Mormugao Port was occupying prominent position as India's premier iron ore exporting port. However, due to ban on Iron Ore mining effective from 5th of October, 2012 Iron ore exports reduced drastically. A quantity of 2.28 Million tons of iron was exported through Mormugao Port during the year 2022-23.
During the financial year 2022-23 the port handled a traffic of 17.33 million tones. The Port has surpassed the target of 16.50 million tones set by the Ministry of Shipping, registering an increase of 5 %. The traffic during the year consisted of 2.28 million tons of iron ore 10.63 million tons of coal/coke and 0.93 million tons of petroleum products and other liquid cargo. The remaining traffic consisted of cargoes like Fertilizer, Bauxite, Containerized cargo, Steel products, Granite, pig iron, Molasses, Lime stone, Gypsum etc.. Gross tonnage of 28,764 tons (in 2876 TEUs) of containerized cargo was handled at the port during the period.