AHMEDABAD: In December 2020, the Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) owned Mundra Port in Gujarat handled its highest ever monthly cargo volume of 15.24 MMT registering growth of 44 percent on year on year basis. It also achieved highest container throughput of 5,86,952 TEUs.
APSEZ handled a total cargo volume of 27.2 MMT (includes cargo volume of 3.5 MMT of Krishnapatnam Port acquired in October 2020) in December 2020. The growth excluding KPCL was 14 percent on month on month basis and 28 percent on year on year basis.
“For 9MFY21, Mundra port handled cargo volume of 104 MMT, which was equivalent to the cargo volume it handled in 9MFY20 thus recovering the entire cargo volume decline of 30 percent in Q1FY21 due to Covid-19 pandemic,” says the company stock exchange filling.