Average pre-berthing time at Paradip Port in India FY 1991-2019

In the financial year 2019, the average time before a cargo ship at the Paradip Port in Odisha, India, was berthed was about 0.3 days. Among all the major ports, this port had the third-lowest pre-berthing time during that year. This waiting time was due to the port account. In simple terms, pre-berthing time is the time the ship or the vessel needed to wait before it could enter the berth. The port sector of the South Asian country handled over a billion metric tons of cargo in 2019. A major portion of this cargo was handled by the major ports.