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KANDLA PORT tops in cargo handling.

After several years, the Kandla port has overtaken the Visakhapatnam port in cargo handling and reached the top position among the major ports. In the first two months of the current fiscal, Kandla handled 10.68 million tonnes compared to 10.32 mt by Visakhapatnam. During the same period last year, Kandla's throughput was 7.43 mt.

The 43.68 per cent growth in throughput can be largely attributed to the jump in liquid traffic. In the first two months of this fiscal, the liquid throughput was 7.655 mt compared to 4.937 mt in the corresponding previous period. During the same period, the volume of crude traffic handled was 6.008 mt (3.756 mt).

The commissioning of the Single Buoy Mooring at the port by the Essar Group is believed to have contributed to this growth. However, the port also recorded an impressive growth in container handling. During the period under review, the throughput at 34,000 TEUs (26,000 TEUs in the same period last year) showed a growth of more than 30 per cent.

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