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.

 

Cargo Handled in last twenty years.

 

Traffic handled at Kolkata Port during Last Five Years.

 

Traffic Handled in terms of Principal Commodities

 

Number of Containers Handled

 

Volume of Containerised Cargo

 

Ship Calls at Kolkata Port

 

Passenger Traffic

 

Railway Traffic

 

Financial Indicators

Select any one from above

 

                                        CARGO HANDLED IN LAST TWENTY YEARS

                                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                           (In Million Tonnes)

YEAR

KOLKATA DOCK SYSTEM

HALDIA DOCK COMPLEX

TOTAL FOR KOLKATA PORT

1986 - 1987

4.047

8.025

12.072

1987 - 1988

4.393

8.678

13.071

1988 - 1989

4.338

9.885

14.223

1989 - 1990

4.339

10.350

14.689

1990 - 1991

4.126

11.114

15.240

1991 - 1992

4.157

11.843

16.000

1992 - 1993

5.157

13.180

18.337

1993 - 1994

5.169

13.327

18.496

1994 - 1995

5.804

14.731

20.535

1995 - 1996

6.124

15.391

21.515

1996 - 1997

6.023

17.101

23.124

1997 - 1998

7.952

20.205

28.157

1998 - 1999

9.163

20.224

29.387

1999 - 2000

10.313

20.713

31.026

2000 - 2001

7.158

22.842

30.000

2001 - 2002

5.374

25.029

30.403

2002 - 2003

7.201

28.603

35.804

2003 - 2004

8.693

32.567

41.260

2004 - 2005

9.945

36.262

46.207

2005 - 2006

10.806

42.337

53.143

 

 

                                         TRAFFIC  HANDLED AT KOLKATA PORT

                           DURING LAST FIVE YEARS

  

                                                                                           (In Lakh Tonnes)

Year

Import

Export

Total

2001 - 2002

229.50

74.53

304.03

2002 - 2003

264.60

93.44

358.04

2003 - 2004

302.36

110.24

412.60

2004 - 2005

332.06

130.01

462.07

2005 - 2006

367.38

164.05

531.43

 

 

 

 

 BREAK-UP OF TRAFFIC  HANDLED AT KDS AND HDC

 

                                                                                         (In Lakh Tonnes)

Year

Import

Export

Total

 

KOLKATA DOCK SYSTEM (KDS) :

 

2001 - 2002

44.90

8.84

53.74

2002 - 2003

63.37

8.64

72.01

2003 - 2004

75.59

11.34

86.93

2004 - 2005

82.01

17.44

99.45

2005 - 2006

86.28

21.78

108.06

 

HALDIA DOCK COMPLEX (HDC) :

 

2001 - 2002

184.60

65.69

250.29

2002 - 2003

201.23

84.80

286.03

2003 - 2004

226.77

98.90

325.67

2004 - 2005

250.05

112.57

362.62

2005 - 2006

281.10

142.27

423.37

 

 

TRAFFIC HANDLED IN TERMS OF PRINCIPAL

      COMMODITIES AT KOLKATA PORT   

 

                                                                              (In Thousand Tonnes)

C o m m o d i t y

2004-2005

2005-2006

         

Import :

 

1.  Fertiliser(Finished)

174

324

2.  Fertiliser (Raw Materials)

345

511

3.  Wheat

-

6

4.  Rice

10

9

5.  Sugar

19

22

6.  Salt

8

22

7.  Newsprint/Paper

145

144

8   Coking Coal

5102

5371

9.  Metallurgical Coke

164

511

10. Raw Petroleum Coke

70

87

11. Non-Coking Coal

416

1104

12. Other Coal

-

72

13. Limestone

259

386

14. Iron & Steel

360

709

15. Machinery

80

125

16. Metal & Metal Products

104

151

17. Scrap

165

219

18. Timber

657

659

19. Pulses/Peas

201

627

20. Rape Seed

17

20

21. Soda Ash

9

25

22. Ammonium Nitrate

45

37

23. Manganese Ore

160

37

24  Iron Ore

-

2

25. Bauxite

10

6

26. Other Ore

-

2

27. Coal Tar Pitch

6

31

28. Project Cargo

53

49

29. Vegetable Oil

813

911

30. Other Liquid Cargo

1278

1344

31. LPG

526

478

32. Other Cargo

20510

20855

33. General Cargo

1482

1866

34. Inland Vessels Wharves (IVW)

     Traffic

18

16

Total Imports:

