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India has a coastline of 11,098 kilometres [3], forming one of the largest peninsulas in the world. According to the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, around 95 percent of India's trading by volume and 70 percent by value is done through maritime transport. India's major ports handled highest ever cargo of 795 million tonne in FY23. [4]
Mundra Port was the first one to be developed in October 1998 with just one berth. In a short span of just 12 years Mundra Port achieved 10 crore (100 million) metric tonnes of commercial cargo in a year thereby becoming India's largest commercial port. Mundra Port has registered the fastest CAGR of over 35% in the port sector across India. [2]
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ) is an Indian multinational port operator and logistics company, part of Adani Group. [9] [10] APSEZ is India's largest private port operator with a network of 12 ports and terminals, including India's first port-based SEZ at Mundra and the first deep water transshipment port at Thiruvananthapuram.
In 2015, the Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Limited signed a 40-year agreement with the state government to build and maintain the port. Under this private public partnership deal, the Adani group would design, develop, finance, operate the port valued at 7,525 crore. According to the signed deal, Adani Group will have the only right to operate ...
Adani Power emerged as India's largest private power producer in 2014. [32] Adani Power's total installed capacity then stood at 9,280 MW. [33] On 16 May of the same year, Adani Ports acquired Dhamra Port on East coast of India for ₹ 5,500 crore (equivalent to ₹ 88 billion or US$1.0 billion in 2023). [34]
Mundra Port is the largest private sector port in India, with the capacity of handling close to 210.150 million tons of cargo per annum. [32] [33] In 1996, the power business arm of the Adani Group, Adani Power, was founded by Adani. Adani Power holds thermal power plants with a capacity of 4620MW, the largest private thermal power producer of ...
The shipyard is located in Port Pipavav and spreads over 500 acres (2.0 km 2). [15] It has access to over 720 meters of exclusive waterfront. The shipyard has the largest drydock in India. [16] Its dry dock is 640 meters in length and is 65 meters in breadth, It can accommodate ships up to 400,000 tonnes DWT. Two cranes with a span of 140 ...
Krishnapatnam Port popularly known as KPCL is a privately built and owned all weather, deep water port on the east coast of India, located in the Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh. It is located about 190 km north of the Chennai Port and 18 km east of the city of Nellore .