India’s main ports dealt with highest ever cargo at 795 million tonne in FY23
He additionally mentioned that subsequent week, Ports, Transport and Waterways Minister
“Our main ports have dealt with the best ever cargo within the historical past of the ports at 795 million metric tonne. That is 10 per cent larger than the earlier yr’s cargo dealt with,” he advised PTI.
India has 12 main ports – Deendayal (Kandla), Mumbai, Mormugao, New Mangalore, Cochin, Chennai, Ennore (
“4 or 5 of the foremost ports, together with
He additionally identified that after many a few years, the foremost ports have recorded a better annual progress than that of non-major ports.
Non-major ports are administered by state governments. Many state governments have given such ports on lease to non-public companions.
“So, this yr (2022-23), main ports achieved an general progress of 10.4 per cent, whereas non-major ports achieved a progress 1.5 to 2 per cent lower than this,” he mentioned.
Whereas the share of main ports within the whole cargo was 54 per cent and non-major ports was 46 per cent in FY22, Pant mentioned in FY23, the share of main ports rose to 55 per cent and that of non-major ports fell to 45 per cent.
“So even 1 per cent shift is a really vital achievement for main ports, as a result of regardless of so many challenges, they’ve elevated their share by 1 per cent ,” he mentioned.
Pant additionally mentioned the inland waterways elevated their cargo dealing with by 16 per cent to 126 million tonne in 2022-23 from 109 million tonne in 2021-22.
He mentioned the turnaround time in main ports has lowered by 3-4 hours to 48-49 hours.
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