33206

36738

 

Export :

 

1.  Thermal Coal

3157

3408

2.  Jute & Jute Products

257

211

3.  Tea

70

107

4.  Iron Ore

5394

8085

5.  Iron & Steel

744

831

6.  Machinery

32

43

7.  C.I. Goods

145

172

8.  Pig Iron

6

16

9.  Mica

55

55

10. Shellac

17

7

11. Metal & Metal Products

56

99

12. Scrap Iron

-

19

13. Wheat

16

-

14. Rice

8

4

15. Sugar

14

10

16. Maize

37

-

17. Fly Ash

324

472

18. Manganese Ore

6

7

19. Ferro-Chrome

37

57

20. Chromium Ore

6

10

21. Breeze Coke

1

-

22. Granulated Slag

-

5

23. Cement Clinker

-

4

24. Gypsum

5

1

25. Vegetable Oil

5

3

26. Other Liquid Cargo

201

219

27. Other Cargo

972

1290

28. General Cargo

1370

1187

29. Inland Vessels Wharves (IVW)

     Traffic

66

83

Total Exports:

13001

16405

Grand Total of Import & Export:

46207

53143

   

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

 

                

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

 

C o m m o d i t y

2004-2005

2005-2006

 

Import :

 

1.  Fertiliser (Raw Materials)

-

3

2.  Wheat

-

6

3.  Rice

-

1

4.  Sugar

7

22

5.  Newsprint/Paper

34

61

6.  Petroleum Coke

8

46

7.  Iron & Steel

106

160

8.  Machinery

58

108

9.  Metal & Metal Products

96

116

10.  Scrap

30

64

11.  Timber

624

564

12. Pulses/Peas

201

627

13. Rape Seed

17

20

14. Soda Ash

3

-

15. Manganese Ore

26

-

16. Coal Tar Pitch

-

5

17. Vegetable Oil

528

537

18. Other Liquid Cargo

82

77

19. Other Cargo

5399

4783

20. General Cargo

964

1412

21.  IVW  Traffic

18

16

Total Imports:

8201

8628

 

Export :

 

1.  Jute & Jute Products

182

180

2.  Tea

39

81

3. Iron Ore

28

146

4.  Iron & Steel

173

184

5.  Machinery

30

31

6.  C.I. Goods

116

124

7.  Pig Iron

-

1

8.  Mica

33

51

9.  Shellac

17

7

10.  Metal & Metal Products

39

53

11.  Wheat

16

-

12. Rice

8

4

13.  Sugar

5

1

14. Maize

11

-

15.  Fly Ash

324

472

16.  Manganese Ore

6

7

17. Breeze Coke

1

-

18. Granulated Slag

-

5

19. Cement Clinker

-

4

20. Gypsum

5

1

21. Ferrochrome

23

36

22. Other Liquid Cargo

3

-

23. Other Cargo

135

151

24. General Cargo

521

593

25.  IVW  Traffic

29

46

Total Exports :

1744

2178

Grand Total Import & Export:

9945

10806

 

 

 

 

                        HALDIA DOCK COMPLEX(HDC)  (In Thousand Tonnes)

C o m m o d i t y

2004-2005

2005-2006

 

Import :

 

1.  Fertiliser (Finished)

174

324

2.  Fertiliser (Raw Materials)

345

508

3. Rice

10

8

4. Sugar

12

-

5.  Salt

8

22

6.  Newsprint/Paper

111

83

7.  Coking Coal

5102

5371

8.  Metallurgical Coke

164

511

9.  Raw Petroleum Coke

62

41

10. Non-Coking Coal

416

1104

11. Other Coal

-

72

12. Limestone

259

386

13. Iron & Steel

254

549

14. Machinery

22

17

15. Metal & Metal Products

8

35

16. Scrap

135

155

17. Timber

33

95

18. Soda Ash

6

25

19. Ammonium Nitrate

45

37

20. Manganese Ore

134

37

21. Iron Ore

-

2

22. Bauxite

10

6

23. Other Ore

-

2

24. Coal Tar Pitch

6

26

25. Project Cargo

53

49

26. Vegetable Oil

285

374

27. Other Liquid Cargo

1196

1267

28. LPG

526

478

29. Other Cargo

15111

16072

30. General Cargo

518

454

Total Imports:

