The port traffic at 13 major
ports degenerated into an
annual decline of 1.73 per
cent during 2011-12, according to
tentative IPA data, from 1.57 per
cent increase in 2010-11 and 5.74
per cent in 2009-10. The shipments
during H2 practically stagnated at
H1 level of the year. Around 95 per
cent of India's foreign trade by
volume and 70 per cent by value is
transported through sea, and major
ports account for three-fourths of the
total cargo by volume handled at
Indian ports.
Six ports had lower volume of cargo,
against 3 during 2010-11. Even as
Kolkata and Paradip had to contend
with lesser freight for the second year,
and Haldi Dock, Visakhapatnam
Chennai and Mormugao ports
suffered decline, against increase in
2010-11, New Mangalore bounced
back with 4.4 per cent increase from
declines in the earlier two years.
Among the cargoes, iron ore business
(largely export) declined 30 per cent,
rotting further from 13 per cent drop in
2010-11 due to mining problems in
Karnataka and export duty. Barring
Kolkata and Kandla, relatively minor
players in the field, all ports found iron
ore business plummeting during
2011-12. The downturn had deep
impact in Pardip, Visakhapatnam and
Mormugao, whose iron ore shipments
went down 53 per cent, 17 per cent and
28 per cent, respectively. POL
shipments almost stagnated against 3
per cent increase in 2010-11. Among
the major players, Kandla saw the
volume go down 3 per cent and
Mumbai saw a nominal increase, even
as Paradip and Cochin enjoyed 16-17
per cent increase in POL shipments.
Among the other cargoes, thermal
coal shipments shot up 16 per cent,
eight times the rate a year ago, due to
23 per cent increased volume at
Paradip and 32 per cent at Ennore.
Other industrial cargo was up by 4 per
cent (0.42 per cent). Container
shipments increased by 5.4 per cent,
half the rate in 2010-11. The rate of
growth at JNPT dropped from 6 per
cent to 3 per cent and that at Chennai
nosedived to 2 per cent from 25 per
cent a year ago.
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TRAFFIC AT MAJOR PORTS DURING FY 12 |
|
000' tonnes |
% increase |
|
|
2012/11 |
2011/10 |
| BY Ports |
| Kolkata Dock System |
12233 |
-2.45 |
-3.87 |
| Haldia Dock Complex |
31012 |
-11.41 |
4.54 |
| Total: Kolkata |
43245 |
-9.04 |
2.17 |
| Paradip |
54254 |
-3.17 |
-1.72 |
| Visakhapatnam |
67420 |
-0.91 |
3.88 |
| Ennore |
14956 |
35.85 |
2.86 |
| Chennai |
55707 |
-9.36 |
0.66 |
| Tuticorin |
28105 |
9.24 |
8.16 |
| Cochin |
20091 |
12.41 |
2.55 |
| New Mangalore |
32941 |
4.41 |
-11.20 |
| Mormugao |
39001 |
-22.03 |
2.41 |
| Mumbai |
56186 |
2.93 |
0.08 |
| JNPT |
65746 |
2.23 |
5.82 |
| Kandla |
82501 |
0.76 |
2.99 |
| Total |
560153 |
-1.73 |
1.57 |
| By Commodities |
| POL |
179277 |
0.06 |
3.02 |
| Iron ore |
60603 |
-30.39 |
-12.98 |
| Finished fertiliser |
12219 |
-1.48 |
13.47 |
| Raw fertiliser |
8199 |
8.04 |
12.42 |
| Thermal coal |
50834 |
16.47 |
2.03 |
| Coking coal |
27903 |
-4.05 |
0.58 |
| Container |
120224 |
5.36 |
12.64 |
| Others |
100894 |
4.04 |
0.42 |