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India Apr-Feb freight traffic at major ports up 3.4% on year
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AHMEDABAD – Freight traffic handled by major ports in the country rose 3.4% on year to 771.0 million tonnes in Apr-Feb, data released by the Indian Ports Association showed. The rise was mainly driven by a 27.0% on year increase in miscellaneous cargo to 102.9 million tonnes.
Crude and petroleum products, which account for a little less than one-third of total cargo handled at all the major ports in the country, rose 2.2% on year to 227.6 million tonnes in Apr-Feb. Container traffic increased 6.3% to 176.0 million tonnes and thermal coal rose 0.4% on year to 116.2 million tonnes in Apr-Feb.
Coking coal traffic fell 9.4% on year at 54.0 million tonnes, while iron ore volumes declined 19.4% to 45.2 million tonnes. The finished fertiliser cargo for the first 11 months of 2024-25 rose 21.4% to 9.4 million tonnes and raw fertilisers increased 12.3% on year to 9.6 million tonnes.
Among the major ports, Paradip handled the highest traffic in Apr-Feb at 136.2 million tonnes, followed by Deendayal port at 133.8 million tonnes and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority at 83.8 million tonnes.
Following is the commodity-wise break-up of freight handled by the 12 major ports in Apr-Feb (in million tonnes):
|
|
Apr-Feb 2024-25 |
Apr-Feb |
Year-on-year change (in %) |
|
|
Crude and petroleum products |
227.6 |
222.7 |
2.2 |
|
|
Other liquids |
30.2 |
28.5 |
5.8 |
|
|
Iron ore |
45.2 |
56.0 |
(-)19.4 |
|
|
Fertiliser finished |
9.4 |
7.8 |
21.4 |
|
|
Fertiliser raw |
9.6 |
8.5 |
12.3 |
|
|
Coal thermal |
116.2 |
115.7 |
0.4 |
|
|
Coal coking |
54.0 |
59.5 |
(-)9.4 |
|
|
Container (tonnage) |
176.0 |
165.5 |
6.3 |
|
|
Other cargo |
102.9 |
81.0 |
27.0 |
|
|
Total |
771.0 |
745.3 |
3.4 |
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Reported by Sunil Raghu
Edited by Saji George Titus
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