Major ports report modest increase in April-July traffic

26 Aug 2009

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Traffic handled at 12 major ports in the country posted a minor increase of 1.17 per cent during the April-July 2009 period compared with the traffic handled during the corresponding period last year. 

The over one per cent growth has been made possible by a substantive growth in traffic at the Paradip, Tuticorin and Mormugao Ports. The three ports reported traffic growths of 22.24 per cent, 11.82 per cent and 19.01 per cent, respectively, over the traffic handled during the same period last year.

Besides Paradip, Tuticorin and Mormugao ports, the New Mangalore port (4.90 per cent) and Kandla port (3.96 per cent) also saw increase in traffic handled during the period.

At 180,094 thousand tonnes, total traffic handled by the 12 major ports during this period was up 1.17 per cent compared with the 178,018 thousand tonnes handled during the corresponding period last year. However, total traffic handled by the 12 ports was well below the targeted 189,610 thousand tonnes.

Port-wise details of the target, traffic handled during April-July 2009 and April-July 2008 are as below:

Ports

April to July

%Variation Against

 

Target 2009

Traffic

Target

Prev. Year Traffic

2009*

2008

1

2

3

4

5

6

KOLKATA Kolkata Dock System

 4070

 3928

 3303

 -3.49

 18.92

Haldia Dock Complex

16210

10684

15137

-34.09

-29.42

TOTAL: KOLKATA

20280

14612

18440

-27.95

-20.76

Paradip

17150

18210

14897

6.18

22.24

Visakhapatnam

21900

22142

22718

1.11

-2.54

Ennore

4070

3675

4063

-9.71

-9.55

Chennai

21010

19617

19752

-6.63

-0.68

Tuticorin

7130

7887

7053

10.62

11.82

Cochin

6020

4618

5139

-23.29

-10.14

New Mangalore

13110

12320

11745

-6.03

4.90

Mormugao

13400

13783

11581

2.86

19.01

Mumbai

17440

17446

17684

0.03

-1.35

J.N.P.T.

22330

19988

20133

-10.49

-0.72

Kandla

25770

25796

24813

0.10

3.96

TOTAL:

189610

180094

178018

-5.02

1.17

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