BL reported that in the first quarter of the current fiscal April to June 2008 or 2009, the traffic throughput in 12 major ports posted 8.8% growth at 133.88 million tonnes as compared with 122.99 million tonnes in the corresponding period of 2007-08.
Volume Change
| | Volume | Change |
| Kandla | 18.26 | 17.7% |
| Visakhapatnam | 17.05 | 12.1% |
| JNPT | 14.97 | 18.8% |
| Chennai | 14.60 | 6.7% |
| Kolkata* | 13.75 | 2.8% |
Volume in million tonne
During the period under review, in volume terms, Kandla port continued to occupy the number one position with a total traffic throughput of 18.26 million tonnes, thus posting 17.74% growth. However, in terms of growth, Jawaharlal Nehru port topped the list with 18.8% at 14.97 million tonnes though volume wise, it was number3.
In volume terms, Visakhapatnam, with a throughput of 17.05 million tonnes ranked number 2nd and in terms of growth, Tuticorin up by 18.42% at 5.48 million tonnes. However, in volume, Tuticorin ranked 10th. In terms of growth, Visakhapatnam was 6 at 12.18% and Kandla 3rd at 17.74% followed by Paradip 17.3% and Mormugao 16.15%.
In volume, Paradip ranked seventh with a throughput of 11.3 million tonnes and Mormugao eighth with a throughput of 10.21 million tonnes.
In volume, Chennai ranked fourth at 14.6 million tones, followed by Kolkata 13.75 million tonnes. However, Chennai posted 6.72 % growth, while Kolkata a meagre 2.86%. Ennore posted 8.08% growth at 3.07 million tonnes.
The 3 ports namely, New Mangalore, Mumbai and Kochi, posted negative growth. For New Mangalore, the decline was highest 8.91% at 8.14 million tonnes, followed by Mumbai 5.63% at 13.12 million tonnes and Kochi 1.3% at 3.8 million tonnes.