Cyclone Fani: After Paradip, now Gopalpur port also suspends operations

Industries with shore-based facilities are circumspect and are taking measures instead of suspending operations

Ahead of the impending very severe cyclonic storm, Fani, the port at Gopalpur off the South Odisha coast, has suspended all operations.

After Paradip suspended operations earlier, Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) Group-promoted Gopalpur Ports Ltd has become the second port top do so. Paradip, next only to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Port (formerly Kandla) by cargo volumes, had on Tuesday evening announced a temporary halt in operations to ward off any impact from the tropical cyclonic storm to pound Puri's coast in the forenoon of May 3. All cargo loading and unloading operations stand suspended. The loss assessment is yet to be