<p data-path-to-node="0" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="5" data-index-in-node="18" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Paradip Port Authority (PPA)</b> has recorded a <b data-path-to-node="5" data-index-in-node="62" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">5.56% year-on-year growth in coking coal handling</b>, underscoring sustained metallurgical coal import demand across Eastern India's primary steel manufacturing corridor.</p><p data-path-to-node="6" id="p-rc_3ca8f30cf0ebb380-19" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans Text&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;"><span class="citation-65 citation-end-65" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">The operational uptick highlights enhanced quayside discharge performance, modernized mechanized cargo systems, and expedited railway evacuation across the port’s deep-water bulk berths.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1038807051="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c1038807051="" 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 class="citation-64 citation-end-64" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Serving as the maritime gateway for major integrated steel plants across Odisha, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh, Paradip Port continues to scale its dry-bulk handling capacity, facilitating seamless raw material flows from seaborne origins predominantly Australia, North America, and Russia to regional blast furnaces.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1038807051="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c1038807051="" 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-c4215399780="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> <source-inline-chip _ngcontent-ng-c4215399780="" _nghost-ng-c131041050="" class="ng-star-inserted" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----></source-inline-chip><!----><!----><!----></sources-carousel-inline></p><h3 data-path-to-node="8" style="font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;">Key Operational Highlights &amp; Growth Drivers</h3><ul data-path-to-node="9" 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="9,0,0" id="p-rc_3ca8f30cf0ebb380-20" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="9,0,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Resilient Inbound Metallurgical Coal Flow:</b> <span class="citation-63 citation-end-63" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">The 5.56% volume growth reflects strong domestic steel production run-rates, with primary steelmakers increasing off-take of high-grade, low-ash imported coking coal to feed capacity expansions.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1038807051="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c1038807051="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="3" 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-c4215399780="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> <source-inline-chip _ngcontent-ng-c4215399780="" _nghost-ng-c131041050="" class="ng-star-inserted" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----></source-inline-chip><!----><!----><!----></sources-carousel-inline></p></li><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="9,1,0" id="p-rc_3ca8f30cf0ebb380-21" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="9,1,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Deep-Draft Handling &amp; Capesize Capabilities:</b> <span class="citation-62 citation-end-62" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Paradip Port’s progressive deepening of berths and harbor channels allowing commercial berthing of deep-draft Capesize and baby-Cape vessels carrying upwards of 150,000 MT parcels has reduced ocean freight costs and improved vessel turnaround economics for bulk importers.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1038807051="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c1038807051="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="4" 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-c4215399780="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> <source-inline-chip _ngcontent-ng-c4215399780="" _nghost-ng-c131041050="" class="ng-star-inserted" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----></source-inline-chip><!----><!----><!----></sources-carousel-inline></p></li><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="9,2,0" id="p-rc_3ca8f30cf0ebb380-22" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="9,2,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">High-Throughput Mechanized Terminals:</b> <span class="citation-61 citation-end-61" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">High-speed mobile harbour cranes, specialized unloading hoppers, and dedicated bulk terminals, such as the Kalinga International Coal Terminal (KICT) and Western Dock developments, have minimized ship dwell times and driven up average output per ship berth-day.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1038807051="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c1038807051="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="5" 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-c4215399780="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> <source-inline-chip _ngcontent-ng-c4215399780="" _nghost-ng-c131041050="" class="ng-star-inserted" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----></source-inline-chip><!----><!----><!----></sources-carousel-inline></p></li><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="9,3,0" id="p-rc_3ca8f30cf0ebb380-23" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="9,3,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Rail Rake Evacuation Velocity:</b> <span class="citation-60 citation-end-60" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Port-rail operational coordination with East Coast Railway enabled prompt rake placements, accelerating the dispatch of dry-bulk trainloads directly toward interior industrial clusters and mitigating yard stockpile saturation.<source-footnote ng-version="0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER" _nghost-ng-c1038807051="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><sup _ngcontent-ng-c1038807051="" class="superscript" data-turn-source-index="6" 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-c4215399780="" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"> <source-inline-chip _ngcontent-ng-c4215399780="" _nghost-ng-c131041050="" class="ng-star-inserted" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----></source-inline-chip><!----><!----><!----></sources-carousel-inline></p></li><li style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><p data-path-to-node="9,4,0" id="p-rc_3ca8f30cf0ebb380-24" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;"><b data-path-to-node="9,4,0" data-index-in-node="0" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">Reaffirming Major Port Leadership:</b> <span class="citation-59 citation-end-59" style="line-height: 1.15 !important;">The steady expansion in coking coal volumes reinforces Paradip Port’s rank as India's leading major port by overall cargo traffic throughput, maintaining a commanding share of national coastal and dry-bulk cargo movements</span></p></li></ul>