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The cargo gateway.

India's 12 Major Ports and the largest state and private ports — latest cargo throughput and Sagarmala programme status.

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At a glance

  1. 01India's 12 Major Ports handled 914.73 million tonnes of cargo and 14.92 million TEU in FY 2025-26, both advance estimates.
  2. 02Deendayal was the largest Major Port by FY26 tonnage at 160.1 MT; JNPA / Nhava Sheva led the latest published per-port container table in FY25.
  3. 03Mundra Port (Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd.) handled 200.7 MT in FY 2024-25 — single-handedly larger than every Major Port.
  4. 04Sagarmala's full portfolio comprised 845 projects worth ₹6.06 lakh crore as of 24 March 2026: 315 completed, 210 under implementation, and 320 planned.
Major Ports
914.73 MT

FY 2025-26 advance-estimate cargo at the 12 statutory Major Ports. Exact per-port rows sum to 914.727195 MT.

All non-major ports
753.07 MT

FY 2025-26 advance-estimate cargo across 69 reporting non-major ports. The curated FY25 table below covers 23 ports totalling 665.5 MT.

Sagarmala progress
315 / 845

Completed projects across the full Sagarmala portfolio as of 24 March 2026. The table below is a separately dated selection of 13 marquee projects.

Major Ports cargo over time

Year-on-year cargo growth

Vessel turnaround time by Major Port (FY 2024-25)

Average pre-berthing + at-berth turnaround in days, sorted fastest to slowest. Lower means ships sit at anchor for less time — a direct measure of port efficiency.

Annual dredging volume by Major Port (FY 2024-25)

Capital + maintenance dredging in million m³ — a proxy for the silt-management burden each port carries.

Sources16
  1. MoPSW Transport Research Wing — Major Ports cargo, March 2026shipmin.gov.inPDF document
  2. MoPSW Transport Research Wing — Non-Major Ports cargo, March 2026shipmin.gov.inPDF document
  3. Indian Ports Association — Major Ports of India (annual)ipa.nic.inPublisher page
  4. MoPSW Transport Research Wing — Basic Port Statistics of India 2024-25 (Table 3.2.1)shipmin.gov.inPDF document
  5. Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterwaysshipmin.gov.inPublisher page
  6. Inland Waterways Authority of India — Annual Review FY 2024-25iwai.nic.inPublisher page
PIB — IWAI cargo on National Waterways crosses 145 MT in FY 2024-25Sagarmala Programme — Project dashboardSagarmala Programme — AboutPIB — Sagarmala programme portfolio as of 24 March 2026Adani Ports & SEZ — Investor releasesGujarat Maritime BoardAndhra Pradesh Maritime BoardDirectorate of Ports & Inland Water Transport, OdishaMaharashtra Maritime BoardSagarmala: Tamil Nadu Maritime Board profile
Source
MoPSW Transport Research Wing, port operator releases, state Maritime Boards, and PIB
Reporting periods
Major-port and sector-wide non-major-port cargo for FY 2025-26; curated non-major rows for FY 2024-25; Sagarmala portfolio as of 24 Mar 2026

Data provenance

Reporting periods
Major-port and sector-wide non-major-port cargo for FY 2025-26; curated non-major rows for FY 2024-25; Sagarmala portfolio as of 24 Mar 2026
Coverage
12 statutory Major Ports, 23 of the largest non-major commercial ports, and 13 marquee Sagarmala projects
Limitations
FY26 cargo figures are advance estimates. The later 915.17 MT PIB major-port headline differs from the detailed March table's internally reconciled 914.727195 MT. FY26 non-major data are available only by state board, so the curated per-port table remains FY25. Curated Sagarmala project statuses predate the newer whole-portfolio count.
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