<h3 data-path-to-node="0" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><span class="citation-352" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15 !important;">Fresh off a record-setting operational performance, the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) has officially set an aggressive cargo handling target of </span><b data-path-to-node="2" data-index-in-node="168" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15 !important;">74 million metric tonnes (MMT)</b><span class="citation-352 citation-end-352" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15 !important;"> for the fiscal year 2026-27.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1670523712="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c1670523712="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="1" style="line-height: 1.15 !important; font-size: 16px !important; background-color: transparent !important;"></sup></source-footnote></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif;"> The enhanced projection follows the twin-dock facility's historic performance in the recently concluded FY 2025-26 cycle, where it breached the 70 MMT milestone for the first time in its 156-year history.</span></h3><p data-path-to-node="2" id="p-rc_6dcd9e156ce8dfe7-212" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sources-carousel-inline ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1255381304="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><source-inline-chip _ngcontent-ng-c1255381304="" _nghost-ng-c2903087513="" class="ng-star-inserted" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----></source-inline-chip><!----><!----><!----></sources-carousel-inline></p><p data-path-to-node="3" id="p-rc_6dcd9e156ce8dfe7-213" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><span class="citation-351 citation-end-351" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">To consistently clear these higher volumes, the state-run port authority is accelerating a series of multi-crore Public-Private Partnership (PPP) terminal upgrades and advanced night navigation rollouts.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1670523712="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c1670523712="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="2" style="line-height: 1.15 !important; font-size: 16px !important; background-color: transparent !important;"><!----></sup></source-footnote></span><sources-carousel-inline ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1255381304="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> <source-inline-chip _ngcontent-ng-c1255381304="" _nghost-ng-c2903087513="" class="ng-star-inserted" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----></source-inline-chip><!----><!----><!----></sources-carousel-inline></p><h3 data-path-to-node="5" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="5" data-index-in-node="0" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">Multi-Dock Synergies and Infrastructure De-bottlenecking</b></h3><p data-path-to-node="6" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">The 74 MMT target is balanced across both of the port’s primary operational arms, which are undergoing extensive modernization to bypass traditional riverine draft limitations:</p><ul data-path-to-node="7" style="padding-inline-start: 32px; font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="7,0,0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="7,0,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Haldia Dock Complex (HDC):</b> Tasked with handling the lion's share of the volume, HDC is optimizing its liquid bulk handling systems, automated bulk coal unloaders, and newly added mechanized berths to scale up from its record base of 51.85 MMT.</p></li><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="7,1,0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="7,1,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Kolkata Dock System (KDS):</b> Positioned to push past its historic peak of 19.01 MMT by focusing heavily on high-velocity container logistics, backed by a significant 18.4% surge in regional TEU volumes.</p></li><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="7,2,0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="7,2,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Night Navigation Expansion:</b> Following the successful execution of the first-ever inward night transit for container vessels at KDS, the port is scaling up its real-time digital river tracking networks to enable 24/7 vessel movements, drastically reducing turnaround delays.</p></li><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="7,3,0" id="p-rc_6dcd9e156ce8dfe7-214" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="7,3,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">PPP Project Pipeline:</b><span class="citation-350 citation-end-350" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> Capital inflows are being prioritized toward land monetization, the development of a 60-acre multi-modal logistics park just 2 km from the Kolkata docks, and the construction of an extended port gate system at Balagarh.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1670523712="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c1670523712="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="3" style="line-height: 1.15 !important; 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