The Deendayal Port Trust (DPT) has created a single month record by handling 101.78 lakh tonnes of cargo (at Kandla and Vadinar combined) during January 2018, as against the previous best of 98.20 lakh tonnes in July 2016.
The traffic handled during the period was made up of dry cargo at 30.988 lakh tonnes (30.438 lakh tonnes last year), an increase of 2 per cent; liquid cargo – Kandla at 12.144 lakh tonnes (10.584 lakh tonnes), an increase of 15 per cent; and liquid cargo – Vadinar at 47.385 lakh tonnes (47.079 lakh tonnes), an increase of 0.65 per cent over last year.
During the current fiscal up to the end of January 2018, DPT has handled 909.89 lakh tonnes of cargo, as against 884.70 lakh tonnes during the corresponding period of the previous year, up 25 lakh tonnes/2.85 per cent.
The Port is thus set to cross last year’s throughput as well as the target given by the Ministry of Shipping of 106 million tonnes during the current fiscal.
