Mundra Port Sets Cargo and Container Records in August at 18.60 MMT
The Adani-run port also handled 819,046 TEU and a single-day rail record of 7,712 TEU
Mundra Port, operated by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, recorded its highest ever monthly cargo throughput in August at 18.60 million metric tonnes, together with a record container volume for the month.
The port handled 819,046 TEU in August, its highest ever monthly container throughput. The two figures together mark the port's strongest month across both bulk and boxes, and confirm its position as the largest handler of foreign trade cargo on the Indian coast.
The rail side produced its own records. On 29 August, Mundra moved 7,712 TEU through 63 container rakes in a single day, comprising 3,476 TEU of export cargo and 4,244 TEU of import cargo. That surpassed a previous best of 7,332 TEU set on 26 July 2025. The same day produced a record for single-day import container handling, with 4,244 import TEU moved through 31 trains, against a previous record of 3,992 TEU through 32 rakes on the same 2025 date.
Rail is the constraint that decides whether quayside capacity translates into throughput at a port of this type. Mundra sits some distance from the northern Indian consumption centres it serves, and cargo evacuation by train rather than road is what keeps the yard clear and the berths turning. Handling more boxes through fewer rakes, as the August figures show, is a measure of train length and yard capacity rather than of ship calls.
Infrastructure work is being added on that basis. On 1 August the port operated its first long-haul train from Lines 12 and 13 of the R&D Yard. The expansion of those two lines is expected to increase train handling capacity and reduce turnaround times.
The records land while Indian port volumes are growing across the board and while box lines are reshaping Asian and Middle Eastern rotations around disrupted routings further west, which has put additional volume through the western Indian coast.