25005

28110

 

Export :

 

1.  Thermal Coal

3157

3408

2. Jute & Jute Products

75

31

3.  Tea

31

26

4.  Iron Ore

5366

7939

5.  Iron & Steel

571

647

6. Machinery

2

12

7.  C.I. Goods

29

48

8.  Pig Iron

6

15

9.   Mica

22

4

10. Metal & Metal Products

17

46

11. Scrap Iron

-

19

12. Sugar

9

9

13. Maize

26

-

14. Ferrochrome

14

21

15. Chromium Ore

6

10

16. Vegetable Oil

5

3

17. Other Liquid Cargo

198

219

18. Other Cargo

837

1139

19. General Cargo

849

594

20. IVW Traffic

37

37

Total Exports :

11257

14227

Grand Total Import & Export:

36262

42337

 

 

 

CONTAINER  TRAFFIC :

                                        NUMBER OF CONTAINERS HANDLED

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        (In TEUs)

 

2004-2005

2005-2006

KDS

HDC

Total

KDS

HDC

Total

Import

89156

53084

142240

110161

50959

161120

Export  

 

70086

 

75429

         

145515

 

93320

 

59360

 

152680

Total  

 

159242

 

128513

 

287755

 

203481

 

110319

 

313800

                          

                          

 

                                       VOLUME OF CONTAINERISED CARGO

                                                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                                          (In Tonnes)

 

 

2004-2005

2005-2006

KDS

HDC

Total

KDS

HDC

Total

Import

1287418

808982

 

2096400

 

1981873

866164

 

2848037

 

Export  

1070052

1220462

 

2290514

 

1251819

1044238

 

2296057

 

Total  

2357470

2029444

 

4386914

 

3233692

1910402

 

5144094

 

               

 

 

 

                                        SHIP CALLS AT KOLKATA PORT

                                                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                          (In Number)

Year

KDS

HDC

Total

2001 - 2002

674

1570

2244

2002 - 2003

725

1676

2401

2003 - 2004

762

1835

2597

2004 - 2005

769

2091

2860

2005 - 2006

775

2350

3125

         

    

 PASSENGER TRAFFIC :

 

                               

Year

Number of Passengers
Embarked

Number of Passengers
Disembarked

Total

2001 - 2002

29,954

28,414

58,368

2002 - 2003

25,296

27,369

52,665

2003 - 2004

25,527

30,595

56,122

2004 - 2005

31,727

30,790

62,517

2005 - 2006

34,326

26,014

60,340

 

 

 

                        RAILWAY TRAFFIC :

                                                          (In Thousand Tonnes)

  Year

 

Inward

Outward

     Total

2001 - 2002

KDS                   HDC                   TOTAL

507

5373

5880

4

5709

5713

511

11082

11593

2002 - 2003

KDS                   HDC                   TOTAL

609

6755

7364

5

6645

6650

614

 13400

 14014

2003 - 2004

KDS                   HDC                   TOTAL

998

7682

8680

80

6367

6447

1078

 14049

 15127

2004 - 2005

KDS                   HDC                   TOTAL

1146

7300

8446

158

6902

7060

1304

 14202

 15506

2005 - 2006

KDS                   HDC                   TOTAL

1206

7502

8708

270

8511

8781

       1476

     16013

     17489

 

 

 

       

                                                    FINANCIAL INDICATORS

 

Description

2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

i) Operating Income

    (Rs. Crores)

956.98

1006.94

1118.28

ii) Operating Expenditure 

    (Rs. Crores)

674.09

658.23

782.37

iii) Operating Surplus

    (Rs. Crores)

(+) 282.89

(+) 348.71

(+) 335.91

iv) Net Surplus

    (Rs. Crores)

(+) 113.28

(+) 184.57

(+) 270.65

v) Operating Ratio (%)

70.44%

65.37%

69.96%

vi) Operating Cost per

     Tonne Cargo Handled (Rs.)

163.38

142.45

147.22

                                   

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