After achieving the milestone of highest cargo handling in the history of the Paradip Port in the last financial year, the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) has created two all-time records in the first month (April) of the current financial year.
The highest quantity of 4,64,500 MT of cargo was handled in a single day on April 29, surpassing the highest of 4,20,189 MT of cargo handled earlier on March 30, 2016.
Similarly a record quantity of 27,236 MT cargo of chrome concentrate was loaded in a single day on April 29 in the vessel MV Eagle Strait at the EQ-2 berth, surpassing the previous highest record of 26,500 MT of same cargo of chrome concentrate in the vessel MV Glovis Master on March 14, 2014.