Kolkata :

Bharat Kolkata Container Terminals Pvt Ltd, a wholly-owned unit of PSA International is due to commence container handling operation at the Kolkata Dock System (KDS) of Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) Terminal from December, 2014 and has already started mobilizing equipment. This was announced by KoPT chairman RPS Kahlon.

Officials believe that this will boost KDS’ performance which has already created a record in September. According to Kahlon, KDS handled 50,092 Twenty Feet Equivalent Units (TEUs) containers in September, creating an all time record. The previous highest was monthly handling by this port facility was in August, 2014, when it handled 44,873 TEUs.

“During the first six months of the current financial year, KDS recorded a growth of 7.93% in container handling as compared to the same period of the last fiscal and continued to hold third position among the major ports. Between, April and September, 2014, KDS and Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) combined handled 3,14,440 TEUs as against 2,97,970 TEUs in the corresponding period in the last fiscal. This was a growth of 5.52%,” Kahlon said.

According to officials, this was possible due to the sustained encouragement, faith and support of customers.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Kolkata / by Jayanta Gupta, TNN / October 14th, 2014