Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (May 2) commissioned the Vizhinjam International Seaport in Kerala which was completed at an estimated cost of Indian Rs 8,867 crore.
The PM arrived at the port area by helicopter from Thiruvananthapuram city at 10.15 am and walked around the transshipment hub wearing a hard hat, taking stock of the facilities. Subsequently, at 11.33 am, he formally commissioned the first phase of the facility in the presence of Kerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani and Thiruvananthapuram Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.
Situated just 10 nautical miles from key international shipping routes, it is located for connecting East and West maritime trade. The port includes a container ship berth of 1,800 metres and container handling capacity of 1.5 million TEUs annually in Phase 1, reports local agencies from THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
The Vizhinjam International Transhipment Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport is an ambitious project taken up by the Government of Kerala. The port has been built by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), India’s biggest port developer and part of the Adani Group, in partnership with the government under a public-private model.
