Visakhapatnam:
The Visakhapatnam Port Belief shipped a report 72.72 million tonnes of cargo through the 2019-20 monetary yr in opposition to 65.30 million tonnes dealt with in 2018-19, accounting to a rise of 11 per cent, stated Visakhapatnam port belief chairman Ok Ram Mohan Rao on Tuesday.
As per an official launch, Mr Rao stated that the Visakhapatnam Port Belief transported 32.77 million tonnes of cargo within the first half of the 2020-21 monetary yr. Throughout the identical interval final fiscal, it shipped 34.75 million tonnes.
“Throughout the first half of this yr, there was 1.98 million tonnes much less freight in comparison with the earlier monetary yr. That is 5.7 per cent much less in comparison with the primary half of final yr. The Visakhapatnam Port Belief recorded a decrease decline than all different managerial posts when it comes to decline in freight site visitors,” he stated.
“The Visakhapatnam Port Belief dealt with a complete of 1056 vessels within the first half of the 2019 monetary yr. The belief made 1016 vessels between April and September this fiscal yr,” he added.
The Visakhapatnam Port Belief has thus far spent Rs 2,000 crore in PPP mode to completely automate cargo handlings corresponding to coal and iron, the discharge stated.
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