GANDHIDHAM: Deendayal Port Authority (DPA) handles a substantial volume of Dry Cargo both in Bulk and Break-Bulk form which are weather-sensitive in nature and as such productivity of ships loading/ unloading such cargo drops drastically during monsoons and as a result capacity of dry cargo berths become underutilized. 

On 07-07-2022, IMD had issued a warning of heavy rainfall in the Kandla area for a period of 5 days. DPA had utilized this otherwise disadvantageous situation for increasing the berth capacity utilization by preemptive planning of ships. 

The ships at berth which had to stop loading/ unloading operation due to rain and inclement weather were shifted out to the anchorage for berthing the ships which can continue to work in adverse weather condition. As a consequence of this timely action for preventing idling of the Dry Cargo berths, 8,60,710 MT cargo could be handled in the Kandla Harbour area in last 4 days, informed a recent communiqué from DPA.