THEME – Gateway to the East: Building Odisha’s Smart Maritime–Logistics Future

Odisha is rapidly emerging as India’s most strategically positioned maritime-industrial state. With a 575-km coastline, expanding port capacity from 400 MTPA towards 500 MTPA by 2047, large-scale industrial investments across petrochemicals, steel, green hydrogen, EVs, and technical textiles, and Paradip Port’s historic rise as India’s leading cargo-handling port, the state is entering a new logistics era.

The Dhamra–Paradip–Gopalpur belt is evolving into a powerful maritime-industrial corridor, backed by multimodal connectivity, industrial clusters, green energy projects, and private sector participation. Massive investments in green hydrogen and ammonia, shipbuilding, container terminals, and integrated logistics parks are reshaping cargo patterns and EXIM flows.

As manufacturing expands and port capacities scale up, the next strategic imperative is clear: building a smart, technology-driven, multimodal logistics ecosystem that connects production to ports efficiently, sustainably, and competitively.

In this context, Maritime Gateway proposes to organise the Smart Logistics Summit 2026 in Bhubaneswar — a high-level industry forum bringing together port authorities, shipping lines, steel and manufacturing majors, exporters, importers, logistics service providers, policymakers, and infrastructure developers to chart the next phase of Odisha’s logistics transformation.

The Summit will serve as a strategic dialogue platform focused on converting industrial growth into seamless cargo movement and strengthening Odisha’s position as India’s Gateway to the East and ASEAN.