KOLKATA PORT TRUST

136 Years of Service to the Nation                                               Virtual Jetty  commissioned at Saugor for handling deep drafted Vessel.                                                                           The security of Kolkata Port has been raised to Level-2 of the ISPS Code.

 

CARGO STATISTICS

             

Kolkata Port handled an all time record traffic of 53.143 million tonnes in 2005-2006 against 46.207 million tonnes in 2004-2005 achieving a growth of 15%, which was much higher than the growth of 10.4%, registered by all Indian Major Ports.

 

During 2005-2006, Kolkata Port maintained the ‘Second’ position amongst all Indian Major Ports in terms of cargo handling – a feat that was attained by the port in 2004-2005 after a long gap of 37 years.

 

Traffic at Kolkata Dock System (KDS) increased to 10.806 million tonnes in 2005-2006 as against 9.945 million tonnes in 2004-2005, registering a growth of 8.66%. At Haldia Dock Complex (HDC), cargo traffic increased to 42.337 million tonnes in 2005-2006 from 36.262 million tonnes in 2004-2005, registering a growth of 16.75%.

 

During the last four-year period, from 2001-2002 to 2005-2006, Kolkata Port increased its cargo volume by 22.74 million tonnes (74.8%), which was the highest amongst all Indian Major Ports. Compound Annual   Growth   Rate (CAGR) of total traffic at Kolkata Port during the last four years (from 2001-02 and 2005-06) was 15% against the CAGR of 10%, registered by all Major Ports of India during the same period. Share of Kolkata Port in total   traffic handled by all Indian Major Ports increased to 12.55% in 2005-2006 from 10.57% in 2001-2002.

         Statistics of cargo handled by Kolkata Port are given below.

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                                        CARGO HANDLED IN LAST TWENTY YEARS

                                                                                                                           (In Million Tonnes)

                                         TRAFFIC  HANDLED AT KOLKATA PORT

                           DURING LAST FIVE YEARS

                                                                                           (In Lakh Tonnes)

 BREAK-UP OF TRAFFIC  HANDLED AT KDS AND HDC

                                                                                         (In Lakh Tonnes)

TRAFFIC HANDLED IN TERMS OF PRINCIPAL

      COMMODITIES AT KOLKATA PORT   

                                                                              (In Thousand Tonnes)

      BREAK-UP OF TRAFFIC IN TERMS OF PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES AT KDS AND HDC

                  KOLKATA DOCK SYSTEM (KDS) :                                                                                                                                                                                        (In Thousand Tonnes)