GANDHINAGAR : Ships and merchant vessels, that docked at Non-Major Ports in Gujarat, transported a “record” 4,483 lakh tonnes of cargo, during financial year 2023-24. This is an increase of 8 per cent compared to the previous year.

Data sourced from Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB), the Gujarat government’s nodal agency for ports, show that previous high was clocked during the pre-Covid era — 2019-20 — when these minor ports in the state registered cargo volumes of over 4,120 lakh tonnes.

However, most of this growth in cargo volumes . . .