Increased handling of iron ore, POL and thermal coal boosted traffic at the 12 major ports during the first half of the current fiscal ending September 30.
As per release traffic increased by 2.39% in the first half to 267.97 million tonnes as compared with 261.72 million tonnes in the corresponding period last year.
Thermal coal traffic increased by 16.38% to 23.03 million tonnes; POL increased by 2.40% to 86.16 million tonnes and iron ore increased by 4.79% to 42.01 million tonnes.
According to data released by the Indian Ports Association, handling of finished fertiliser, raw fertiliser and coking coal declined in the first half.
The port of Chennai showed turnaround from deficit handling till June 2009 of the current fiscal to turn positive at end of the first half.
Kandla continues to be the top port with a volume of 39.34 million tonnes in the first half followed by Visakhapatnam with 33.04 million tonnes. Chennai overtook JNPT as the third biggest port with a volume of 30.47 million tonnes for the first half of the current fiscal.
An official of a leading shipping company said that “With the Chinese economy picking up we hope to see large volumes of iron ore exports from India.”
(Sourced from http://www.steelguru.com/news/index/2009/10/15/MTE1OTc3/India_major_ports_traffic_in_H1_up_by_2.39pct.html)
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
India major ports traffic in H1 up by 2.39pct
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