12 Major Ports Performance

New Delhi: There are 12 Major Ports in the country. Port-wise Performance during 2016-17 is given as under:

Sl.No Major Port Traffic

Handled

(In MT)

Avg. Pre-berthing Time on Port A/c

(In Hrs.)

Avg. Total Turn-round Time

(In Days)

Avg. Output

Per Ship

Berthday

(Tonnes)

1 Kolkata Port Trust
– Kolkata Dock System* 16.17 0.79 4.73 4200
– Haldia Dock Complex* 34.14 21.11 3.45 7491
2 Paradip 88.96 13.85 4.99 23727
3 Visakhapatnam 61.02 0.41 3.75 13069
4 Kamarajar (Ennore) 30.02 0.02 2.70 22924
5 Chennai 50.21 0.84 2.51 15888
6 V.O. Chidambaranar 38.46 8.88 4.40 10456
7 Cochin 25.01 0.00 1.99 17450
8 New Mangalore 39.95 3.28 2.35 17094
9 Mormugao 33.18 9.57 4.51 13461
10 Mumbai 63.05 2.16 3.27 8413
11 JNPT 62.15 6.96 2.01 23316
12 Kandla 105.44 2.16 4.40 18464
  Overall: 647.76 5.77 3.43 14576

(*)  Kolkata Dock System and Haldia Dock Complex are parts of Kolkata Port Trust

The performance of Major Ports during 2012-13 and 2016-17 has been as under :

Performance Parameters 2012-13 2016-17
Traffic Handled (In Million Tonnes) 545.79 647.76
Avg. Pre-berthing Time on Port A/c

(In Hrs.)

12.17 5.77
Avg. Total Turn-round Time

(In Days)

4.24 3.43
Avg. Output Per Ship Berthday

(Tonnes)

11800 14576

This information was given by Minister of State for Shipping and Road Transport and Highways Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

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