Visakhapatnam Port

17°41′54″N 83°16′43″E / 17.69833°N 83.27861°E / 17.69833; 83.27861

Visakhapatnam Port Authority
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CountryIndia India
LocationVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Details
Opened19 December 1933
Operated byVisakhapatnam Port Authority
Owned byMinistry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Government of India
No. of berths31 [1]
ChairpersonMadhaiyaan Angamuthu, IAS
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage73.75 Million Tonnes (FY 2022–23)[2]
Annual container volume8.40 Million Tonnes
Website
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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]

  1. ^ "Berths". vpt.shipping.gov.in.
  2. ^ "Chairman's Message - Visakhapatnam Port Authority". Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. ^ "VISAKHAPATNAM PORT" (PDF). Retrieved 22 November 2012.