The container handling facility at Cochin Port in India registered 29% growth in the first half of 2016 by handling over 200,000 TEU of cargo. However, Cochin Port's performance indicators are relatively low compared to other major container ports in Southeast Asia and within India. While cargo traffic and capacity utilization are increasing, Cochin Port handled just 366,000 TEU in 2014, ranking it 121st among the top 15 container ports in Southeast Asia and below several major Indian ports. The document includes charts and tables comparing Cochin Port's container traffic and capacity to other regional and Indian ports.
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1. Graphic:
Karthic R
International Container Transshipment Terminal at Vallarpadam, the container handling facility
of Cochin Port, registered 29% growth by handling more than 200,000 TEUs of cargo during the
January June 2016 period, says its operator DP World. However, compared to other container
ports in the South-East Asia region and also among its peers in the country, Cochin Ports
performance indicators are relatively low, reports Shenoy Karun
KOCHI Still a fledgling port
Container handling:
Cochin Port Vs
Top 15 South-East Asian
Ports (2014)
Kandla
Capacity utilization of
major Indian ports during
FY-15 (million tonnes)
15.2 31
58
30
52.5
32.4
21.6
36.5
14.7
63.8
61.6
92.5
71
72.43
49.7
21.1
62.33
119.8
59.27
96.7
59.95
81.76
86.04
61.07
44.5
72.76
49.6
43.49
77.7
47.02
43.7
33.62
79.3
80.38
44.5
138.4
121.43
76.17
37
Kolkata Dock System
Haldia Dock Complex
Paradip
Visakhapatnam
Kamarajar
Chennai
Chidambaranar
New
M
angalore
Mormugao
Jawaharlal
Nehru
Mumbai
Cochin
Capacity
traffic
Capacity
Utilization (%)
Port Klang
Malaysia
10,946
Tanjung
Priok
Indonesia
6,590
Tanjung
Pelepas
Malaysia
8,550
Laem
Chabang
Thailand
6,583
Bangkok
Thailand
1,536
Karachi
Pakistan
1,720
Ho Chi
Minh
Vietnam
6,390
Colombo
Sri Lanka
4,907
Manila
Philippines
3,650
Tanjung
Perak
Indonesia
3,106
Chittagong
Bangladesh
1,622
2
4
6
9
7
13
15
10
3
5 121
Cochin
India
366
Mundra
India
2,720
Chennai
India
1,550
14
Jawaharlal
Nehru
India
4,450
8
11
1.07
million
tonnes
Size of exports
through Cochin
Port during
calendar
year 2015
1.05
million
tonnes
Size of exports
through Cochin
Port during
calendar
year 2006
2.37
million
tonnes
Size of imports
through Cochin
Port during
calendar
year 2006Books and printed matter | cement |
chemicals and chemical preparations |
medicines | electronic appliances and
computers | frozen marine products,
glass and glassware | gums and resins
| hardware and cutlery | oils-other than
vegetable oils | paper and pasteboard,
phosphoric acid | polyethylene &
plastic materials | raw rubber | rubber
manufactures | textile yarn and
thread | vehicle parts and wood
manufactures
Singapore
33,869
Major import
items handled at
Cochin Port
Major items exported
through Cochin Port
Cardamom | china clay | cotton garments | cotton
or polyester yarn | fish and prawns | oils-other
than vegetable oils | spices | tamarind | wood
| plywood | cashewnut shell liquid | furniture |
fruits and vegetables | handicrafts | hardboard |
jute products | minerals and perfumery
*Volume in 1,000 TEUs, For 2014-15
Source: International
Association of Ports
and Harbors