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PARADIP PORT
District Jagatsinghtpur, Paradip 754 142, Orissa
Fax: 06722 22 256  Telex: 0674 211

INTRODUCTION

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of the Port on January 3, 1962. Construction work commenced in November 19, 1962 and dredging operations from March 15, 1964. During this period the Port was in the control of the government of Orissa. The management was formally handed over to the Government of India on June 1, 1965. The Port was declared eight major port on April 18, 1966 making it the first Major Port in the East Coast commissioned in Independent India.

The Port was opened to traffic in 1966. The main cargho handled was Iron Ore. Paradip Port has come a long way since then and its cargo profile has greatly increased. The Portstarted handling containers and transhipment of petroleum products in 1991.

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LOCATION

Lattitude 20-15'-55.44" North
Longitude 86-40'-34.62" East

210 Nautical miles south of Calcutta and 260 nautical miles north of Vishakhapatnam.


COMMUNICATION 

Range 50 Kms.
Channels 16 & 12

METEOROLOGICAL DATA 

Maximum Temperature 41.4C
Minimum Temperature 8.9C
Annual rainfall(Ave.) 1480 nm
Average wave Height 1.5 meters to 2.5 meters
Maximum wave Height 5.30 meters
Minimum Tide 0.40 meters
Maximum Tide 3.50 meters
 
TRANSPORT LINKS 

Rail The Port is connected with Board Guage Railway System of the South Eastern Railway.
Road The Port is served by National highway No. 5-A.

 

PILOTAGE

Pilotage is compulsory. ETA to be given to harbour Master not less than 24 ghours before arrival. Pilot boards vessel outside the breakwater SE of Rairway Buoy. No night navigation facilities available.


HARBOUR 

The Port has an artifical lagoon type harbour protected by two rubble mound "Break waters" and approached by the dredged channel. The North break-water is 538 meters long on the North Eastern side of the Port and the south break-water is 1217 meters long on the South Eastern side.

APPROACH CHANNEL ENTERANCE CHANNEL TURNING BASIN
Length 2020 meters Length 500.00 meters Diameter 520 meters
Width 190 meters Width 160.00 meters    
Depth 12.90 meters Depth 12.90 meters    

 

ANCHORAGE 

0.5 miles radius from 1.8 miles south of south breakwater.
Center Point- Latitude: 20 13' 48" N, Longitude: 8642' 36"E
Anchorage Position for vessels waiting for Pilot -Latitude : 20 14' 52" Long. 86 42' 19.20 E
The nature of bottom at anchorage is sand and silt and the holding ground is good.
No shelter available. Depth 14 mtrs. Extremely of channels are marked with leading lights.

 

PORT FACILITIES 

BERTHS  Iron Ore Berth  
Jetty Length 155 meters
Jetty Width 1.75 meters
Distance fron Dolphin to Dolphin 320 meters
LOA 230 meters
Beam 40 meters
Draft 13.20 meters

 

CARGO BERTH 

  LOA Draft
First Cargo Berth E.Q.-I 291 meters 11.50 meters
Second Cargo Berth E.Q.-II 205 meters 11.50 meters
Third Cargo Berth E.Q.-III 200 meters 11.50 meters
South Quay Shorrt Arm 265 meters 12.50 meters
Fertilizer Berth Long Arm 252 meters 13.00 meters
Fertilizer Berth Shot Arm 62 meters 12.00 meters

This fertilizer berth is designed as the captive berth for M/s. Paradeep Phosphates Ltd., to handle bulk and liquid cargo by fully mechanised means.

The stack yard close to cargo berth can accomodate Containers. The containers are to be discharged by the ship's own cranes/derricks or by the wharf cranes on the berths. There are four wharf cranes of a capacity of 13.2 Mt each.


CARGO HANDLING FACILITIES AT IRON ORE BERTH 

Rated Capacity of the Plant 2500 MT/Hr.
No. of Bucket wheel Reclaimers 4
Rated Capacity of Reclaimers 1250 Mt/Hr., 1500 MT/Hr., 2000 MT/Hr., 2500 MT/Hr.
Two Rotatry type wagon Tipplers 2500 MT/Hr.
Capacity each one can tipple 25 Wagons/Hr.
Annual throughput of the Plant 4 million Tons
Average daily loading 20000 Tons

The berth can be used for bulk loading/unloading of other ores by ship gears and transhipments of petroleum products when there is no iron ore vessel for loading.


CARGO HANDLING FACILITIES AT CARGO BERTHS 

These cargo berths are multi purpose in nature and generally used by vessels for loading of Thermal Coal, Chrome Ore, Manganese Ore, Charge Chrome, Ferro Chrome, Ferro Manganese Steel Coilsand for unloading of coking coal, hard coke, limestone, food-grains, fertilizer, D.B.M. steel billets, scraps etc.

Facilities also exists for handling limited number of containers. The Stack-Yard close to cargo Berth can accomodate a good number of Containers. The containers are to be discharged by the ship's own cranes/derricks or by wharf cranes on the berth. There are four wharf cranes of 13.2 M.T. capacity each.


CONTAINER HANDLING FACILITIES 

The Port Authorities plan to encourage handling of containers to cater to the needs of containers to the needs of exporters/importers located in the Port's hinterland. The container handling facilities at the Port are proposed to be privatised. The berth for handling container vessel and necessary space for container handling yard and CFS will be provided by the Port.


CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENTS 

Capacity No.  
Wharf Crane 13.2 MT 4
Mobile Crane 17 MT 3
Mobile Crane 30 MT 1
Forklift Truck 3 MT 10
Payloaders 3.8 Cum. 4
Tractor   1
Trailor   1
Use of Private Equipments, wherever necessary is permitted.

 

WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE

Transit Shed Area Capcity
Transit Shed No. I 5700 sq. m. 14000 MT
Transit Shed No. II 1440 sq. m. 3600 MT
Transit Shed No. III 3100 sq. m. 6700 MT
Transit Shed No. IV 2400 sq. m. 6000 MT
Fertilizer Shed (Open) 2640 sq. m. 6600 MT

 

WAREHOUSE 

Warehouse No. I 61 * 12 m 1800 MT
Warehouse No. II 61 * 12 m 1800 MT
Warehouse No. III 91 * 18 m 4000 MT
Warehouse No. IV 140 * 41.9 m 14000 MT

 

OPEN STACK YARDS 

At present 2,20,300 sq. m. of open stacking area is available inside the port for storage of more than 13 lakh tons of different cargo. These stackyards are connected with Rail and Road. Additional stackyards of over 1,00,000 sq. m. are soon to be commissioned.

 

PORT RAILWAYS 

The Port hasa its own Railway system. The route length is 6.8 Km. and track length is 36 km. At present, there are 7 nos. of Locomotives as indicated below:

700 BHP CLW-WDS-4 2
1150 BHP BHEL 1
1350 BHP BHEL 1
1400 BHP DLW-WDS-6 1

Railway sidings capable of handling full rakes of 40 box wagons are available

 

WATER SUPPLY AND BUNKERING 

Adequate supply of water to ships is available. Limited bunkering facilities are available from Indian Oil Corporation.

 

REPAIRS

The Port has a slip way along with workshop for repair and maintainence of Port Crafts and barges. There is a well equipped Central Workshop for repair and maintence of Port equipment. This workshop can undertake repair jobs for ships, in case of need.

STEVEDORES 

Available through the agent Tons/Day
Average loading discharging rates  
Chrome Ore 3000
Coal 5000
Iron & Steel 3000
Foodgrains 1000
Fertilizers 1000
Other General Cargo 800

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