Thursday, May 23, 2019

Major ports continue volume growth in new fiscal.

 May 22 2019

Higher demand for coal petroleum oil and lubricants have enabled the 12 major ports to begin the new fiscal on a positive note by registering a 5.65 per cent increase in cargo handling to 60.07 million tonnes (mt) in April 2019 as against the 56.86 mt re corded in the same month of the previous year .

as per Indian ports Association (IPA) figures deendayal port thandled the highest traffic volume at 11.30 mt in April 2019 followed by paradip port at 9.55 at. JNPT at 5.99mt. Visakhapatnam port at 5.69 mt and Mumbai port at 5.mt . kolkata port handled total 4.95 mt.of cargo while chennai port handled 3.94 mt.

The Major ports had handled 2.90 per cent more cargo year-on-year, at 6.99.04 mt. in 20198-19 . primarily propelled by increased traffic of coal . fertilizers and container, said a report.