Imported coal stocks at 17 ports up 5% w-o-w: InterOcean
09 May 2016
Imported coal stocks at 17 ports stood at 12.53 million tons (mt) on May 5, 2016, up 5.44% compared to 11.87 mt as on April 29, 2016, according to data compiled by InterOcean.
The stocks also increased 4.43% month-on-month (m-o-m) compared to 11.99 mt on April 7, 2016.
The highest coal stocks of 2.17 mt were available at Gangavaram Port as on May 5, up 3.98% compared to 2.26 mt on April 29. At Paradip Port, the stocks were down 1.81% to 2.12 mt in the first week of May from 2.15 mt in the previous week.
A significant growth was registered at Tuticorin Port as stocks increased 32.26% to 1.10 mt on May 5 as against 0.83 mt on April 29. A 29.7% increase was also noticed at Kandla Port at 1.60 mt during the first week of May compared to 1.23 mt during the last week of April.
The following table gives port-wise break-up of imported coal stocks at various ports:
Port |
As on May 5, 2016 |
As on April 29, 2016 |
As on April 7, 2016 |
% Change w-o-w |
% Change m-o-m |
Kandla |
1.607 |
1.239 |
1.85 |
29.70 |
-13.07 |
Muldwaraka |
0 |
0.035 |
0.03 |
-100.00 |
-100.00 |
Bhavnagar |
0.013 |
0.018 |
0.04 |
-27.78 |
-63.89 |
Pipavav |
0.09 |
0.115 |
0.04 |
-21.74 |
157.14 |
Dahej |
0.316 |
0.316 |
0.36 |
0.00 |
-11.16 |
Magdalla |
1.014 |
1.014 |
0.85 |
0.00 |
19.84 |
Mumbai |
0.039 |
0.039 |
0.05 |
0.00 |
-14.46 |
Goa |
0.364 |
0.291 |
0.24 |
25.09 |
51.67 |
Mangalore |
0.319 |
0.319 |
0.32 |
0.00 |
-0.80 |
Tuticorin |
1.107 |
0.837 |
0.93 |
32.26 |
18.93 |
Krishnapatnam |
1.11 |
1.002 |
1.25 |
10.78 |
-11.51 |
Kakinada |
0.189 |
0.215 |
0.13 |
-12.09 |
45.38 |
Karaikal |
0.445 |
0.49 |
0.36 |
-9.18 |
25.35 |
Gangavaram |
2.17 |
2.26 |
2.10 |
-3.98 |
3.33 |
Vizag |
0.888 |
0.861 |
1.01 |
3.14 |
-12.36 |
Paradip |
2.12 |
2.159 |
1.99 |
-1.81 |
6.53 |
Haldia |
0.731 |
0.666 |
0.46 |
9.76 |
59.50 |
Total |
12.531 |
11.876 |
11.990 |
5.44 |
4.43 |