Adani Ports to invest ₹13,000 crore to expand capacity at Vizhinjam transshipment port
The Hindu
Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd investing ₹13,000 crore to expand Vizhinjam International Deepwater Seaport, boosting India's maritime infrastructure.
Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd (APSEZ), the ports and logistics company of the Adani Group, will invest about ₹13000 crore to further expand the capacity of the Vizhinjam International Deepwater Seaport at Thiruvananthapuram, which was on Friday (May 2, 2025) dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
While the first phase of the project, India’s first transshipment port, has been operational since last year taking very large ships, the additional investment will be made in the second phase of expansion which is scheduled to complete in 2028.
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The Public Private Partnership (PPP) project has come up with an investment of ₹7,000 crore, in which APSEZ’s contribution is ₹4,300 crore, Karan Adani, Managing Director, APSEZ said.
Answering a question from The Hindu, Mr Adani said, “We will invest ₹12,000 crore to ₹13,000 crore in the second phase, and the entire money will be invested by APSEZ.”
He said the company has approval for the second phase of expansion and the port’s capacity would be increased to 5 million TEUs from 1 million TEUs currently.
He said for the second phase the breakwater will be expanded by another 900 meters and the size of the berth will increase by 12 meters.
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