Visakhapatnam Port
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Visakhapatnam Port Authority | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Location | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh |
Details | |
Opened | 19 December 1933 |
Operated by | Visakhapatnam Port Authority |
Owned by | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India |
No. of berths | 31 [1] |
Chairperson | Madhaiyaan Angamuthu, IAS |
Statistics | |
Annual cargo tonnage | 73.75 Million Tonnes (FY 2022-23)[2] |
Annual container volume | 8.40 Million Tonnes |
Website https://vpt.shipping.gov.in/ |
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Visakhapatnam Port is one of twelve major working ports in India and the only major port of Andhra Pradesh. It is India's third largest state-owned port by volume of cargo handled and largest on the Eastern Coast. It is located 880 km from Kolkata Port and 780 km from Chennai Port, almost midway between the two other major ports along the coast of Bay of Bengal.[3]