Team News Riveting
Ahmedabad, April 2
Mundra Port, operated by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd. (APSEZ) became the first Indian port ever to cross 200 MMT annual cargo volume.
India’s largest commercial port and a major container hub, located on the northern shores of the Gulf of Kutch near Mundra in Gujarat also handled all-time high cargo volume in March 2025.
The company said in a regulatory filing that during March 2025, APSEZ handled its highest ever cargo volume at 41.5 MMT, registering 9 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth, led by containers (+19% YoY) and liquids and gas (+5% YoY).
Mundra port handled 200.7 MMT cargo volume during financial year 2024-25 (FY25) and became the first Indian port ever to cross the 200 MMT cargo milestone in a single year. Vizhinjam port crossed 100,000 TEUs milestone during the month, the company said.
During FY25, APSEZ handled 450.2 MMT cargo volume (+7% YoY), led by containers (+20% YoY) and liquids and gas (+9% YoY). During FY25, logistics rail volume stood at 0.64 Mn TEUs (+8% YoY) and GPWIS volume was at 21.97 MMT (+9% YoY)
APSEZ, a part of the globally diversified Adani Group has evolved from a port company to an Integrated Transport Utility providing an end-to-end solution from its port gate to customer gate. It is the largest port developer and operator in India with 6 strategically located ports and terminals on the west coast (Mundra, Dahej, Tuna and Hazira in Gujarat, Mormugao in Goa and Dighi in Maharashtra) and 6 ports and terminals on the East coast of India (Dhamra in Odisha, Gangavaram, Visakhapatnam and Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, and Kattupalli and Ennore in Tamilnadu) representing 24 per cent of the country’s total port capacity, thus providing capabilities to handle vast amounts of cargo from both coastal areas and the hinterland. The company is also developing two transshipment ports at Vizhinjam, Kerala and Colombo in Sri Lanka.
