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Container cargo handling at India's major ports tumbled by over 30 per cent during the April-June quarter of the current financial year, mainly because of the coronavirus pandemic, show data released by the Indian Ports' Association (IPA).
Container cargo in terms of TEUs (twenty foot equivalent unit) at India's 12 major ports dropped 32.28 per cent to 1.74 million in the the first quarter of the current fiscal, according to the latest data from the IPA.
In terms of tonnage, the container cargo declined 30.11 per cent to 26.34 million tonnes (MT) in the quarter.
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