Operating Performance Profile

Total Traffic

JN Port handled 102.01 million tonnes of total cargo during the financial year 2025-26, increase of 10.74% as compared to previous year.  The containerized cargo was 92.46 million tonnes (90.64%), liquid cargo was 9.54 million tonnes (6.33%) & remaining 3.09 million tonnes (3.03%) was miscellaneous cargo of Dry Bulk (Cement) & Break Bulk.

The break-up of cargo handled at JN Port is as under:

Total Traffic In million tonnes
  2024-25 2025-26
Discharge 51.83 56.92
Loading 35.15 39.26
Transhipment 5.14 5.83
Total 92.12 102.01

Container Traffic

JN Port handled 8.17 million TEUs of container traffic during the financial year 2025-26, increase of 11.94% from the previous annual container handling of 7.30 million TEUs during the year 2024-25.  Of the total traffic of  8.17 million TEUs, the share of BMCT was 2.677 million TEUs (32.86%), the share of GTI was 2.23 million TEUs (27.31%), the share of NSICT was 1.30 million TEUs (15.95%), 1.08 million TEUs (13.26%) were contributed by NSIGT, 0.84 million TEUs (10.24%) were contributed by NSFT and remaining 0.029 million TEUs (0.36%) were handled by NSDT. The container handled at JNPA constitute about 53.93% of total container traffic handled by all Major Ports (13.541 million TEUs). 

The break-up of container traffic handled at JN Port is given below

Container Traffic In TEUs    
  2024-25 2025-26  
  NSDT NSFT NSICT APMT NSIGT BMCT NSDT NSFT NSICT APMT NSIGT BMCT  
Containers Unload 9,471 259,016 566,612 991,017 511,030 1,120,934 14,672  364,677 602,229 1,063,146 505,345 1,303,330  
Container Load 9,416 239,272 572,677 980,482 584,925 996,946 13,898  378,591 630,820 1,071,687 547,033 1,164,416  
Conatiners Transhipment 1,558 95,972 68,440 107,462 33,978 152,301 783 57,406 70,335 97,660 31,573 219,228  
Total of Terminal 20,445 594,260 1,207,729 2,078,961 1,129,933 2,270,181 29,353 837,121 1,303,384 2,232,493 1,083,951 2,686,974  
JN Port Total 7,301,509   8,173,276    

Bulk Traffic

The total Bulk cargo handled during the year 2025-26 was 9.54 million Tonnes as against 8.15 million tonnes handled in the previous year. The increase in Bulk Traffic is 17.16% over previous year. Commodity wise Bulk Cargo Traffic is given below:

Commodity In tonnes
  2024-25 2025-26 % Variation over
previous year
Liquid Bulk 5,851,648 6,452,324 10.27
Cement and Other Dry Bulk Cargo 1,802,117 1,960,772 8.80
Break Bulk 493,412 1,131,852 129.39
Total Bulk 8,147,177 9,544,947 17.16

The break-up of Import-Export of bulk cargo is given below:

Bulk Traffic In Million Tonnes
  2024-25 2025-26
Discharge 7.175 8.132
Loading 0.972 1.412
Transhipment - -
Total 8.147 9.54

Vessels Handled

During the year 2025-26, a total of  4,180 cargo handling vessels sailed from JN Port as against 3920 vessels in the previous year. The year witnessed 19.50 increase in total sailed vessels. The break-up is given below:

Types of Vessel* In Nos.
  2024-25 2025-26
Container NSFT 390 449
NSDT 38 58
NSICT 715 708
APMT 511 488
NSIGT 370 341
BMCT 1077 1251
DRY BULK (CEMENT)   91 98
BREAK BULK   113 196
LIQUID   615 591
Total 3,498 4,180

Container movement by Rail

This year the rail traffic (In Tonnes) has increased by 5.46% as compared to previous year.

ICD Traffic - JN PORT

A total of 1,152,381 TEUs were handled through 6,531 rakes during the year 2025-26 as against 1,077,425 TEUs handled through 6,798 rakes in the previous year, showing an increase in rail traffic by 7%.  The break-up is as under: -

ICD Traffic(In TEUs) 2024-25 2025-26 % Variation over
previous year
Import 533,130 590,135 10.69%
Export 544,295 562,246 4.30%
Total 1,077,425 1,152,381 7.00%
NO. OF Rakes 6,798 6,531 -3.93%
 
 
 

Vessel Performance

Average Berth Stay:

The average berth stay of vessels at JNPA is 1.02 days. 

Types of Vessel* Average on berth stay in days
  2024-25 2025-26
CONTAINER NSFT 0.74 0.78
NSICT 0.67 0.75
APMT 1.10 1.02
NSIGT 0.76 0.85
BMCT 0.91 0.94
NSDT 0.87 1.09
DRY BULK (CEMENT)   2.93 2.97
BREAK BULK   1.0 0.93
LIQUID At Berth 1.44 1.48
Overall   0.97 1.02

 

Average Pre-Berth Waiting Time (Port Account):

The average Pre-Berthing Waiting Time of vessels at JNPA decreased from 0.23 days to 0.14 days.

