Kamarajar Port

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Kamarajar Port
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Location
Country	India
Location	Athipattu Pudunagar, Ennore, Chennai
Coordinates	13°15′06″N 80°19′37″E / 13.25164°N 80.32683°E / 13.25164; 80.32683
UN/LOCODE	IN ENR
Details
Opened	2001
Operated by	Kamarajar Port Limited
Owned by	Kamarajar Port Limited
Type of harbour	Seaport (Artificial)
No. of berths	8
Employees	94
Managing Director	J.P Irene Cynthia, IAS
Capacity	30.00 million tonnes (2012–13)[1]
Main trades	Thermal Coal, Automobiles, Project Cargo, LPG, POL, Chemical, other liquids, other bulk and rock mineral products
UN/LOCODE	INENR
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage	11.01 million (2010–11)
Annual revenue	₹ 1666.5 million (2010–11)
Net income	₹ 706.4 million (2010–11)
Vessels handled	1006 (2018–19)
Website http://www.kamarajarport.in/

Kamarajar Port, formerly Ennore Port,^[2] is located on the Coromandel Coast, Chennai about 18 km north of Chennai Port. It is the 12th major port of India, and the first port in India which is a public company.^[3] The Kamarajar Port Limited is the only corporatised major port and is registered as a company. Chennai Port Trust acquired around 67% stake of Centre in the Kamarajar Port Limited on 27 March 2020. The remaining 23 percent was already held by the Chennai Port Trust.^[4]

The port has been able to attract an investment of ₹26,000 million by private entrepreneurs on various terminals and harbour craft.^[5] Kamarajar Port Limited, designed as Asia's energy port, is the first corporatised port in India and has only 86 employees. Envisaged being a satellite port to decongest and improve the environmental quality at the bustling Chennai Port, Kamarajar Port Limited is evolving itself into a full-fledged port with the capacity to handle a wide range of products. With a permissible draught of 13.5 m, the port handled a total volume of 11.01 million tonnes in 2010–11, up by 2.86 per cent from the previous year.