The highest growth was registered by Kamarajar Port (12.18%), followed by Cochin (10.30%), Paradip (8.31%), New Mangalore (7.88%) and Kolkata [inc. Haldia] (7.74%)
Kamarajar Port growth was mainly due to increase in Other Liquids by 20%, Other Misc. Cargo by 13.30%, and POL by 11.30%. And Thermal & Steam Coal by 4.44 %.
In Kolkata Port, overall growth was 7.74%. Kolkata Dock System (KDS) registered traffic growth of 5.13%. Whereas Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) registered a growth of 8.89%.
Deendayal (Kandla) Port handled the highest volume of traffic i.e. 38.76 Million tons (16.74% share), followed by Paradip with 35.68 Million Tons (15.41% share), JNPT with 23.25 Million Tons (10.05% share), Visakhapatnam with 21.52 Million Tons (9.30% share) and Mumbai with 19.57 Million Tons (8.45%). Together, these five ports handled around 60% of Major Port Traffic.
Commodity-wise percentage share of POL was maximum i.e. 32.53%, followed by Container (20.86%), Thermal & Steam Coal (15.78%), Other Misc. Cargo (10.68%), Coking & Other Coal (7.61%), Iron Ore & Pellets (6.17%), Other Liquid (4.09%), Finished Fertilizer (1.36%) and FRM (0.92%).
