Paradip Port handles 42.5 MT cargo till October 31, 2015
Posted by Daily Shipping Times on 09-11-2015
PARADIP: Paradip Port Trust handled 42.50 million tons of cargo till October 31 this fiscal as compared to 40.27 million tons during the corresponding period last year.
"This is an increase of 5.54 per cent over the traffic...
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handled during corresponding period of previous year," an official source said. The port handled 6.44 million tonnes of cargo during October 2015 as compared to 5.92 million tonnes during the corresponding month of the previous year, showing a growth of 8.64 per cent, the source said.
During the month, 2.45 million tons of cargo was loaded while 3.91 million tonnes was unloaded in the port. In the current fiscal upto October 2015, thermal coal traffic has exhibited a growth of 5.50 per cent. Similarly, coking coal traffic increased 7.71 per cent and other cargo traffic grew by 18.59 per cent compared to the same period of previous year.
Stating that Paradip Port has retained the second position in terms of cargo handled among all Major Ports till October 2015, the official source pointed out that a record quantity of 2.06 million tonnes of thermal coal was handled at Mechanized Coal Handling Plant during October 2015, surpassing the previous record of 2.02 million tons tons handled during May 2015.