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Chennai, Sept. 16 Cargo handled at the 12 major ports increased by 8.37 per cent to 221 million tonnes during April-August 2008 compared with 204 million tonnes handled in the corresponding period of last year. However, the ports missed the target set by the Shipping Ministry by 5.39 per cent.

Only Kandla, Ennore and Visakhapatnam surpassed the Ministry’s target set for April-August 2008, according to tentative data released by the Indian Ports Association.

Except for Kochi and Mumbai, all other ports showed a positive growth during April-August 2008 compared with the corresponding period last year.

Among all the ports, Kandla port showed the highest growth in cargo handling during April-August 2008 with a 23.40 per cent increase to 31.93 million tonnes (25.87 million tonnes).

JNPT was second with a 18.29 per cent increase to 25.39 million tonnes (21.46 million tonnes) and Mormugao was third with 12.50 per cent growth to 12.38 million tonnes (11 million tonnes), the IPA data says.

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