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 12320

-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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