The Deep Sea Port Adjacent to the multi-product SEZ / DTA development is the deep water Krishnapatnam Port, a private port operated by Krishnapatnam Port Company
Limited (KPCL) within the Navayuga Group. Krishnapatnam Port is located
about 180 kms north of Chennai in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh. Its
strategic location supports the LOOK EAST Exim Trade Policy. It is also
located near NH5 (Chennai to Kolkata) and National Rail Network on the
Kolkata - Chennai main line and thus serves the hinterland of Southern
Andhra Pradesh, Easter Karnataka and Northern Tamil Nadu. A 25 kms 4-lane
road connects the Port to NH5 and a dedicated railway line connects
Venkatachalam on the Kolkata-Chennai Main line with the Port. Our
customers use the road and rail connectivity extensively to transfer cargo
to and from the port.
KPCL currently operates ten multi-product berths with three more under
construction to meet the rapidly growing needs of the industries in the
vicinity of the Port. Krishnapatnam Port is quickly emerging to be a major
hub for import of coal and edible oil in India. Thermal power plants
serviced by the port will produce over 15,000 MW of power and edible oil
refineries are targeted to import and refine over 2.1 MT of edible oil.
KPCL understands the economical and business needs of coal importers to
berth cape and super cape size vessels. Currently, Krishnapatnam Port has
16.5 M draft to berth 140,000 DWT vessels and is dredging to increase its
draft to 20 M so as to berth 200,000 DWT vessels in the near future.
KPCL focuses on the import and export of bulk and break bulk cargo. It
offers state of art infrastructure that includes dredgers, tugs, rail
sidings, 1.5 Million sq. ft. of covered warehouse area, automated bagging
equipment, open yards, Liebherr cranes, fleet of Volvo and Mercedes Benz
trucks for inter carting, pipelines for transfer of liquid cargo, etc.
KPCL will commence operation of Container Terminal in June 2011. KPCL has
already achieved major operational milestones using conventional methods
for loading and discharge. KPCL loaded 60,021 MT of iron ore in a single
day, discharged 72,527 MT of coal in a single day, discharged 35,278 MT of
Urea in a single day and 5,340 MT of Granite in a single day. To further
improve scalability, KPCL has embarked on an ambitious program to
mechanize its operations by installing conveyors, ship unloaders, ship
loaders, wagon tippler, stacker reclaimers in its coal and iron ore yards,
silos for loading coal into rakes, etc.
A distinguishing feature of the Port is the exceptional service provided
by means of single window clearance for all functions such as berthing,
wharfage, customs, stevedoring, transport, storage, loading of transport
trucks or rail cars, etc. KPCL's goal is to ensure that customers
experience pleasant and efficient port operations. |
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