Volumes rose to 19.4 million tonnes for the period against16.3 million tonnes a year earlier, according to Statistics Norway.
Narvik, by far the country's largest dry cargo port, saw a 5.8% reductionin volumes to 5.4 million tonnes while second ranked port Grenland saw a 2.8%rise to 1.6 million.
Liquid bulk volumes dipped by 3.5% to 21.6 million tonnes comparedto the fourth quarter of 2012.
Bergen and Omland Port Authority had a small increase, whilethe other major ports saw a decrease.
Container throughput rose by 10% to 1.5 million tonnes from ayear earlier. Statistics Norway said.
