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India Apr-Jan freight traffic at major ports up 3.1% on year
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AHMEDABAD – Freight traffic handled by major ports in India rose 3.1% on year to 698.64 million tonnes in Apr-Jan, data released by the Indian Ports Association showed. The rise was led by a 25.6% increase in miscellaneous cargo to 92.02 million tonnes.
Crude and petroleum products cargo, which account for a little less than one-third of total cargo handled at all the major ports across the country, rose 1.8% on year to 206.98 million tonnes.
Container traffic in tonnage terms increased 6.3% on year to 159.69 million tonnes and thermal coal cargo rose 0.2% on year to 106.29 million tonnes for Apr-Jan.
Coking coal volumes fell 10.2% on year at 48.86 million tonnes. The iron ore volumes declined 19.9% on year at 40.13 million tonnes. The finished fertilisers cargo for the 10 months of 2024-25 (Apr-Mar) rose 11.8% on year to 8.03 million tonnes and raw fertilisers were up 13.1% on year at 8.71 million tonnes.
Among the ports, Paradip handled the highest traffic in Apr-Jan at 123.65 million tonnes, followed closely by Deendayal port at 121.82 million tonnes and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority at 76.29 million tonnes.
Following is the commodity-wise break-up of freight handled by the 12 major ports in Apr-Jan (in million tonnes):
|
|
Apr-Jan 2024-25 |
Apr-Jan |
Year-on-year change (in %) |
|
|
Crude and petroleum products |
206.98 |
203.22 |
1.8 |
|
|
Other liquids |
27.94 |
25.74 |
8.5 |
|
|
Iron ore |
40.13 |
50.08 |
(-)19.9 |
|
|
Fertiliser finished |
8.03 |
7.17 |
11.8 |
|
|
Fertiliser raw |
8.71 |
7.70 |
13.1 |
|
|
Coal thermal |
106.29 |
106.04 |
0.2 |
|
|
Coal coking |
48.86 |
54.44 |
(-)10.3 |
|
|
Container (tonnage) |
159.69 |
150.23 |
6.3 |
|
|
Other cargo |
92.02 |
73.27 |
25.6 |
|
|
Total |
698.64 |
677.91 |
3.1 |
End
Reported by Sunil Raghu
Edited by Saji George Titus
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