Volume Change
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Kandla 18.26 17.7%
Visakhapatnam 17.05 12.1%
JNPT 14.97 18.8%
Chennai 14.60 6.7%
Kolkata* 13.75 2.8%
volume in million tonne
During the period under review, in volume terms, Kandla port continued to occupy the number one position with a total traffic throughput of 18.26 million tonnes, thus posting 17.74% growth. However, in terms of growth, Jawaharlal Nehru port topped the list with 18.8% at 14.97 million tonnes though volume wise, it was number3.
In volume terms, Visakhapatnam, with a throughput of 17.05 million tonnes ranked number 2nd and in terms of growth, Tuticorin up by 18.42% at 5.48 million tonnes. However, in volume, Tuticorin ranked 10th. In terms of growth, Visakhapatnam was 6 at 12.18% and Kandla 3rd at 17.74% followed by Paradip 17.3% and Mormugao 16.15%.
In volume, Paradip ranked seventh with a throughput of 11.3 million tonnes and Mormugao eighth with a throughput of 10.21 million tonnes.
In volume, Chennai ranked fourth at 14.6 million tones, followed by Kolkata 13.75 million tonnes. However, Chennai posted 6.72 % growth, while Kolkata a meagre 2.86%. Ennore posted 8.08% growth at 3.07 million tonnes.
The 3 ports namely, New Mangalore, Mumbai and Kochi, posted negative growth. For New Mangalore, the decline was highest 8.91% at 8.14 million tonnes, followed by Mumbai 5.63% at 13.12 million tonnes and Kochi 1.3% at 3.8 million tonnes.