Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Kolkata

Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata is the only major port well-connected with highways, railways and national waterways. KDS is connected to Eastern Railway while HDC, to the South Eastern Railway. The Port is located on NW-1 (Ganga), being connected to NW-2 (Brahmaputra) through the Sundarbans and Bangladesh and NW-5 (East Coast Canal integrated with Brahmani – Mahanadi Delta River System) at Geonkhali.

SMP, Kolkata primarily handles POL, Vegetable Oil, Liquid Chemicals, Iron Ore, Thermal/Coking Coal, Break Bulk/Dry Bulk Cargo and Containers. The Port handled 63.983 million tonnes (mt) of traffic in 2019-20 creating an all time record, surpassing the previous highest of 63.763 mt handled in 2018-19, with a 38.21% growth and a CAGR 6.69 % over 2014-15. Growth of traffic slowed down particularly in the last quarter of 2019-20 primarily due to COVID19 pandemic that disrupted trade worldwide. In spite of constraints, the port ranked 5th in the current fiscal among Indian Major Ports.