Today, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi will officially introduce Vishinjam International Seaport, today 2 May. The development places Kerala firmly on the global naval map.
The port of Thiruvananthapuram is expected to transform the role of India into international trade and transport, PTI’s press agency said.
The port of Hluboká Voda was developed by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (Apsez)-the most largest Indian port developer and part of the Adani-V Group part of the partnership of the public and private sector.
The project has been completed for estimated costs £8 867 crore. After a successful trial operation, the port of 4 December last year received its commercial certificate of commissioning.
A new chapter in the Indian naval journey
“Tomorrow is a historical moment when Shri Narendra Modi Ji, Hon’ble Prime Minister of the Indian Prime Minister, deals with the international port of Vishinjam,” said Chief Minister Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan 1 May 1.
Here are 10 things about the project
The Vishinjam 1-Samblebar port is designed primarily to satisfy the translation of containers, except for multipurpose and break-belly loads.
This important project-the largest state investment in any port in the country, with two-thirds of the costs carried by the Keraly-Cerala government, the strong commitment of the state for development, Vijayan said.
“The introduction of the port of Vishinjam refers to the beginning of the new chapter in the Indian naval path and firmly places the nation on the global map,” he added.
Vishinjam is the first Indian devoted translated port and also the first semi -authors port in the country.
2- Strategically, there are only 10 naval miles from the busy international shipping route connecting Europe, the Persian Gulf and the Far East, Vishinjam has natural localization benefits that place it for success as a global translation center, reads the project’s website.
“Its proximity to the east-west axis, which represents a substantial quantum of global naval trade, provides easy access without deviations for large vessels that form the rescue line of today’s ocean trade,” he said.
The 3- At the same time about 75 percent of Indian translating containers has been solved by Port Colombo in Sri Lanka, which led to significant losses of foreign exchange and income, said the PTI press agency. Vishinjam is expected to bring a large part of this traffic back to India.
The wolf in Vishinjam is the deepest in India and stretches almost three kilometers. At a height of 28 meters-the nine-storey building-it is the main technical success.
4 – The trial operations began on 13 July 2024 and full commercial operations began on 3 December 2024. During the three -month trial phase, more than 272 large vessels were enshrined in the port and more than 550,000 containers were addressed.
Vishinjam is equipped with fully automated cranes in the garden and remotely operated ships on the coast for faster and safer operations. It also contains the first Indian home system control system driven AI, developed with IIT Madras.
When signing an agreement to finance the viability gap all the formal steps for the first phase of the project were completed, the main minister said.
6- At the beginning of 2025, Vishinjam, culminated in the list of ports on the Indian southern and west coasts for handling containers and managed over 100,000 TEUs (equivalent units of twenty feet) per month.
The main landmark came when Vishinjam MSC Turkey, one of the largest cargo ships ever reached by India.
The main landmark came when Vishinjam MSC Turkey, one of the largest cargo ships ever reached by India.
Another significant development is the integration of Vishinjam into Jade Service MSC, the largest shipping company in the world. This main freight route combines Europe and Asia through South African Cape of Good Hope.
Vishinjam is now becoming the main center for South Asia on this route.
7- By 2028The next phase of construction is expected to be completed, which will provide the port of an annual capacity of at least 3 million TEU. This phase will cost £ 10,000 crore that will be fully financed by Adani Ports.
8- Vishinjam also evolves as a multimodal center, with direct access to the road to the National Highway 66 and the first replacement of Kerala to master future cargo growth. The railway connection connecting the harbor with the national network will soon start.
9- The project was assigned Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (Apsez) after the reign of Keraral and Adani Vishinjam Port Private Ltd. (AVPPL) agreed with the concession agreement in 2015.
10 – Port Vishinjam in February and March 2025 reached the list of costs in ports in the south and west coast of India and also achieved manipulation with 1 lakh teus per month.
The introduction of the port of Vishinjam refers to the beginning of the new chapter in the Indian naval path and firmly places the nation on the global map.
The 5-exhibition of all ports of the port will be completed by 2028 and Adani Vishinjam Port will pay the government a share of the generated income when all four phases will operate from 2034.
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