Vizhinjam International Seaport

Current Context :  Vizhinjam International Seaport in Thiruvananthapuram (VIST) is all set to receive the first mothership.

ABOUT

• It is India’s first deepwater container transshipment port.
• Location: Vizhinjam, a coastal town in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala.
• Developed in a landlord model with a public-private partnership component on a design, build, finance, operate, and transfer (“DBFOT”) basis.
• Built by Adani Ports Private Ltd., India’s largest private sector port operator.
• Construction of the port began in December 2015.
• Strategically located just 10 nautical miles from the busy international shipping route connecting Europe, the Persian Gulf and the Far East.
• It is positioned to compete with global transshipment hubs like Colombo, Singapore, and Dubai, reducing the cost of container movement to and from foreign destinations.
• It has a natural draft of 18-20 meters, which means that some of the largest container vessels in the world will be able to dock here.
• There would be about 30 berths, most of which would be capable of handling mother vessels.