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Informist, Monday, Mar. 9, 2026

 

AHMEDABAD - Freight traffic handled by major Indian ports in the 11 months ended February rose 7.74% on year to 830.72 million tonnes, data released by the Indian Ports Association showed. This was mainly because of the rise in crude oil and petroleum product cargoes, which accounted for nearly a third of the total cargo handled at major ports across the country.

 

Crude oil and petroleum product cargoes rose over 9% on year to 249 million tonnes in Apr-Feb. The volume of liquids other than crude oil and petroleum products rose nearly 2% on year to 30.77 million tonnes.

 

Other than crude oil and other liquid cargo, container traffic increased 10.22% on year to 193.94 million tonnes. Raw fertiliser cargo rose 5.29% on year to 10.07 million tonnes in Apr-Feb. The volume of finished fertilisers imported in the 11 months of the financial year 2025-26 (Apr-Mar) jumped 30.34% on year to 12.34 million tonnes. The cargo volume of thermal coal rose 0.42% on year to 116.59 million tonnes and of coking coal rose 11.32% on year to 60.28 million tonnes. Miscellaneous traffic was up 8% on year in Apr-Feb at a little over 111 million tonnes. Meanwhile, the volume of iron ore pellets rose 3.45% on year to 46.76 million tonnes.

 

Among ports, the Deendayal port at Kandla in Gujarat handled the highest traffic in Apr-Feb at 144.09 million tonnes, followed closely by Paradip in Odisha at 142.31 million tonnes and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port at Nhava Sheva in Maharashtra at 92.85 million tonnes.

 

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

 

	Apr-Feb 2025-26	Apr-Feb 2024-25	Year-on-year change (in %)
Crude oil and petroleum products	248.89	227.57	9.37
Other liquids	30.77	30.20	1.89
Iron ore	46.76	45.20	3.45
Fertiliser finished	12.34	9.47	30.34
Fertiliser raw	10.07	9.56	5.29
Coal thermal	116.59	116.11	0.42
Coal coking	60.28	54.15	11.32
Container (tonnage)	193.94	175.96	10.22
Other cargo	111.10	102.82	8.05
Total	830.72	771.02	7.74

 

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Reported by Sunil Raghu

Edited by Rajeev Pai

 

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