Imported coal stocks at 9 ports dip 3% w-o-w
12 Feb 2016
India’s imported coal stocks at nine ports stood at 8.06 mt on February 12, 2016, down 3.01% from 8.31 mt as on February 5, 2016, according to provisional data available with ICMW. The compiled ports were Mumbai, New Mangalore, Haldia, Marmagoa, Paradip, Vizag, Krishnapatnam, Dhamra and Pipavav.
The highest volume of coal stocks was available at Paradip Port, at 2.24 mt, as on February 12, down 11.48% from 2.53 mt on February 5. At Krishnapatnam Port, the stocks remained almost flat at 1.95 mt in the second week of February from 1.90 mt in the previous week.
A 5.28% decrease was noticed at Mew Mangalore Port to 0.55 mt on February 12 from 0.58 mt on February 5.
Coal stocks at Vizag Port increased 7.41% to 0.62 mt on February 12, from 0.58 mt on February 5. The stocks at Dhamra Port remained almost flat.
The following table gives port-wise break-up of imported coal stocks at various ports:
Port |
(in million tons) |
|||
As on February 12, 2016 |
As on February 5, 2016 |
As on August 21, 2015 |
As on February 13, 2015 |
|
KANDLA |
NA |
NA |
0.400 |
0.191 |
VOC |
NA |
NA |
1.105 |
1.022 |
NEW MANGALORE |
0.556 |
0.587 |
0.950 |
0.800 |
MUNDRA |
NA |
NA |
2.500 |
0.903 |
MUMBAI |
0.066 |
0.066 |
0.144 |
0.249 |
KOLKATA |
0.990 |
1.005 |
1.226 |
0.615 |
MARMAGOA |
0.446 |
0.450 |
0.114 |
0.181 |
PARADIP |
2.243 |
2.534 |
2.366 |
3.091 |
VIZAG |
0.623 |
0.580 |
1.552 |
1.200 |
KRISHNAPATNAM |
1.950 |
1.900 |
2.800 |
NA |
PIPAVAV |
0.177 |
0.179 |
|
|
DHAMRA |
1.010 |
1.010 |
|
|
TOTAL |
8.061 |
8.311 |
13.157 |
8.252 |
Source: ICMW