Paradip Port Authority (PPA) | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Location | Paradip, Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, India |
Coordinates | 20°15′55.44″N 86°40′34.62″E / 20.2654000°N 86.6762833°E |
Details | |
Opened | 12 March 1966 |
Operated by | Paradip Port Authority (PPA) |
Owned by | Government of India |
Type of harbour | Artificial Harbor |
No. of berths | 20 |
Employees | 750 |
Chairman | P.L. Haranadh, IRTS[1][2] |
Statistics | |
Annual cargo tonnage | 400 million metric tons (440×10 6 short tons) (coastal and foreign, 2020-21)[3] |
Website paradipport |
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 is administered by the Paradip Port Authority (PPA)(formerly Paradip Port Trust), an autonomous corporation wholly owned by the Government of India.[4]
Overcoming the hurdles caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, the port has handled 25.73 million tonnes of cargo during the April to June quarter of 2020-21 financial year, Paradip Port Trust (PPT) Chairman Rinkesh Roy said.