Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, Aug 09, 2004
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Logistics
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Shipping Haldia dock handles record cargo in July Our Bureau
Kolkata , Aug. 8 THE Haldia dock complex of Kolkata Port has handled a record cargo of 3.151 million tonne during July this year surpassing the previous high of 3.003 million tonne in January 2004. According to a KoPT press release issued, between April and July this year the Kolkata dock system has handled 48,407 TEUs, which is the highest in the history of the port. In July alone, the Kolkata dock system has handled 12950 TEUs. Together, Kolkata dock system and Haldia dock system have handled 12.5 million tonne of cargo during the first four months of this fiscal, registering a growth of 6.23 per cent over that of the corresponding period of the previous year. Of the total cargo handled, Haldia dock complex contributed 10.99 million tonne during April-July this year as against 10.36 million tonne handled during the corresponding period of 2003. KoPT authorities expect to handle more than 45 million tonne of cargo in 2004-05 as against 41.052 million handled in 2003-04.
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