Vizhinjam International Seaport

About Vizhinjam International Seaport:

• It is India’s first deepwater container transshipment port. 
• Location: It is located at Vizhinjam, a coastal town in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala.
• It is located around 10 nautical miles from the international shipping route connecting Europe and the Persian Gulf with East Asia, through which around 30 percent of global maritime cargo passes.
• It is developed in a landlord model with a public-private partnership component on a design, build, finance, operate, and transfer (“DBFOT”) basis. 
• It is being built by Adani Vizhinjam Ports Private Ltd., a subsidiary of Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd. (APSEZ), India’s largest private sector port operator.
• Construction of the port began in December 2015.
• It is being designed to primarily cater to the transshipment and gateway container business, with provision for a cruise terminal, liquid bulk berth, and facilities for additional terminals.
• It has a natural draft of 18-20 meters, which means that some of the largest container vessels in the world will be able to dock here. 
• There would be about 30 berths, most of which would be capable of handling mother vessels.

Q1: Which are the major ports in India?

Major ports in India are Chennai Port, Kolkata Port, Haldia Port (West Bengal), Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Maharashtra), Kamarajar Port or Ennore Port (Chennai), Kandla Port (Gujarat), Kochin Port (Kerala), New Mangalore Port (Karnataka), Mormugao Port (Goa), Mumbai Port, Paradip Port (Odisha), Tuticorin Port (Tamil Nadu), Visakhapatnam Port (Andhra Pradesh).

Source: Adani Vizhinjam Port to receive first mothership on July 12