Major ports register an increase in cargo traffic in August

Coking coal and petroleum shipments appear to take the credit for a welcome increase in the cargo traffic in major ports in August. Tamil Nadu’s Ennore Port has achieved the fastest growth rate among the major ports; it has got a steep 35% rise in cargo traffic in the month on account of 19.5% increase in thermal coal traffic. The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) achieved 4.8% year-on-year increase due to increase in container volume. With regard to petroleum, oil and lubricants (POL) consignments, Kandla Port in Gujarat handled 4.8 million tonnes in the month; next, the Mumbai port in Maharashtra had nearly 30.9% rise in POL consignments, recording thereby a rise in cargo traffic by 12.8%. The Visakhapatnam port, however, showed a fall in year-on-year volume in POL; it handled 1.1 million tonnes of POL in August, compared with its 1.7 million tonnes in the previous corresponding period last year. On account of restrictions imposed on the overseas shipments of iron ore, none of the major ports registered an increase in iron ore traffic.
Major ports register an increase in cargo traffic in August

Coking coal and petroleum shipments appear to take the credit for a welcome increase in the cargo traffic in major ports in August. Tamil Nadu’s Ennore Port has achieved the fastest growth rate among the major ports; it has got a steep 35% rise in cargo traffic in the month on account of 19.5% increase in thermal coal traffic. The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) achieved 4.8% year-on-year increase due to increase in container volume. With regard to petroleum, oil and lubricants (POL) consignments, Kandla Port in Gujarat handled 4.8 million tonnes in the month; next, the Mumbai port in Maharashtra had nearly 30.9% rise in POL consignments, recording thereby a rise in cargo traffic by 12.8%. The Visakhapatnam port, however, showed a fall in year-on-year volume in POL; it handled 1.1 million tonnes of POL in August, compared with its 1.7 million tonnes in the previous corresponding period last year. On account of restrictions imposed on the overseas shipments of iron ore, none of the major ports registered an increase in iron ore traffic.

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