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Visakhapatnam Port registered the maximum 22.05 per cent growth in cargo handling during the month, followed by Chennai Port with 9.10 per cent, Cochin Port with 7.78 per cent and Mumbai Port with 5.89 per cent, the data shows.
The 12 major ports are Deendayal (Kandla), Mumbai, Mormugao, New Mangalore, Cochin, Chennai, Ennore (Kamarajar), Tuticorin (V O Chidambaranar), Visakhapatnam, Paradip and Syama Prasad Mookerjee in Kolkata (including Haldia) and Jawaharlal Nehru Port.
VO Chidambaranar Port saw a 5.59 per cent increase in its cargo handling during the month, while the rise figures for Paradip Port, Deendayal Port, New Mangalore Port and JNPA were 4.27 per cent, 3.49 per cent, 1.87 per cent and 1.78 per cent respectively.
The ports that witnessed a drop in cargo handling in May are Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata (15.70 per cent drop), followed by Kamarajar Port and Mormugao Port, which witnessed drops of 3.58 per cent and 10.55 per cent respectively.
At Kolkata's Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, the overall traffic decreased by 15.70 per cent during May, and dock system traffic declined by 7.71 per cent at the Kolkata Port and by 18.32 per cent at the Haldia Dock Complex.
During May this year, Deendayal Port handled the highest traffic volume at 12.71 MT and commanded a 17.64 per cent share of the total cargo handled across 12 ports.
This was followed by Paradip Port with 12.64 MT and 17.55 per cent share; Visakhapatnam Port at 8.57 MT and 11.90 per cent share; JNPA at 7.45 MT and 10.34 per cent share; and Mumbai Port at 5.79 MT and 8.04 per cent share, the IPA data shows.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)