Cargo handling at Kandla port shows 6% increase during 1st quarter of 2016-17

The Kandla Port has achieved the 6% growth in traffic during the first quarter of financial year 2016-17, as compared to the corresponding quarter of last year. A total quantity of 26.03 MMT of cargo has been handled from April 2016 to June2016, as compared to 24.62 MMT handled during the corresponding quarter of last year.

The dry cargo at Kandla has increased to 90.45 lakh MTs, as compared to 88.69 lakh MT during the same period last year. Liquid cargo during the same period has also increased to 31.55 lakh MT from 25.82 lakh MTs. The Crude and POL traffic at Vadinar has increased to 138.30 lakh MT from 131.65 lakh MT.

The Ministry of Shipping has initiated many measures to improve the performance of the ports which include mechanization of the terminals, improving the TAT (turn-around time), quick evacuation of cargo, expansion of infrastructure and skill development of employees. The slew of measures taken by the Ministry of Shipping to improve performance of Ports has started to yield positive results.

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