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Coal handling by Indian ports up 19.43% in Dec m-o-m

31 Jan 2014

January 31: Total coal handling by the major Indian ports during December 2013 rose by 19.43% compared to the previous month, according to a compilation by ICMW.

A total of 12,143,377tons of coal was handled by the ports during the said month compared to 10,167,725tons handled by the same number of ports in November, the compilation revealed.

During the corresponding month of the previous year (December 2012) total coal handling by these ports stood lower at 9,112,205tons. 

Total coal handling, both domestic and imported, by 15 major and minor ports of India during the first nine months of 2013-14 (April-December) stood at 97,554,072tons while the figure stood at 77,622,736tons, according to a compilation by ICMW.

Following are the details of coal handling by various ports in December 2013, December 2012, April-December 2013 and April-December 2012 (In tons):

Sl. No.

Port

Coal handled (In tons)

Dec-13

Dec-12

Apr-Dec 2013

Apr-Dec 2012

1

New Mangalore

981,672

638,544

6,530,683

5,615,203

2

Cochin

0

0

0

0

3

Porbandar

106,459

0

362,299

382,874

4

Paradip

2,803,096

2,366,537

23,883,694

18,686,587

5

V.O Chidambaranar

2,033,768

931,460

9,258,340

7,736,698

6

Ennore

2,172,000

1,156,000

16,395,000

10,156,232

7

Kandla

276,000

459,046

5,632,802

3,314,853

8

Chennai

0

0

0

0

9

Mumbai

327,000

262,000

3,107,797

3,171,775

10

Vaizag

934,000

842,000

7,397,000

7,477,000

11

Haldia

793,000

666,000

7,573,000

6,393,000

12

Magdalla

369,000

409,000

3,379,576

3,414,274

13

Dahej

637,659

884,690

6,465,051

5,389,281

14

Okha

53,723

110,928

384,353

593,959

15

Mormugao

656,000

386,000

7,184,477

5,291,000

 

Total

12,143,377

9,112,205

97,554,072

77,622,736