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Informist, Monday, Dec. 08, 2025

 

AHMEDABAD - Freight traffic handled by major Indian ports in Apr-Nov rose 7.61% on year to 591.4 million tonnes, data released by the Indian Ports Association showed. This was mainly because of a rise in crude oil and petroleum products cargoes, which accounted for nearly one-third of the total cargo handled at all major ports across the country.

 

Crude oil and petroleum products cargoes rose over 10% on year to 179 million tonnes in Apr-Nov. The volume of liquids, other than crude and petroleum products, fell 0.56% on year to 22.55 million tonnes.

 

Other than crude oil and other liquid cargo, container traffic increased 10.72% on year to 138.82 million tonnes in the eight-month period. Raw fertiliser cargo rose 9.76% on year to 7.4 million tonnes in Apr-Nov. The volume of finished fertilisers imported in the first eight months of 2025-26 (Apr-Mar) surged 82.47% on year to 9.51 million tonnes. The cargo volume of thermal coal rose 1.87% on year to 86.77 million tonnes and that of coking coal rose 6.41% to 41.29 million tonnes, in Apr-Nov. Miscellaneous traffic was up 5.54% on year in Apr-Nov at 74.38 million tonnes.

 

Meanwhile, the volume of iron ore pellets fell 2.25% on year to 31.66 million tonnes.

 

Among the ports, the Deendayal Port at Kandla handled the highest traffic in Apr-Nov at 102.4 million tonnes, followed closely by Paradip Port at 101.75 million tonnes, and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority at 66.47 million tonnes.

 

Following is the commodity-wise break-up of freight handled by the 12 major ports in Apr-Nov, in million tonnes:

 

	Apr-Nov 2025-26	Apr-Nov 2024-25	Year-on-year change (in %)
Crude and petroleum products	178.99	162.69	10.02
Other liquids	22.55	22.68	(-)0.56
Iron ore	31.66	32.39	(-)2.25
Fertiliser finished	9.51	5.21	82.47
Fertiliser raw	7.40	6.74	9.76
Coal thermal	86.77	85.18	1.87
Coal coking	41.29	38.81	6.41
Container (tonnage)	138.82	125.38	10.72
Other cargo	74.38	70.47	5.54
Total	591.38	549.56	7.61

 

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Reported by Sunil Raghu

Edited by Tanima Banerjee

 

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