Paradip (Port Code:INPRT) is one of the major ports of India and the only major port in Odisha. Biju Patnaik, the then Chief Minister of Odisha, is the founding father of Paradip Port. Paradip Port is a natural, deep-water port on the East coast of India in Paradip, just 53 km from Jagatsinghpur city in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, India. It is situated at confluence of the Mahanadi river and the Bay of Bengal. It is situated 210 nautical miles south of Kolkata and 260 nautical miles north of Visakhapatnam. The port is administered by the Paradip Port Trust (PPT), an autonomous corporation wholly owned by the Government of India.
The port has an artificial lagoon harbour, protected by two rubble mound breakwaters. Cargoes handled by the port include exports of thermal coal, iron ore, chrome ore, steel coils and containers carrying food products and imports include cooking coal, POL, fertiliser, phosphoric acid and hardcoke. An offshore SBM for discharging crude oil is presently under construction.
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