🇮🇳 INDIA · SOUTH ASIA / BAY OF BENGAL · INPRT
Port of Paradip
IndiaUNLOCODE: INPRTBulk / Crude / Container
Handled 150.41 Mt in FY2024-25
Approach channel 18.7 m depth (CD)
Max draft 16 m at HW
16 berths + 3 SPM + Ro-Ro
Overview
- Handled 150.41 Mt in FY2024-25
- Approach channel 18.7 m depth (CD)
- Max draft 16 m at HW
- 16 berths + 3 SPM + Ro-Ro
- Cyclone-prone (Bay of Bengal)
Handled 150.41 Mt in FY2024-25. Natural deep-water port. BA Chart 538.
Port Identity & Location
- State
- Odisha
- City
- Paradip (Jagatsinghpur)
VTS & Communications
- VTS
- Signal Station
- VHF
- Ch.16/06 (ETA); Ch.69 working
- Reporting
- Before entering port limits
Pilotage
- Pilotage
- Compulsory (>200 GT) 24h/365d
- Pilot Boarding
- ~3 nm SE of breakwaters
Anchorages
- General Anchorage
- General + tanker (centred 20°11.5'N 86°45'E, r=0.75 nm)
- Depth
- ~9.4–10 m
Channel Depths & Approach
- Approach Channel
- 10.0 km × 300 m × 18.7 m (CD)
- Entrance Channel
- 2,000 m × 240 m × 17.1 m
- Turning Basin
- 520 m dia × 17.1 m
- Max Draft
- 16 m at HW
- Hazards
- Cyclone-prone Bay of Bengal
Berths & Terminals
- Berths
- 16 + 3 SPM + 1 Ro-Ro
- Cargo
- Crude, POL, iron ore, coal, fertiliser, containers
Documentation & Customs
- Customs
- Indian Customs
Weather & Tidal
- Tidal
- Max 3.5 m, min 0.4 m; rainy mid-Jun–Oct
- Cyclone Risk
- Cyclone-prone
- Water Density
- 1.015–1.018
Security & Hazards (ISPS)
- ISPS
- Compliant
- Hazards
- Cyclone, monsoon
Port Authority
- Authority
- Paradip Port Authority (PPA)
- signalstation.ppt@gmail.com
- Website
- paradipport.gov.in
SAR & Emergency
SAR Authority
Indian Coast Guard
Ship Services
- Bunkering
- Available
- Fresh Water
- At berth
- Tugs
- 6 tugs (BP 30–50 t)
- Repairs
- Limited
Port Details
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Region
- South Asia / Bay of Bengal
- UNLOCODE
- INPRT
- Type
- Bulk / Crude / Container
- Website
- paradipport.gov.in
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