Kandla Port handled 47.5 MMT Cargo till current fiscal

Gandhidham, Kutch Dist, Mar 3 (UNI) Kandla Port has crossed yet another milestone by handling 47.5 MMT cargo during the current fiscal year upto February this year. The port has surpassed its own previous record of 46.30 MMT handled during 1999-2000 fiscal year.

This achievement was more commendable as it was achieved in the backdrop of increasing competition from the nearby private ports in the region, Kandl Port Trust release said here today.

With the present trend in traffic growth, Kandla Port will poise to touch the 52 MMT mark by the end of this fiscal year and join the league of Vishakapatanam, Mumbai and Chennai ports in the country handling 50 million plus cargo.

The Kandla Port, traditionally known for handling dry cargoes, was able to attract some new cargoes like Iron Ore, Iron Ore Pallets, Manganese Ore, Butadiene and Perforic Acid.

The container throughout at the Post also grew 21 per cent to touch 1.61 lakh Twenty Equal Units (TEU) as of now and likely to be touch 1.80 lakh TEU by the end of this fiscal year.

The 12th Cargo Berth in the Kandla Port, which is scheduled to commence operations this month, was taken over by Agrawal Brothers Group for Container Terminal operations which can attract additional larger consignments of steel cargo, the release said.

UNI