Kamarajar Port boosts capacity to 30 mt.

Kamarajar Port Limited, the youngest among the 12 Major Ports, developed as a landlord port and also the first and only Corporate Major Port, has boosted its capacity to handle 30 million tonnes (mt) of cargo per annum.

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The Port began its journey in 2001 by handling coal to meet the requirements of power stations of TNEB in 2 coal berths with a capacity of 12 million tonnes per annum (mtpa).

KPL said that considering the ex-im demand, KPL developed four terminals, viz. marine liquid terminal of 3 mtpa capacities, common user coal terminal of 8 mtpa and iron ore terminal of 6 mtpa capacity through PPP-BOT model.

KPL has developed a new general cargo-cum-RoRo terminal for handling automobiles, project cargo, etc. At present, it has 6 berths with capacity of 30 mtpa to handle various types of cargo. The throughput at Kamarajar Port registered a sound growth of 52.82% at 27.34 mt (2013-14) as against 17.89 mt in the corresponding period of the 2012-13 fiscal.