vessel & cargo-related charges for container vessels. Harbor Mobile cranes at berths to handle containers. In house stuffing / destuffing facility. Siding facility for Rail handling of containers, one RO-RO jetty, single point mooring Container Traffic 2010-11 Import of 1084 empty TEUs. Export of 2443 TEUs laden container with 61361ton. Industry Indian Oil has established a major oil refinery with an installed capacity of 15 million tonnes per year at Paradip. Other major industries in the area include: Paradeep Phosphates Limited, a fertilizer company height Paradeep Plastic Park Limited IFFCO- Fertilizer Plant Essar Steel's Pellet plant Indian Oil marketing terminal Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. - marketing terminal Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. - marketing terminal. Cargill's edible oil plant Indian Oil Corporation Limited IOCL Skol Breweries Ltd, ( Unit- East Coast Brewery) Paradip is emerging as a major industrial hub with several upcoming steel plants including a US$12 billion plant being developed by POSCO of South Korea. In addition, alumina refineries, thermal power plants, and a petrochemical complex are under development. Paradip has been identified for development as one of the six major Petroleum, Chemicals, and Petrochemicals Investment Regions (PCPIRs) in India, along the lines of Pudong in China, Rotterdam in Europe and Houston in North America. The Paradip PCPIR has identified an investment potential of US$68.84 billion, spread over in the area. Demographics India census, As of 2001, Paradip had a population of 73,633. Males constituted 58% of the population and females 42%, due to rapid migration of young industrial workers to the area. Paradip has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 65%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. References External links Port of Paradip At Hannover, India’s big infrastructure idea: Special Economic Regions Cities and towns in Jagatsinghpur district Port cities in India