Handling Capacity of Major Ports Match with the Trade Demands

The handling capacity of the major ports in the Country is sufficient to match with the trade demands. The capacity of all Major Ports as on 31.03.2014 was 800.52 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) against cargo traffic of 555.54 MMT handled in 2013-14. Thus the capacity utilization is around 70% and as per internationally-accepted norms the gap between the traffic and the capacity is usually around 30%. Moreover, Government has taken many measures to improve the efficiency of operations through mechanisation, deepening the draft and speedy evacuation.