Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port Authority, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India
Type of harbour
Larger river port/sea port
Size
6,367 acres (25.77 km2)
No. of berths
12
No. of wharfs
6
Draft depth
9 metres (30 ft) (Maximum)
Water depth
12.5 metres (41 ft)
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage
49.54 million tonnes (2023-2024)[1][2]
Annual container volume
1,07,182 TEUs (2022-2023)[3]
Net income
₹632 crore (US$79 million) (2022–23)[4]
Haldia Port, officially Haldia Dock Complex (HDC),[5][6] is a port on the river bank of the confluence of the Haldi River and the Hooghly River. The port is located on the west bank of the Hooghly River at Haldia in West Bengal, about 121 km (75 mi) from the deep sea (sandheads), 45 kilometres (28 mi) upstream from Pilotage Station and 104 km (65 mi) downstream of Kolkata. It developed in independent India in the 1960s, and officially began operations in 1977 as an associate port of the Port of Kolkata. The dock system of the port consists of a lock and riverside jetties. Haldia port mainly handles fully loaded Handy size (not Handymax)–carriers of 28,000–40,000 DWT–vessels; but the port has a maximum draft depth of 9 metres (30 ft) and can accommodate Panamax vessels up to 230 metres (750 ft) long with 40-50-percent cargo parcels.[7]
The Haldia Port or Haldia Dock Complex belonging to Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Port (Kolkata) has a vast hinterland consists of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Northeast India, and India's landlocked neighbors of Nepal and Bhutan.[8] The port mainly transports bulk cargo; according to data for the financial year 2023–24, the port was able to handle 49.54 million metric tons of cargo,[1] most of which was transported to states like West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. In terms of bulk cargo volume, the port was India's fifth busiest port in 2023 along with Kolkata Dock System managed by Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Port (Kolkata).[9]
^ ab"Kolkata Port profit jumps 65pc to Rs 501cr in FY'24, records all-time high cargo handling". The Economic Times. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^"An all time record cargo handling in 2022-23 at SMP, Kolkata after 1870". pib.gov.in. Delhi: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^Haranadh 2023, p. 2.
^"লাভের অঙ্ক বাড়ল হলদিয়া বন্দরের" Lābhēra aṅka bāṛala haladiẏā bandarēra [Haldia port's profit increased]. www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Haldia: Anandabazar Patrika. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^"Port of HALDIA (IN HAL) details - Departures".
^"অচলাবস্থা কাটার মুখে হলদিয়া বন্দর, শুরু পণ্য খালাস" Acalābasthā kāṭāra mukhē haladiẏā bandara, śuru paṇya khālāsa [Haldia port in the face of breaking the deadlock, start cargo unloading]. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^Sinha, Dr. Deepankar (2011b). Strategic Importance and Development of Port of Kolkata: A Suggestion for a Deep Seaport (PDF) (Report). Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Kolkata Campus. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
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