New Delhi: Despite the constraints arising in international trade and shipping due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting constraints on the cargo handling front, Deendayal Port Trust under Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterway, crossed the 100 MMT milestone on January 10, 2022, and in the process became the first government sector major port to cross the mark in the year 2021-22. Incidentally, in the current fiscal year, DPT has crossed the milestone four weeks ahead in comparison to the last fiscal, that is, FY 2020-21 during which DPT had reached the landmark on February 9, 2021.

Increase was seen in the import cargoes such as edible oils, liquid fertilizer raw materials like phosphoric acid and ammonia, chemicals, rock phosphate, steel pipes, iron ore, coal, timber logs and crude oil. Export cargoes such as edible oil, chemicals, foodgrains like wheat and soya bean mill have also witnessed growth in cargo throughput during FY 2021-22 as compared to FY 2020-21, as per an official statement. The port’s cargo handling is expected to cross 127 MMT by the end of the curren