KoPT registers 12 per cent cargo growth in 2014-15

Kolkata Port Trust has registered a 12 per cent growth in cargo handling for the 2014-15 period at 46.292 million tonnes.
"KoPT has seen 46.292 million tonnes of traffic in 2014-15, a growth of 12 per cent over 41.386 million tonnes handled in 2013-14. The national Indian major ports average rate was 4.65 per cent," KoPT chairman RPS Kahlon said.
The Kolkata Dock System handled an all-time high cargo throughput of 15.282 million tonnes in 2014-15 over 12.875 tonnes in 2013-14, a jump of 18.7 per cent.
While, the Haldia Dock Complex handled 31.01 million tonnes in 2014-15 registering a growth of 9 per cent over last year when it recorded 28.511 million tonnes, the port said.

The Kolkata port handled 6,30,095 TEUs of containers in 2014-15 with 12 per cent volume expansion.
KoPT handled an all-time high rail-borne traffic of 27.10 million tonnes, a release said.