Paradip port remains the largest port in the east coast

Paradip port has emerged as the largest cargo handling port in the east coast pushing behind Chennai’s cluster of ports which have been been operating for more than one hundred years. The Odisha  Port has once again repeated the feat by crossing the 100 million tons mark, 7th year, in succession and achieved cargo throughput of 100.28 MMT on  December 18thin the current fiscal. The One hundred million mark was achieved in January 9 th itself nearly 75 days before the end of the financial year. Thus, this century is the fastest by Paradip Port authority in its history.

The Port is poised to set all time record cargo handling of more than 145 MMT in current fiscal. Various system improvement measures, introduced by the Port during this year has fuelled growth. Outbound Iron Ore and Pellet has shown remarkable 69.03 per cent growth in comparison to previous fiscal. The ore turn-over during the last financial year was 10.56 Million tons, whereas the port has handled 17.85 million tons till December 18th in current fiscal.

Coastal Thermal Coal handling constitutes about 30.38 per cent of total cargo volume handled at the Port. The Port has also registered remarkable improvement in the Key Performance Parameters. Berth productivity stands at 32,689 Metric Tons per day per ship, which is the highest among all Major Ports of the country. The vessel turn-round-Time is recorded as 42.01 hrs. as against 47.60 hrs. during the corresponding period of previous year. Similarly, Pre-Berthing Detention is 1.18 hrs as against 1.73 hrs. during the corresponding period of previous year. Thus Paradip port is emerging as a coastal shipping hub of the country and started coastal shipping of thermal coal to west coast, for the first time in history, whenMaharastra based Power Plants had imported coal from this port. It further plans to expand coastal shipping of thermal coal to other regions in west coast.

The Port’s commitment to operational excellence, coupled with strategic improvements in cargo handling, has positioned it as a key player in catering to the growing needs of the industry. Marking the occasion, symbolic cake cutting was done at Board Room by  P.L.Haranadh, Chairman, PPA in the presence of other HoDs and Dy. HoDs.