The capacity of all Major Ports as on March 31, 2013 was 744.91 million metric tonne (mn t) against the traffic of 545.79 mn t handled in 2012-13.
This information was given by the Minister of Shipping GK Vasan in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
The capacity utilization is around 72 percent. As per the internationally accepted norms the gap between the Traffic and the capacity should be around 30 percent. The handling (offloading) capacity of the major ports in the country is sufficient to match with the trade demands.
Government has chalked out various projects to be taken during 12th Five year Plan period for the development and capacity addition at major ports.
Government is regularly monitoring the projects of capacity enhancement like construction & modernisation of berths, installation of state of art equipment & mechanization of cargo handling system at ports including the dredging projects to accommodate large vessels at major ports.
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