Major Ports report positive growth of 3.77%

January 14, 2019: The major ports in India have recorded a growth of 3.77 percent and together handled 518.6 million tonnes of cargo during the period April to December, 2018 as against 499.7 million tonnes handled during the corresponding period of previous year.

For the period from April- December 2018, nine ports namely Kolkata (including Haldia), Paradip, Visakhapatnam, Kamarajar, Chennai, Cochin, New Mangalore, JNPT and Deendayal have registered positive growth in traffic.

The highest growth was registered by Kamarajar Port (18.38 percent), followed by Cochin (8.92 percent), Kolkata [including Haldia] (8.74 percent), Paradip (8.11 percent), and JNPT (7.39 percent).

Kamarajar Port saw the highest growth mainly due to increase in traffic of Container (41.20 percent), Other Misc. Cargo (46.66 percent), POL (9.53 percent) Thermal & Steam Coal (8.75 percent) and Other Liquids (7.5 percent).

In Kolkata Port, overall growth was 8.74 percent. Kolkata Dock System (KDS) registered traffic growth of 0.42 percent, whereas Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) registered a growth of 12.42 percent.

During the period April to December 2018, Deendayal (Kandla) Port handled the highest volume of traffic i.e. 84.91 million tonnes (16.37 percent share), followed by Paradip with 80.43 million tonnes (15.51 percent share), JNPT with 52.53 million tonnes (10.13 percent share), Visakhapatnam with 49.28 million tonnes (9.5 percent share) and Kolkata (inc. Haldia) with 45.82 millon tonnes (8.83 percent share). Together, these ports handled around 60 percent of Major Port Traffic.

Commodity-wise percentage share of POL was maximum i.e. 33.20 percent, followed by Container (20.8 percent), Thermal & Steam Coal (15.09 percent), Other Misc. Cargo (10.48 percent), Coking & Other Coal (8.27 percent), Iron Ore & Pellets (5.75 percent), Other Liquid (4.23 percent), Finished Fertilizer (1.23 percent) and FRM (0.94 percent).