Ports in Odisha
The state of Odisha has a long coastline of 480 km in the eastern peninsular India. The coastline is spread over Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Puri and Ganjam districts. There is one major and 2 minor ports, with fourteen ports under development which have been notified by the Government of Odisha.[1]
Modern history
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The primary and the only major port in the state is the Paradip Port. Biju Patnaik, the then Chief Minister of Odisha, is the founding father of Paradip Port. It is situated 210 nautical miles south of Kolkata and 260 nautical miles north of Vishakhapatnam on the east coast on the shore of Bay of Bengal.[2]
The Dhamra Port is the second port to start operation, which is located in Bhadrak district, Odisha, India, on the shore of the Bay of Bengal about seven kilometres from Dhamra town. The agreement to develop the port was signed by the state government in April 1998. The Port received its first vessel on 8 February 2010 and the first commercial vessel on 10 April 2011.[3]
The Gopalpur port started commercial operations in 2013 as an all-weather port. Around 7,500 metric tonne of ilmenite, a sand mineral product of Orissa Sand Complex (OSCOM) division of Indian Rare Earths Limited(IREL), was shipped in a small vessel to South Korea.[4]
Cargo handling
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The state's ports handled about 190 million tons of cargo in financial year 2023–24.[5][6][7] The rated capacity of the Paradip Port is 289 million tonnes per annum.[8] The Dhamra Port has an initial capacity of 25 million tonnes annually, eventually growing to 80 million tonnes annually.[9] The Gopalpur Port has a capacity of 20 MMT.[10]
| S.No. | Port | Traffic Handled (in MMT) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paradip Port | 145.38 | 2023–24 |
| 2 | Dhamra Port | 43 | 2023–24 |
List
[edit]| Port name | Location | Type | Category | Status | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradip Port | Paradip, Jagatsinghpur | Major | Seaport | Operational | Government of India |
| Dhamra Port | Dhamra, Bhadrak | Minor | Seaport | Operational | Dhamra Port Company Limited |
| Gopalpur Port | Gopalpur, Ganjam | Minor | Seaport | Operational | Gopalpur Port Limited |
| Kirtania Port (Subarnarekha) | Chaumukh, Balasore | Minor | Seaport | Under Construction | Subarnarekha Port Private Limited |
| Jatadhar Port | Nuagan, Jagatsinghpur | Minor | Seaport | Under Construction | |
| Astaranga Port | Astaranga, Puri | Minor | Seaport | Proposed | |
| Mahanadi Port | Akhadasali, Kendrapara | Minor | Riverine port | Proposed |
References
[edit]- ^ "Potential Port Sites". ct.odisha.gov.in. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Port History".
- ^ "Dhamra Port Updates". Dharma Port Company Limited. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ "Gopalpur Port begins operations". The Times of India. 27 May 2013.
- ^ "Paradip Port becomes numero uno among Indian Major Ports in cargo throughput in FY 2023-24". PIB. 2 April 2024.
- ^ "Monthly Traffic". paradipport.gov.in. Paradip Port Trust. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "APSEZ breaks records: Handles 420 MMT cargo globally, sets new milestones in March 2024". The Economic Times. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Know Your Port".
- ^ "Dhamra Port on schedule". The Hindu. 27 May 2008. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ "About Gopalpur Port".