Types of Vessel* Average pre-berthing waiting time (Port Account in days)
  2024-25 2025-26
Container NSFT 0.01 0.00
NSICT 0.06 0.03
APMT 0.03 0.01
NSIGT 0.05 0.04
BMCT 0.01 0.00
NSDT 0.48 0.56
DRY BULK (CEMENT)   0.78 0.95
BREAK BULK   0.68 0.40
LIQUID   1.03 0.59
Overall   0.23 0.14

 

Total Average Turn round time (Pilot Boarding to Pilot De-Boarding):

The Average Turn round time of vessels from Pilot Boarding to Pilot De-Boarding (Total A/c) at JNPA increased from 1.10 days to 1.14 days.

Types of Vessel* Average Turn Round Time(Total in days)
  2024-25 2025-26
Container NSFT 0.84 0.92
NSICT 0.84 0.87
APMT 1.15 1.14
NSIGT 0.95 0.98
BMCT 0.95 1.05
NSDT 1.36 1.23
DRY BULK (CEMENT)   3.06 3.11
BREAK BULK   1.12 1.05
LIQUID   1.56 1.61
Overall   1.10 1.14

 

Average Turn round time:

The average Turn round time of vessels (Total A/c.) at JNPA decreased from 1.83 days to 1.71 days.

Types of Vessel* Average Turn Round Time(Total in days)
  2024-25 2025-26
Container NSFT 1.31 1.15
NSICT 1.18 1.14
APMT 1.44 1.27
NSIGT 1.19 1.29
BMCT 1.38 1.30
NSDT 2.67 2.45
DRY BULK (CEMENT)   3.86 4.17
BREAK BULK   1.80 1.58
LIQUID   4.05 3.94
Overall   1.83 1.71

 

Average Parcel Size:

The average parcel size of container vessels increased from 2,355 TEUs to 2,516 TEUs.

Types of Vessel* Average Parcel Size
  2024-25 2025-26
Container NSFT 17,751 Tonnes
1,524 TEUs
21,600 Tonnes
1,864 TEUs
NSICT 20,474 Tonnes
1,689 TEUs
22,216 Tonnes
1,841 TEUs
APMT 45,813 Tonnes
4,068 TEUs
49,523 Tonnes
4,575 TEUs
NSIGT 34,039 Tonnes
3,054 TEUs
32,666 Tonnes
3,179TEUs
BMCT 24,221 Tonnes
2,108 TEUs
25,031 Tonnes
2,148 TEUs
NSDT 8,307 Tonnes
538 TEUs
7,159 Tonnes
506 TEUs
DRY BULK (CEMENT)   19,803 Tones 20,008 Tonnes
BREAK BULK   4344 Tonnes 5,763 Tonnes
LIQUID   9,503 Tonnes 10,918 Tonnes
Overall   23,500 Tonnes 24,646 Tonnes

 

Output Per Ship Berth Day:

The average Output Per Ship Berth Day decreased from 26,893 tons to 26,629 tons.

Types of Vessel* Output per ship berth day
  2024-25 2025-26
Container NSFT 23,379 Tonnes
2,179 TEUs
27,690 Tonnes
2,390 TEUs
NSICT 28,591 Tonnes
2,359 TEUs
29,671 Tonnes
2,459 TEUs
APMT 44,706 Tonnes
3,970 TEUs
48,445 Tonnes
4,475 TEUs
NSIGT 41,719 Tonnes
3,743 TEUs
38,263 Tonnes
3,723 TEUs
BMCT 29,028 Tonnes
2,529 TEUs
26,747 Tonnes
2,295 TEUs
NSDT 6,788 Tonnes
440 TEUs
6,588 Tonnes
466 TEUs
DRY BULK (CEMENT)   6,767 Tonnes 6,732 Tonnes
BREAK BULK   4,343 Tonnes 6,222 Tonnes
LIQUID   6,621 Tonnes 7,400 Tonnes
Overall   26,893 Tonnes 26,629 Tonnes

 

Berth Occupancy:

The berth occupancy decreased from 65.05% to 64.16%.

Types of Vessel* Berth Occupancy(%)
  2024-25 2025-26
Container NSFT 74.73 59.05
NSICT 70.14 69.28
APMT 71.73 68.34
NSIGT 82.71 79.76
BMCT 78.04 67.53
NSDT 25.48 34.54
DRY BULK (CEMENT)   72.96 79.79
BREAK BULK   61.93 99.48
LIQUID   48.28 47.78
Overall   65.05 64.16