Throughput in April-August period increased by 3.1 million TEUs year-over-year
Container throughput at major ports in India increased 4.4 percent year-over-year in the April-August period, the Indian Ports Association said Friday.
Total volume for the first five months of fiscal 2011-12 was estimated at 3.22 million 20-foot equivalent units, up from 3.1 million TEUs a year earlier.
The tonnage of container traffic surged almost 10 percent to 49.4 million tons from 45.3 million tons.
The volume of containers handled by Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva), the country’s largest container port, grew 2 percent to 1.78 million TEUs from 1.75 million TEUs.
Traffic at Chennai rose 6.5 percent to 672,000 TEUs from 631,000 TEUs a year earlier.
The latest IPA figures indicate recent congestion problems, following crane replacement at Nehru and truckers’ strike at Chennai, adversely impacted traffic growth at the two busiest container hubs, which cumulatively account for almost 75 percent of India’s total containerized cargo movements.
Kolkata handled 226,000 TEUs, up from 216,000 TEUs. Tuticorin moved 196,000 TEUs compared with 189,000 TEUs.
Major ports suffering marginal declines in container volume included Mumbai and Cochin.
According to the IPA, total tonnage at the 13 publicly-owned ports from April through August was up 4.6 percent to 237 million tons.
Kandla emerged as the top cargo handler with throughput of 35.9 million tons, followed by Visakhatpatnam, at 30.5 million tons; Nehru, at 26.7 million tons; and Chennai, at 24.7 million tons.
Total volume for the first five months of fiscal 2011-12 was estimated at 3.22 million 20-foot equivalent units, up from 3.1 million TEUs a year earlier.
The tonnage of container traffic surged almost 10 percent to 49.4 million tons from 45.3 million tons.
The volume of containers handled by Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva), the country’s largest container port, grew 2 percent to 1.78 million TEUs from 1.75 million TEUs.
Traffic at Chennai rose 6.5 percent to 672,000 TEUs from 631,000 TEUs a year earlier.
The latest IPA figures indicate recent congestion problems, following crane replacement at Nehru and truckers’ strike at Chennai, adversely impacted traffic growth at the two busiest container hubs, which cumulatively account for almost 75 percent of India’s total containerized cargo movements.
Kolkata handled 226,000 TEUs, up from 216,000 TEUs. Tuticorin moved 196,000 TEUs compared with 189,000 TEUs.
Major ports suffering marginal declines in container volume included Mumbai and Cochin.
According to the IPA, total tonnage at the 13 publicly-owned ports from April through August was up 4.6 percent to 237 million tons.
Kandla emerged as the top cargo handler with throughput of 35.9 million tons, followed by Visakhatpatnam, at 30.5 million tons; Nehru, at 26.7 million tons; and Chennai, at 24.7 million tons.
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