Paradip Port Authority (PPA) on India’s Eastern coast has secured its status as the nation’s top cargo-handling port, breaking a landmark milestone by crossing 100 million metric tonnes (MMT) of cargo throughput in the current fiscal year (FY 2025-26) in a record time. The port reached 100.15 MMT on November 27, 2025, which is an achievement of just 241 days—12 days faster than the 253 days it took in the previous fiscal (FY 2024-25) to reach the same level on December 9. This result, marking the seventh consecutive year the port has passed the 100 MMT milestone, amounts to a healthy year-on-year gain of 4.78 per cent.

The Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways highlighted that this unprecedented speed, despite ongoing market challenges, is a direct result of “faster operations, syste

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