Paradip Port handles record 8 MT cargo in July

Government said Paradip Port, one of the 12 major ports in the country, handles a record 8.06 million tonnes (MT) of cargo in July.

"The cargo handling growth story of Paradip Port among Indian major ports continues with a quantum jump in the cargo handled by the port in the Month of July, 2016 when the port handled a record throughput of 8.06 MT in a single month surpassing the earlier record of handling 7.61 MT cargo in the month of March, 2016," Shipping Ministry said in a statement.

The major growth was contributed with addition of 8 lakh tonnes of POL, 6 lakh tonnes of imported coking coal and 6 lakh tonnes of other cargo like imported lime stone, dolomite etc.

"About 60 percent of the extra 2 million tonnes of cargo came from non-mechanised cargo operations in the monsoon which actually helped the port to achieve the record cargo handling ...incidentally, in the 4 months (April-July) of 2016-17, the port handled 28.65 MT of cargo compared to 24.34 MT in the corresponding 4 months of FY2015-16 witnessing a growth of 17.75 percent," it said.