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SECTOR | 13 May 2025, 02:18PM

Major ports' cargo rises 4.3% in FY25; Paradip, Deendayal cross 150 MT

Business Standard

India's major ports registered a 4.3 per cent rise in cargo handling to 855 million tonnes in 2024-25, an official statement said on Tuesday. The increase in traffic was driven by higher container throughput (10 per cent), fertiliser cargo handling (13 per cent), POL cargo handling (3 per cent), and handling of miscellaneous commodities (31 per cent) compared to the previous fiscal year, according to the statement. There are 12 major ports, wholly owned by the Government of India and governed by the provisions of the Major Port Authorities Act, 2021. These are Deendayal Port, Mumbai Port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mormugao Port, New Mangalore Port, Cochin Port, VO Chidambaranar Port, Chennai Port, Kamarajar Port, Visakhapatnam Port, Paradip Port and Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port. Among commodities handled at major ports, Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants (POL)-including crude, petroleum products, and LPG/LNG-led the charts with a volume of 254.5 million tonnes (29.8 per cent), followed by

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SECTOR | 03 Apr 2025

For the first time, Chennai and Kamarajar ports exceed 100 mt throughput milestone

Business Line

For the current fiscal, Paliwal expects the combined cargo volume to grow at around 7 per cent

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SECTOR | 07 Dec 2024

Foundation stone laid for three projects worth 582 crore at Kamarajar port

Business Line

The port was originally conceived primarily to handle thermal coal to meet the requirement of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) and was endowed with large chunks of land (about 2,000 acres)

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SECTOR | 30 Jul 2024

IOCL's dedicated jetty at Kamarajar Port to be operational by December

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Constructed at a cost of 921 crore, the jetty will add 3 million tonnes of cargo per annum to the Kamarajar port

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SECTOR | 04 Jul 2024

Cargo traffic across 12 major Indian ports surges 6.8 % to 69.8 MT in June

Business Standard

Cargo traffic across 12 major Indian ports rose 6.8 per cent to 69.08 million tonnes (MT) in June from 64.69 MT in the year-ago month, with ten ports showing positive growth while the remaining two witnessed a decline. Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Maharashtra recorded the highest growth in cargo handling at 15.12 per cent during the reporting month, followed by Cochin Port with 15.12 per cent, Kamarajar Port (10.70 per cent), Deendayal Port (8.57 per cent) and New Mangalore Port (8.53 per cent), according to the data released by the major ports' apex body Indian Ports Association (IPA). The 12 major ports are Deendayal (Kandla), Mumbai, Mormugao, New Mangalore, Cochin, Chennai, Ennore (Kamarajar), Tuticorin (V O Chidambaranar), Visakhapatnam, Paradip and Kolkata (including Haldia) and Jawaharlal Nehru Port. According to the IPA, VO Chidambaranar Port's cargo traffic grew 7.73 per cent and Paradip Port 7.41 per cent growth, respectively, during the previous month. SMP Kolkata Port...

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SECTOR | 03 Apr 2024

Kamarajar port to become Cape' compliant

Business Line

The port's berth will be dredged to 18 m to attract Capesize ships

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SECTOR | 03 Apr 2024

Both Chennai and Kamarajar ports cross 1,000 crore in operating income in a single FY

Business Line

This is owing to the higher cargo handling by both the major ports during the fiscal

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SECTOR | 13 Oct 2023

Kamarajar Port formalising MoUs valued at 1,920 crore

Business Line

The port will sign 24 MoUs with various partners during the 3rd edition of the Global Maritime India Summit 2023 to be held in Mumbai from October 17 to 19

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SECTOR | 23 Apr 2023

Chennai and Kamarajar ports set for major transformation

Business Line

Chennai port to be bunkering hub on the East coast while Kamarajar port to be Cape compliant to handle Capesize vessels

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SECTOR | 12 Apr 2023, 07:28PM

MSC enhances Australia Express Service with direct call at Ennore port

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The Mediterranean Shipping's westbound leg initiative to help its customers a improved export connections to European ports