Commodity-wise percentage share of POL was maximum at 31.55 per cent, followed by container 19.67 per cent, thermal and steam coal 14.02 per cent, other miscellaneous cargo 13.62 per cent, coking and other coal 7.45 per cent, iron ore and pellets 7.15 per cent, other liquid 4.33 per cent, finished fertiliser 1.11 per cent and FRM 1.11 per cent.
