Paradeep Port is a deep water (depth 12 m) and all- weather port at 100 km east of Cuttack. The port has the deepest harbour in the country capable of handling bulk carriers of over 60,000 dwt. The port has one iron one berth, one general cargo berth and a mooring buoy berth. The iron ore berth is equipped with a mechanical ore handling plant with a rated capacity of 2,500 tons per hour.
The annual capacity of this plant is being increased to 4 million tons in addition to the establishment of mechanised coal handling facility at the port. The port is well connected through rail lines and roads (NH 5A) with different parts of Orissa. The port handled 11.58 million tons of cargo traffic during 1996-97 which is expected to increase to 33.46 million tons by 2002 AD.