In a sign of progress in the port performance, the average turnaround time (in days), average pre-berthing detention time (in days) and average output per ship – berth – day (in tons) have shown improvement in 2011-12 and April-September, 2012 over corresponding previous period.
During April-September 2012-13, the average output per ship-berth-day improved to 13,374 ton for all major ports compared to 12,825 ton in corresponding period of 2011-12.
Average turnaround time at major Indian ports improved to 4.15 days in 2012-13 (April-September) as against 5.29 (2010-11) and 5.05 (2011-12).
The average pre berthing detention time (PBDT) for all major ports declined from 2.32 days in 2010-11 to 2.04 in 2011-12.
In 2011-12, the total traffic handled by all ports in India grew 3 percent over the previous year and stood at 911.7 million ton.
The traffic handled by all ports grew 1.8 percent in the first half of 2012-13 (April – September) over the corresponding period of the previous year. The share of the non-major ports in this growth was 10.3 percent.
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