Bhubaneswar, Dec 20: Paradip Port achieved yet another 100 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) of cargo handling, in shortest time, in its history, showcasing the Port's unwavering commitment to excellence and efficiency in cargo handling, officials said on Wednesday.

It has once again repeated the feat by crossing the 100 MMT mark, 7th year, in succession and achieved cargo throughput of 100.28 MMT on 18th December in the current fiscal.

Notably, in FY 2022-23 the coveted mark of 100 MMT was achieved on January 9th 2023. Thus, the record was achieved in 22 days in advance i.e. in 262 days in the current fiscal against 284 days in the last financial year, by exhibiting 9.64 % growth in total cargo throughput. Thus, this century is the fastest by PPA, in its history.

The Port is poised to set an all time record cargo handling of more than 145 MMT in the current fiscal. Various system improvement measures, introduced by the Port during this year, fuelled growth.

Outbound Iron Ore and Pellet has shown remarkable 69.03% growth in comparison to previous fiscal. Last fiscal, it amounted to 10.56 MMT over the same time period, whereas till 18th December, it stands at 17.85 MMT in the current fiscal. Coastal Thermal Coal handling constitutes about 30.38% 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 MT 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 the previous year.

Similarly, Pre-Berthing Detention is 1.18 hrs as against 1.73 hrs. during the corresponding period of the previous year.

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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, i.e. Maharashtra based Power Plants. It further plans to expand coastal shipping of thermal coal to other regions in the west coast, the officials added.

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