Vijayawada: Adani Krishnapatnam Port Pvt Siding Ltd of South-Central Railway zone's Vijayawada Division has logged the highest-ever coal loading milestone at 12.95 MT in 2022 23, said an official. This milestone, accomplished on Friday, surpassed the earlier feat of 12.94 MT logged in fiscal 2014-15, said the official.

"This is the highest ever coal volume dealt in a financial year since its inception. During the current year the port has loaded 17.40 million tonnes of commodities, with coal occupying the majority share of 75 percent share in total loading and revenue," the official said in a statement on Sunday.

Port plays an important role in freight loading & revenue

According to the official, Adani Krishnapatnam Port is a major contributor to the railway division in terms of freight loading and revenue. Incidentally, the freight revenue of the port also achieved a high of Rs 1,940 crore, 110 percent more than Rs 924 crore logged in 2021-22, even as the division expects it to cross the Rs 2,000 crore mark in the remaining 13 days left in the financial year of 2022-23. Compared to 2,449 rakes operated at the port in the last fiscal, 2022-23 saw 4,575 rakes.

'Commodities are experiencing higher loading levels'

Meanwhile, the official said that growth in freight loading rebound is being witnessed across the freight segment with all commodities experiencing higher loading levels in the current fiscal.

Besides coal, two million tonnes of limestone amounting to nine percent of the total freight loading, 1.4 MT of fertilisers (eight percent), and one million tonne of other commodities (eight percent) were part of the total freight quantum.

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