<p>Cargo traffic also grew 3.4 per cent in November over the previous month.<br />"December is likely to witness a marginal growth due to Christmas and the New Year, for which orders have already been despatched to foreign countries. But the volume growth has not been substantial," a top official of the Indian Ports Association (IPA) said.<br />November witnessed the second-highest monthly cargo traffic since April 2008.<br />Driven by a 41 per cent growth in coal traffic, Paradip Port, Orissa, witnessed the highest growth year-on-year at 43 per cent, followed by Chennai Port at 27 per cent, where increase in container traffic pushed growth. <br /><br />Overall, 12 ports registered a cargo traffic growth in November with Visakhapatnam posting a 19 per cent and Mumbai an 18 per cent growth.<br />Solid cargo constituted 50 per cent of the total cargo at major ports followed by liquid cargo (32 per cent) and containers (18 per cent), according to IPA data.<br />Three ports on the east coast -- Chennai, Tuticorin and Kolkata -- clocked a growth in container traffic, while JNPT's container traffic declined by 4.4 per cent in the year-to-date FY 10 period.<br />JNPT is in close proximity to Mumbai.<br />The four ports cumulatively account for 57.8 million tonnes (89 per cent) of the total container traffic in the country, the data said.</p>
<p>Cargo traffic also grew 3.4 per cent in November over the previous month.<br />"December is likely to witness a marginal growth due to Christmas and the New Year, for which orders have already been despatched to foreign countries. But the volume growth has not been substantial," a top official of the Indian Ports Association (IPA) said.<br />November witnessed the second-highest monthly cargo traffic since April 2008.<br />Driven by a 41 per cent growth in coal traffic, Paradip Port, Orissa, witnessed the highest growth year-on-year at 43 per cent, followed by Chennai Port at 27 per cent, where increase in container traffic pushed growth. <br /><br />Overall, 12 ports registered a cargo traffic growth in November with Visakhapatnam posting a 19 per cent and Mumbai an 18 per cent growth.<br />Solid cargo constituted 50 per cent of the total cargo at major ports followed by liquid cargo (32 per cent) and containers (18 per cent), according to IPA data.<br />Three ports on the east coast -- Chennai, Tuticorin and Kolkata -- clocked a growth in container traffic, while JNPT's container traffic declined by 4.4 per cent in the year-to-date FY 10 period.<br />JNPT is in close proximity to Mumbai.<br />The four ports cumulatively account for 57.8 million tonnes (89 per cent) of the total container traffic in the country, the data said.</p>