Paradip Port along Odisha coast to receive 7 million barrels of crude

Amid the continuing crisis in West Asia, there is a note of reassurance. Off the coast of Odisha, Paradip Port is in the midst of hosting four tankers carrying over 7 million barrels of crude oil, an amount exceeding India’s average daily consumption.

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While two ships are emptying crude oil at Paradip Port, which will continue till Thursday evening, a mid-sized vessel carrying 3,296 metric tonnes will be docking at Paradip by Thursday evening (March 26, 2026).

According to Paradip Port sources, San Ramon Voyage, carrying 2,63,530 metric tonnes of crude oil from Angola and Nigeria, both members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, has commenced discharge operations at the Single Point Mooring and is expected to complete unloading by Thursday evening (March 25, 2026).

Similarly, Phoenix, a crude oil tanker carrying 99,016 MT, which recently moored at Paradip, began discharging operations on Wednesday (March 25, 2026). The vessel had sailed from Nakhodka Anchorage in the Russian Far East.

Another tanker, Alexandros, is currently in the Bay of Bengal and is scheduled to berth at Paradip Port at 11 a.m. on Thursday (March 26, 2026). The vessel is carrying 2.53 lakh MT of crude oil and has departed from Forcados Terminal in Nigeria on March 23, 2026.

Meanwhile, Almi Titan, carrying 3.296 lakh metric tonnes of crude oil, is expected to dock at Paradip Port around 10 pm on Thursday (March 26, 2026). The tanker had commenced its voyage from Panama in South America.