India, May 13 -- India's Major Ports have marked a historic year in FY 2024-25, achieving record growth in cargo handling, operational efficiency, and financial performance. Demonstrating a steady rise over the past decade, the ports handled approximately 855 million tonnes of cargo this fiscal, up from 819 million tonnes in FY 2023-24—an annual growth rate of 4.3%. This increase was driven by robust growth in container throughput, fertilizer and petroleum cargo, and miscellaneous commodities.
Among the top-performing cargo categories were Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants (POL), which accounted for 254.5 million tonnes or nearly 30% of the total cargo, followed by container traffic (193.5 million tonnes), coal (186.6 million tonnes), a...