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Informist, Friday, Apr. 4, 2025

 

AHMEDABAD – Freight traffic handled by major ports in India in 2024-25 (Apr-Mar) rose 4.3% on year to 854.9 million tonnes, data released by the Indian Ports Association showed. Similar to the last few quarters, the rise in ports freight traffic was led by crude and petroleum products cargo volume, which was up 3.5% on year at 254.5 million tonnes in FY25. Crude and petroleum products account for more than one-third of the total cargo handled at all major ports across the country.

 

Other than crude oil, container traffic increased 6.6% on year in tonnage terms at 193.5 million tonnes in the recently concluded fiscal year, and thermal coal cargo volume rose 0.5% to 127.7 million tonnes.

 

The miscellaneous traffic for FY25 was up 30.6% on year at 117.7 million tonnes.

 

The cargo handled in Apr-Mar was under pressure due to lower coking coal volumes, which fell 9.2% on year to 59 million tonnes. The iron ore volumes were down 18.3% on year at 49.9 million tonnes. The finished fertilisers cargo FY25 was up 20.5% on year at 10 million tonnes and raw fertilisers were up 6.9% on year at 10.1 million tonnes.

 

Among specific ports, Paradip handled the highest traffic in the last fiscal at 150.4 million tonnes, followed closely by Deendayal Port at 150.2 million tonnes, and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority at 92.1 million tonnes.

 

Following is the commodity-wise break-up of freight handled by the 12 major ports in 2024-25 (Apr-Mar), in million tonnes:

 

	Apr-Mar 2024-25	Apr-Mar 2023-24	Year-on-year change (in %)
Crude and petroleum products	254.5	246	3.5
Other liquids	32.5	30.9	5.4
Iron ore	49.9	61	(-)18.3
Fertiliser finished	10	8.3	20.5
Fertiliser raw	10.1	9.4	6.9
Coal thermal	127.7	127	0.5
Coal coking	59	64.9	(-)9.2
Container (tonnage)	193.5	181.6	6.6
Other cargo	117.9	90.2	30.6
Total	854.9	819.3	4.3

 

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Reported by Sunil Raghu

Edited by Tanima Banerjee

 

 

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