Chennai port's loss was Ennore port's gain with coal
handling moving away from Chennai to Ennore in the last nine months. Ennore
port handled an additional 24 lakh tonne of thermal coal and 2.51 lakh tonne of
coking coal in the first nine months of the current fiscal year.
Due to the 38% increase in handling of thermal coal, the
Ennore port recorded the highest growth rate among all the ports of 42.69%. But
Chennai port suffered 8.35% decline in cargo handling due to drop in coal
handling.
The overall growth rate of all major ports accounted for just
an increase of 0.38% in cargo handling to 418 million tonne from April to
December 2011.
A 19.44% drop in iron ore handling was one of the main
reasons for the flat growth. The ban on exports of iron ore by the Karnataka
Government continues to bother ports such as Chennai, said a Chennai Port Trust
official.
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