Bhubaneswar: Paradip Port has handled a record annual traffic of 135.36 million metric tonnes (MMT) in 2022-23 financial year compared to 116.13 MMT during the previous financial year.
The port has also recorded the highest-ever growth of 19.2 million tonnes (16.56%) of traffic in a single financial year in its history, as per reports.
PL Haranadh, Chairman, Paradip Port Authority said that the growth in cargo handling achieved by Paradip Port is the highest among all Ports of the country.
The port has achieved highest ever coastal shipping traffic of 58.42 MMT. It has also improved its berth productivity to 31,050 MT which is the highest among all the ports of the country.
Paradip Port is the cheapest in terms of tariff among all the port of the country.
Paradip Port, with 289 million metric tonnes capacity is poised to cross 300 million metric tonnes mark in another 3 years with the commissioning of Western Dock project, Haranadh said.