January coal handling by 8 ports up 10.33% m-o-m
29 Feb 2016
The total handling of coal by eight ports - Cochin, Haldia, Magdalla, New Mangalore, Paradip, Kandla, Tuticorin, Porbander - in January 2016 rose 10.33% to 8,168,391 tons from 7,403,780 ton in December 2015, according to a compilation by ICMW, based on data received from ports.
Similarly, on year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, handling of coal by the mentioned ports in January 2016 rose 3.92% compared to 7,860,496 tons handled in January 2015.
Total coal handling by these ports during the first 10 months (April-January) of 2015-16 was higher by 9.54% at 79,542,072 tons compared to 72,613,790 tons handled during the corresponding period of 2014-15, the compilation revealed.
Following are details of coal handling by various ports in (in tons):
PORT |
Jan-16 |
Dec-15 |
Jan-15 |
April-15 -Jan-16 |
April-14 -Jan-15 |
Cochin |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
88,250 |
98,000 |
Haldia |
10,69,000 |
12,24,000 |
12,95,000 |
1,17,38,000 |
93,19,000 |
Magdalla |
4,33,636 |
8,13,711 |
6,68,769 |
52,24,635 |
50,97,552 |
New Mangalore |
3,88,775 |
4,00,191 |
7,95,790 |
48,35,239 |
68,75,860 |
Paradip |
35,76,486 |
22,54,234 |
34,37,000 |
3,18,97,221 |
3,16,62,000 |
Kandla |
15,46,370 |
11,48,201 |
5,02,875 |
1,25,87,060 |
84,13,680 |
Tuticorin |
11,34,580 |
15,43,443 |
11,07,422 |
1,28,68,515 |
1,07,21,219 |
Porbander |
19,544 |
20,000 |
53,640 |
3,03,152 |
4,26,479 |
Total |
81,68,391 |
74,03,780 |
78,60,496 |
7,95,42,072 |
7,26,13,790 |