Considering India’s growing maritime trade in the world market with unprecedented growth in containerized trade and bulk commodities, Krishnapatnam Port is building a world-class container terminal with outstanding services, facilities and state-of-art infrastructure. It will connect demand with supply, industry with port, rail and road with port and capital with business making Indian exporters and importers globally competitive.
Highlights
24x7 all weather terminal with no tidal restrictions
Terminal is built in two phases
Phase 1: Planned terminal throughput capacity of 1.2 Mn TEUs
Stage 1 – 0.3 Mn TEU capacity. Commenced on September 30, 2011
Stage 2 – A total of 1.2 Mn TEU throughput capacity by March 2012
Phase 2: Capacity of 2 Mn TEUs - Commencement by 2014
Present Facilities & Equipments
2 berths, total berth length is 650 mtrs in a straight line
Depth alongside: 13.5 mtrs
4 Liebherr mobile harbor cranes capable of handling Post Panamax vessels up to 8,000 TEUs
Fully automated Bromma spreaders: 2
Stinis Mechanical spreaders: 8
Kalmar reach stackers for yard side operations: 4
Reach stackers for rail side operations: 2
Total area: 17.5 hectares having 1,000 TGS
Yard capacity: 4,000 TEUs
Reefer plugs: 100
Rail siding adjacent to the CY
Container stuffing / stripping zone within the port boundary
JV with CONCOR for rail side operations, CFS and ICD development
Latest TOS (NAVIS N4)
Upcoming Facilities & Equipments
Yard
Total area: 30 hectare (March 2012)
Total ground slot: 4,600 TEUs (March 2012)
Yard capacity: 20,000 TEUs (March 2012)
Equipment
QC: 5 super post panama (January 2012)
RTG: 4 (January 2012)
Future PlansOur future plan includes developing 7 dedicated container berths with 10,000 TGS
for handling 3 Mn TEUs of containers yearly.
