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Kolkata Dock System (Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port)

3 of our truck hires touched this port in the last 12 months.

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Kolkata and the inland places our trucks linked it to. India boundary per Survey of India (state layer: DataMeet, CC BY 4.0). Moving marks are illustrative.
  • 16.4 MT cargo handled million tonnes · FY2024-25
  • #14 of 14 ports on our map #7 on the east coast
  • -2.8% change on FY2023-24 16.9 MT the year before
  • 3 SSL truck hires here Sep 2025 to Aug 2026

The port in numbers

16.4 million tonnes, FY2024-25

16.4 million tonnes
Overseas vs coastal cargo
  • Overseas 15.2 MT (92%)
  • Coastal 1.3 MT (8%)
The east coast, FY2024-25 (million tonnes)
  1. Paradip 150.4 MT
  2. Visakhapatnam 82.6 MT
  3. Chennai 55 MT
  4. Ennore 48.4 MT
  5. Haldia 46.5 MT
  6. Tuticorin 41.7 MT
  7. Kolkata 16.4 MT

Our trucks

Our trucks at Kolkata

SSL truck hires to or from the port, by month
  1. 3Sep 25
  2. 0Oct 25
  3. 0Nov 25
  4. 0Dec 25
  5. 0Jan 26
  6. 0Feb 26
  7. 0Mar 26
  8. 0Apr 26
  9. 0May 26
  10. 0Jun 26
  11. 0Jul 26
  12. 0Aug 26
3 hires
Direction
  • Leaving the port 3 (100%)
  • Going to the port 0 (0%)
Where the other end was
  1. Varanasi 2 hires
  2. Jamshedpur 1 hires
Truck bodies used
  1. container trailer 2 hires
  2. other 1 hires

Frequently asked questions

How much cargo does Kolkata Dock System (Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port) handle?
Kolkata Dock System (Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port) handled 16.4 million tonnes in FY2024-25 (15.2 MT overseas and 1.3 MT coastal), -2.8% on the year before. Source: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways: 'Cargo handling status for Major Ports during March 2025', Table-1 (PDMP advance estimates for April-March 2024-25; 2023-24 provisional).
Does Safe & Secure Logistics run trucks to Kolkata?
Yes. From Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 our hire slips show 3 truck hires to or from Kolkata. 3 left the port and 0 went in. The inland ends were mostly Varanasi, Jamshedpur.
Which sea routes start from the east coast?
Indian Ocean → Southern Africa: about 19 to 34 days; Bay of Bengal → Southeast Asia: about 7 to 17 days (published port-to-port estimates).

Moving a container through Kolkata?

Port, container size and inland address, that’s all we need to start.

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