Visakhapatnam Port Trust attained the third position among major ports in cargo traffic during April to July 2019 in the current financial year. VPT handled cargo traffic of 23.70 MTs during April to July 2019 as compared to 21.52 MTs of corresponding period of previous year, thus, an incremental volume of 2.18 million tonnes has been achieved.
From the fourth position secured last year, VPT achieved a growth of more than 10 per cent which is the highest among major ports Cargo traffic handled at the port is continuing to be on growth trajectory for the fourth consecutive year. One harbour mobile crane of 100 tonnes capacity is being installed on licence basis. RFID Gate management system is implemented.