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India Apr-Dec freight traffic at major ports up 8.2% on year
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AHMEDABAD – Freight traffic handled by major ports in India rose 8.2% on year to 673.0 million tonnes in Apr-Dec, data released by the Indian Ports Association showed. The rise was driven mainly by 10.0% year-on-year growth in crude and petroleum products to 203 million tonnes. Crude and petroleum products account for nearly one-third of the total cargo handled by major ports.
Container traffic in tonnage terms rose 10.0% at 157.6 million tonnes in Apr-Dec, while thermal coal cargo rose 1.4% on year to 96.4 million tonnes. The miscellaneous traffic in Apr-Dec rose 6.7% on year to 86 million tonnes.
The coking coal volumes rose 11.3% on year at 48.1 million tonnes. The iron ore volumes increased 2.2% on year at 37.2 million tonnes, finished fertilisers cargo jumped 75.2% on year at 10.9 million tonnes, and raw fertilisers rose 9.9% on year at 8.4 million tonnes.
Among ports, Deendayal Port handled the highest traffic in Apr-Dec at 116.2 million tonnes, followed closely by Paradip at 115.3 million tonnes, and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority at 75.4 million tonnes.
Following is the commodity-wise break-up of freight handled by the 12 major ports in Apr-Dec, in million tonnes:
|
|
Apr-Dec 2025-26 |
Apr-Dec |
Year-on-year change (in %) |
|
|
Crude and petroleum products |
203.0 |
184.6 |
10.0 |
|
|
Other liquids |
25.3 |
25.3 |
0.0 |
|
|
Iron ore |
37.2 |
36.4 |
2.2 |
|
|
Fertiliser finished |
10.9 |
6.2 |
75.2 |
|
|
Fertiliser raw |
8.4 |
7.6 |
9.9 |
|
|
Coal thermal |
96.4 |
95.0 |
1.4 |
|
|
Coal coking |
48.1 |
43.2 |
11.3 |
|
|
Container (tonnage) |
157.6 |
142.9 |
10.3 |
|
|
Other cargo |
86.0 |
80.6 |
6.7 |
|
|
Total |
673.0 |
621.9 |
8.2 |
End
Reported by Sunil Raghu
Edited by Saji George Titus
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