Vizhinjam International Seaport

  • Recently, the Chief Minister of Kerala welcomed the first ship at the Vizhinjam International Seaport in Thiruvananthapuram.
  • It is an International Transhipment Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport designed primarily to cater container transhipment besides multi-purpose and break-bulk cargo.
  • It was commenced in 2015 as a landlord model with a Public Private Partnership (PPP) component on a design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis.
  • It is located in Vizhinjam, near Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
  • It is India's first deep-water container transhipment port and the first automated port in India under construction.
  • It will be an all-weather port with minimal tidal range variation.
  • The port is connected by India's third-longest railway ....
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