<p data-path-to-node="5">Rewriting national operational benchmarks, <b data-path-to-node="5" data-index-in-node="61">Deendayal Port Authority (DPA), Kandla</b> has broken its own national record for the highest single-day cargo handling. The major port registered an unprecedented <b data-path-to-node="5" data-index-in-node="221">7,83,816 metric tonnes (MT)</b> of cargo throughput within a 24-hour window, surpassing its previous record of 7,78,570 MT.</p><p data-path-to-node="6">Complementing the overall port milestone, DPA's <b data-path-to-node="6" data-index-in-node="48">Offshore Oil Terminal at Vadinar</b> established a parallel 24-hour operational benchmark by handling <b data-path-to-node="6" data-index-in-node="146">5,09,101 MT</b> of liquid cargo, eclipsing its prior single-day record of 5,07,397 MT.</p><h3 data-path-to-node="8"><b data-path-to-node="8" data-index-in-node="0">Liquid Cargo Efficiency, Stakeholder Coordination, and Regional Growth</b></h3><p data-path-to-node="9">The historic single-day performance underscores DPA's operational efficiency across dry bulk and liquid terminal infrastructure:</p><ul data-path-to-node="10"><li><p data-path-to-node="10,0,0"><b data-path-to-node="10,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Dual Operational Milestones:</b> The record throughput reflects optimized berth productivity across both the main Kandla harbor and the deep-draft Vadinar offshore terminal, maintaining high vessel turnaround rates across crude and bulk segments.</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="10,1,0"><b data-path-to-node="10,1,0" data-index-in-node="0">Vadinar Terminal Benchmark:</b> The Offshore Oil Terminal handled 5.09 lakh MT of liquid cargo, reinforcing Vadinar’s strategic role in supplying energy feedstocks to regional refineries.</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="10,2,0"><b data-path-to-node="10,2,0" data-index-in-node="0">Leadership and Stakeholder Synergy:</b> DPA Chairman Sushil Kumar Singh, IRSME, credited the achievement to synchronized coordination among port operations, shipping lines, stevedores, terminal operators, customs house agents, truck operators, and terminal labor.</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="10,3,0"><b data-path-to-node="10,3,0" data-index-in-node="0">Sustained Throughput Trajectory:</b> The achievement builds on DPA’s sustained volume momentum, having recently become the fastest Indian major port authority to cross the 50 million metric tonne cargo handling mark in the ongoing financial year.</p></li></ul>