Odisha's state-run ports saw a 24% increase in thermal, steam and coking coal imports, to 51.45 million metric tonnes (mt), between April and September 2018, according to the shipping ministry. Paradip Port Trust in India was the biggest coal importer in the period, with more than 16 million mt landed, compared with just over 12 million mt in the same period last year. In addition, Odisha’s biggest private port operator, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, handled 32.23 million mt of steam, coking and thermal coal, a 13% increase on the 2017 figure of 28.49 million mt.
India's state-run ports saw a 24% increase in thermal, steam and coking coal imports, to 51.45 million metric tonnes (mt), between April and September 2018, according to the shipping ministry. Paradip Port Trust in Odisha was the biggest coal importer in the period, with more than 16 million mt landed, compared with just over 12 million mt in the same period last year. In addition, India’s biggest private port operator, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, handled 32.23 million mt of steam, coking and thermal coal, a 13% increase on the 2017 figure of 28.49 million mt.