Cargo Traffic

Around 18,000 port employees — affiliated to multiple unions — and working at 12 major ports have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from 06:00 hours IST on Wednesday after negotiations failed between employers, the government, and the unions over pay and pension reforms. Talks were on for the past three-odd years

Cargo traffic at 12 major Indian ports rises 6.8% to 69.8 MT in June

Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Maharashtra recorded the highest growth in cargo handling at 15.12 per cent.

Weekly Numerics | Record rise in Indian students in the US, dip in wheat acreage, and cargo growth in ports

Indian students now contribute an estimated $7.14 billion to the US economy. Meanwhile, the total wheat production in India is expected to see a decline this fiscal year

Cargo traffic at major ports rises 12% in February: IPA

The positive growth in cargo traffic was recorded by all major ports except Visakhapatnam, Kamarajar and Chennai Ports, it said.

SpiceJet’s air cargo spin-off first step in building a logistics chain

Spicejet’s decision to spin off the cargo business helps it raise capital during a difficult period for the passenger business

JNPT's container cargo traffic rises 65.38% in May

Also, the rail operations at the port handled 86,452 TEUs of inland container depot (ICD) traffic, from 551 rakes during the previous month, clocking a rail-coefficient of 19.03 per cent, JNPT said in a statement.

Cargo traffic at 12 major ports falls for 11th month in February; down 7% in April-February

Cargo traffic at 12 major ports that are under the control of the Centre dropped by 6.61 per cent to 600.62 million tonnes (MT) during April-February this fiscal, compared with 643.10 MT in the year-ago period, the Indian Ports Association (IPA) said in its latest report.

Cargo traffic at 12 major ports falls for 8th month in November; down 10.5% in April-November

Shipping Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had recently said the cargo traffic at 12 major ports declined considerably March onwards due to the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cargo traffic at non-major ports grew 4.8% to 447.21 MT in April-December

During the April-December 2019-20, Directorate of Ports at Odisha recorded highest growth in traffic at 64.2 per cent followed by Ports of Tamil Nadu Maritime Board (34.1 per cent), Directorate of Ports, Puducherry, 27.7 per cent) and Ports Management Board, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (25.4 per cent) against the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, as per the report.

Cargo traffic at major ports rises 5% in April-September

"The major ports in India have recorded a growth of 5.12 percent and together handled 343.26 MT of cargo during April-September, 2018 as against 326.54 MT handled during the corresponding period of previous year," the shipping ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

Cargo traffic at major ports rise 1.7% in April

"The major ports in India have recorded a growth of 1.78 percent and together handled 56.81 million tonnes of cargo during the period April 2018 as against 55.82 million tonnes handled during the corresponding period of previous year," the Shipping Ministry said in a statement.

Cargo traffic at 12 major ports up 6% to 56 MT in April

Increased demand from sectors like iron ore, coking coal and container traffic resulted in higher movement of cargo last month to 55.75 MT, as per the Indian Ports Association.

Cargo traffic at 12 major ports up 7.14% at 535 MT in Apr-Jan

These top ports under the Centre had handled 499.68 MT cargo during the April-January period of the last fiscal.

Cargo traffic at India's top ports up 6.27 % in April-October

These ports, under the control of the Centre, had handled 348.21 million tonnes (MT) of cargo during April-October period of the previous fiscal.

To expand biz in eastern coast to ease cargo traffic: JSW

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, JSW‘s CMD Sajjan Jindal said the company is looking to acquire ports in eastern and western coasts to ease cargo traffic.

Mundra Port Q4 net profit up 74% on surge in cargo traffic

Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone’s fourth quarter (January-March) net profit rose 74% year-on-year to Rs 335 crore, as cargo traffic to the private sector port surged.