The location of the port has seen it become a port of choice of the new world, with the manufacturing behemoth China on the right, surrounded by a string of hyperactive South-Asian economies. With this as an advantage, a new industrial cluster is coming up around the port which will be a geographical marker for global trade.
Strategic location - Covering Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamilnadu.Major consumption centres like Hyderabad (490km), Bengaluru (380km) and chennai (180km) can be serviced from the port
The upcoming power projects in vicinity of Krishnapatnam Port will require coal in excess of 40 MTPA. In addition, 38 Mn MTs of coal required for:
Sr. No. | Plants | Capacity (MW) | Expected COD |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Simhapuri Power | 1,920 | FY13 |
2 | AP Genco | 1,600 | FY14 |
3 | Meenakshi Group | 1,000 | FY15 |
4 | Thermal Power Tech | 1,320 | FY15 |
5 | NCC Power | 1,320 | FY16 |
6 | Kineta Power | 1,980 | FY16 |
7 | Krishnapatnam Power | 1,320 | FY17 |