Year-, Month- and State-wise Total Cargo Handled at Major and Minor Ports in India
High Frequency Indicator: The dataset contains year-, month- and state-wise compiled data from the year 2018 to till date on total amount of cargo (coastal/overseas) handled by major and minor ports of India such as Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Deendayal Port Authority (Kandla Port Trust), New Mangalore Port, V. O. Chidambaranar Port, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, etc.
Note:
1. The cargo handled data collected for minor ports is not by each port, but all the minor ports combined together for each particular state.
2. For data on minor ports, the ministry of shipping has either provided the names of ports as state names or by the particular institute by which the ports are run. Accordingly, the names of minor ports are given in the dataset as they are given in the raw data.
Year-, Month- and State-wise Total Cargo Handled at Major and Minor Ports in India
High Frequency Indicator: The dataset contains year-, month- and state-wise compiled data from the year 2018 to till date on total amount of cargo (coastal/overseas) handled by major and minor ports of India such as Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Deendayal Port Authority (Kandla Port Trust), New Mangalore Port, V. O. Chidambaranar Port, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, etc.
Note:
1. The cargo handled data collected for minor ports is not by each port, but all the minor ports combined together for each particular state.
2. For data on minor ports, the ministry of shipping has either provided the names of ports as state names or by the particular institute by which the ports are run. Accordingly, the names of minor ports are given in the dataset as they are given in the raw data.
The calendar year to which the cargo traffic record pertains.
month
String
12
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The calendar month of the cargo traffic observation.
state
String
12
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The state in which the reported port is located.
port_name
String
25
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The name of the port whose cargo traffic is being reported.
port_type
String
2
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The classification of the port, such as whether it is a major port.
type_of_cargo_handled
String
3
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The cargo traffic category reported: overseas cargo, coastal cargo, or the combined total.
value
String
4557
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The reported cargo traffic volume for the given port, month, and cargo category, stored as text with comma separators and expressed in the unit indicated in the unit column.
unit
String
3
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The measurement unit in which the cargo traffic value is expressed.
notes
String
3
2133
Supplementary remarks or annotations accompanying the record, if any.
Citation
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. (2026). Year-, Month- and State-wise Total Cargo Handled at Major and Minor Ports in India [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/13
