| Haldia Dock Complex | |
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 MV Kingfisher at Berth No. 14 of Haldia Dock Complex | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  India |
| Location | Haldia, West Bengal |
| Coordinates | 22°02′41″N 88°05′20″E / 22.0447°N 88.0888°E |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1977 |
| Operated by | Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port Authority |
| Owned by | Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port Authority, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India |
| Type of harbour | River tide gate, and river natural |
| Size | 6,367 acres (25.77 km2) |
| No. of berths | 12 |
| No. of wharfs | 6 |
| Draft depth | 9 metres (30 ft) (Maximum) |
| Water depth | 12.5 metres (41 ft) |
| Statistics | |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 92.34 million tonnes (2023-2024)[1][2] |
| Annual container volume | 1,07,182 TEUs (2022-2023)[3] |
| Net income | ₹632 crore (US$74 million) (2022–23)[4] |
The Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) is a docking facility on the Hooghly River in Haldia, West Bengal, India. It is one of the two dock systems under the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, with the other being the Kolkata Dock System (KDS). The facility specializes in handling dry and liquid bulk cargo.[5][6] It is located about 130 kilometres (81 mi) from the sandheads–deep sea area of the Bay of Bengal, 45 kilometres (28 mi) upstream from Pilotage Station at Sagar and 104 km (65 mi) downstream of Kolkata. In 1968, an oil jetty was commissioned at Haldia, and officially in 1977 the dock facility of Haldia started functioning.
It consists of a dock enclosed by lock and riverside jetties. The dock have container terminal, dry cargo terminal and bulk cargo terminal, and river jetties mainly handle liquid products. The dock is mainly handles fully loaded Handy size (not Handymax)–carriers of 28,000–40,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT)–vessels. It has a maximum draft depth of 9 metres (30 ft) and can accommodate Panamax vessels up to 230 metres (750 ft) long with cargoes of 40 to 50 percent of its capacity. The dock operates floating crane facilities at the deep drafted anchorages located at Sagar and sandheads to accommodate large vessels for discharging bulk cargoes, liquid products are discharged in the Sandheads through Ship-to-ship cargo transfer.
The Haldia Dock Complex support the hinterland of Central, East and Northeast India. It mainly transports bulk cargoes; handled 49.54 million metric tonnes of cargoes in the 2023–24 financial year. It also handled over 0.1 million (1 lakh) TEUs containers in 2022–23. The Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Port (Kolkata) handles most of the cargoes through the Port.
- ^ "Kolkata Port profit jumps 65pc to Rs 501cr in FY'24, records all-time high cargo handling". The Economic Times. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "An all time record cargo handling in 2022-23 at SMP, Kolkata after 1870". pib.gov.in. Delhi: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ Haranadh 2023, p. 2.
- ^ "লাভের অঙ্ক বাড়ল হলদিয়া বন্দরের" Lābhēra aṅka bāṛala haladiẏā bandarēra [Haldia port's profit increased]. www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Haldia: Anandabazar Patrika. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ Dasgupta, Mithun (27 November 2023). "Twin docks of Kolkata port gear up to haul more". Business Line. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ Dasgupta, Mithun (23 June 2024). "Haldia dock set to break own record". Business Line. Retrieved 12 December 2024.