Country’s top ports witness decline in traffic for tenth month
The Hindu
India's top-12 ports witnessed a considerable decline in cargo traffic for the tenth straight month in January to 542.13 million tonnes (MT), according to ports' apex body IPA.
Cargo traffic at 12 major ports that are under the control of the Centre dropped by 7.44% to 542.13 million tonnes (MT) during April-January this fiscal, compared with 585.73 MT in the year-ago period.
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