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Coal handling by Indian ports up 4.26% in Nov m-o-m

31 Dec 2013

December 31: Total coal handled by the major Indian ports during the month of November 2013 rose 4.26% compared to the previous month, according to a compilation by ICMW.

A total of 10,167,725 tons of coal was handled by the above-mentioned ports during the month under review against 9,752,705 tons of coal handled by the same number of ports in October, the compilation revealed.

During the corresponding month of the previous year (November 2012) total coal handling by these ports stood lower at 9,510,617 tons.

Total coal handling, both domestic and imported, by the 15 major and minor ports of India during the first eight months of 2013-14 (April-November) stood at 85,410,695 tons against 68,510,531 tons reported in the same period in the previous year, according to a compilation by ICMW.

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

Sl. No.

Port

Coal handled (In tons)

13-Nov

12-Nov

Apr-Nov 2013

Apr-Nov 2012

1

New Mangalore

593,553

941,793

5,549,011

4,976,659

2

Cochin

0

0

0

0

3

Porbandar

20,000

73,456

255,840

382,874

4

Paradip

2,764,560

2,464,236

21,080,598

16,320,050

5

V.O Chidambaranar

453,000

871,991

7,224,572

6,805,238

6

Ennore

1,936,000

1,194,000

14,223,000

9,000,232

7

Kandla

458,000

326,922

5,356,802

2,855,807

8

Chennai

0

0

0

0

9

Mumbai

503,000

376,000

2,780,797

2,909,775

10

Visage

836,000

821,000

6,463,000

6,635,000

11

Haldia

875,000

669,000

6,780,000

5,727,000

12

Magdalla

535,000

454,000

3,010,576

3,005,274

13

Dahej

563,612

704,219

5,827,392

4,504,591

14

Okha

0

0

330,630

483,031

15

Mormugao

630,000

614,000

6,528,477

4,905,000

Total

10,167,725

9,510,617

85,410,695

68,510,531