Paradip Port

Paradip Port is a natural, deep-water port on the East coast of India in Paradip, just 53 km (33 mi) from Jagatsinghpur city in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, India. It is at the confluence of the Mahanadi river and the Bay of Bengal, 210 nmi (390 km; 240 mi) south of Kolkata and 260 nmi (480 km; 300 mi) north of Visakhapatnam.

The port have dry and breakbulk cargo handling terminal, oil jetty, and Single point mooringg terminals. It primarily handles Panamax-sized–carriers of 60,000–80,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT)–vessels; however, the port has the ability to handle vessels of over 100,000 deadweight tonnage. It has a maximum draft depth of 16 metres (52 ft), and enabled to handle Capesize vessels up to 300 metres (980 ft) long (Beam 48 metres (157 ft) and 1,18,000 DWT) with a maximum draft of 14.5 metres (48 ft). This Port has single point moorings, which are located in deep water about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the coast.

The Paradip Port support the hinterland of Central and East India. It mainly transports bulk cargoes and crude oil; handled 150.41 million metric tonnes of cargoes in the 2024–25 financial year. The port is administered by the Paradip Port Authority (PPA), formerly the Paradip Port Trust, an autonomous corporation wholly owned by the Government of India.