Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Calcutta has reported a 14.74 per cent growth in cargo handling during the first 10 months of the year, ahead of the national average.

The port handled 54.25 million tonnes (mt) cargo between April and January compared with 47.28mt in the same period of FY22.

The port is expected to handle 65mt cargo in FY2023 compared with 58.17mt in FY2022. In the April-January period, the Haldia Dock Complex handled 40.162mt of cargo compared with 34.749mt during the same period of the last fiscal, registering a 15.58 per cent growth.

The Calcutta Dock System handled 14.09mt of cargo in April-January of FY23 vis-àvis 12.53mt during April- January FY22, a growth of 12.44 per cent. P.L. Haranadh, chairman of SMP, Calcutta, said the major commodities handled by the port are coal, LPG, vegetable oil, manganese ore and iron and steel.