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Kolkata Port adjudged Major Port of the Year |
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KOLKATA: The Kolkata Port has been adjudged 'Major Port of the Year' for the year 2014-15 among the 12 major ports in India at the Gateway Award 2015 ceremony organised in Mumbai on August 21. The port received this award for increased cargo volumes, optimizing capacity utilization, growth in output per berth and customer satisfaction.
RPS Kahlon, chairman, Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) congratulated employees of Kolkata Dock System (KDS) and Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) for this performance and also attributed the success to port users. KDS has achieved a milestone in container handling in 2014-15 by handling 5,28,167 TEUs, the highest ever since inception of containerization at the port facility in 1979.
"Between April and July, 2015, KoPT handled 16.834 million tonnes of cargo against 13.698 million tonnes in the corresponding four months of 2014. This was a growth of 23% whereas all major ports together registered a growth of 5.8%. In these four months, HDC handled 11.636 million tonnes and registered a growth of 26.64%. During this period, KDS handled 5.198 million tonnes, registering a growth of 15.25%," Kahlon said.
KoPT also handled 2,06,709 TEUs of containers between April and July, 2015. This was a growth of 3.55% over the first four months of 2014-15. KDS handled 1,78,290 TEUs by itself registering a growth of 9.65%. In July, KDS handled a record 51,343 TEUs, an all time high.
"In July 2014, for the first time a private train operator M/s Arshiya Rail Infrastructure Ltd brought their first train with export containers to KDS. Till then, CONCOR was the only train operator for KDS. On August 24, M/s SICAL Logistics Ltd brought their first export container train to KDS. Major commodities that contributed to this growth include containers, vegetable oil, limestone, coking coal, petroleum coke, iron and steel and IVW at KDS. At HDC, the main contributors were POL products, LPG, vegetable oil, other liquid cargo, finished fertilizers, thermal coal, coking coal, petroleum coke and IWAI traffic," Kahlon added.
Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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