The port will look to attract the largest container-ships of today for transshipment, like the 12,000 TEU capacity Emma Maersk, which cannot dock at any other Indian port.ĭefence ministry nod for Kerala’s Vizhinjam port This makes it the only port in India capable of handling giant ships like today's super-container ships and supertankers. Vizhinjam is currently the only port in India capable of achieving a draught of over 18 m without major capital dredging. The NH-47 passes just 2 Kms away from the site and the main rail line only 8 Kms away. It is located within the suburbs of a major city. Vizhinjam has minimal littoral drift which eliminates the need for major annual dredging, unlike estuarine ports like Cochin. Located on the Southern tip of the sub-continent, it is just 10-12 nautical miles from the busy Persian Gulf - Malacca shipping lanes which carry almost a third of the world shipping traffic. A draft of 18 m, just 1 kilometer from the shore and which can be increased upto 25 m with minimal dredging. Vizhinjam has a number of inherent advantages which are strategic and nearly unbeatable in nature: This is about 25% of the capacity of the Port of Singapore, the world's busiest container port. The Indian firms who took the plunge, in the early rounds, include RIL, ADAG, SCI, Gammon India, Mudra Port and Special Economic Zone, Ashok Leyland Project Services, Emaar MGF Land, Essar Constructions, Soma Enterprises, Zoom Developers and JM Baxi Group.Ĭlick to expand.According to the developers, the ultimate capacity of the port will be about 6.5 million TEUs. Some of them include Denmark-based Maersk, Australia-based Alberg Ports, Japan-based Nissin Corporation, UK-based Beckett Rankine, Dubai Ports World, Netherlands-based Cyan Holdings BV, US-based Obocon Inc, Kuwait-based KGL Transport, Indonesia-based Astra International and Malaysia-based Pembinan Redzai group. As soon as the state cabinet clears the choice, the procedures will be set in motion for a special purpose vehicle for project implementation, he said.Ībout 40 companies had picked up RFQ papers for the Phase I of the project. Work on the first phase is envisaged to be underway within six months. The Phase I of the project is envisaged to be complete in three years, the minister said. The other consortia were DS Constructions, in association with Apollo Enterprises Ltd and KGL Ports International, Dubai Nagarjuna Construction Company (Hyderabad), Maytas and OPM (Singapore) Videocon Industries Ltd (Mumbai), Gammon India, Gammon Infra and Sical Logistics Lanco Infratech (Hyderabad), Lanco Power and Pembinan Redzai Sdn Bdh (Malaysia) and Zoom Developers (Mumbai), Portia Management Services and UK’s Peter Fraenkael and Partners.įive consortia had been in the last round of the bidding race. The bid selection committee chaired by Kerala chief secretary recommended the consortium headed by Lanco Power. The Malaysian partner will also require security nod from the Cabinet.
The qualifying group had quoted Rs 35 crore less in debt support, state port minister M Vijayakumar said. This time the qualifying consortium led by the Indian firms Lanco Kondapalli Power and Lanco Infratech has a Malaysian partner Pembinan Redzai group in tow. One may recall that Vizhinjam port project was thrown to retendering tables because Cabinet committee on security had vetoed clearance to the two Chinese partners in consortium-led by Mumbai-based Zoom Developers. The first phase is for Rs 2,300-crore infrastructure development. The consortium led by Hyderabad-based Lanco Kondapalli Power Pvt Ltd (LKPPL) has anchored the first phase contract for the Rs 5,348-crore Vizhinjam Deepwater Container Transhipment Terminal Project, India's first motherport. Lanco-led group bags Rs 8,000-cr project for Vizhinjam port
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