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Krishnapatnam Port popularly known as KPCL is a privately built and owned all weather, deep water port on the east coast of India, located in the Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh. It is located about 190 km north of the Chennai Port and 18 km east of the city of Nellore .
View of Kakinada port from Beach. The state's ports handled 73 million tons of cargo in financial year 2015–16. [3] The state of Andhra Pradesh is the second maritime state (after Gujarat) in terms of cargo handled by Non-Major Ports and the third maritime state (after Gujarat and Maharashtra) in terms of overall cargo handled including Visakhapatnam port trust .
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ) is an Indian multinational port operator and logistics company, part of Adani Group. [9] [10] APSEZ is India's largest private port operator with a network of 12 ports and terminals, including India's first port-based SEZ at Mundra and the first deep water transshipment port at Thiruvananthapuram.
Name of the Port Estb. Year Image City State Ownership 1 Mundra Port: 1998 Mundra: Gujarat: Adani Group: 2 Karaikal Port: 2009 Karaikal: Puducherry: Adani Group: 3 JSW Jaigad Port: 2006 Ratnagiri district: Maharashtra: JSW Group: 4 Krishnapatnam Port: 2008 Krishnapatnam: Andhra Pradesh: Adani Group: 5 JSW Dharamtar Port: 2012 Alibag ...
Distance from Krishnapatnam Port to Ramayapatnam port is 83 kilometres (52 mi), and is located north from Krishnapatnam. [2] There are no protected areas—ecologically sensitive areas, marine national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, etc.—within a 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) radius of the port. [1]
Krishnapatnam port (about 5 km from site) will cater to the requirement of importing heavy machinery and both domestic & imported coal of 3.5 and 1.5 million tons per annum respectively. EPC contract for the main plant has been awarded to BHEL , L&T and Tata Projects Limited during July 2008 and for BOP during February 2009.
Krishnapatnam Port at Nellore is a major private port in the region, [32] and smaller ports such as Machilipatnam Port and Nizampatnam Port in Bapatla district further contribute to maritime trade. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Andhra Pradesh is the second-busiest maritime state in India in terms of cargo handled, following Gujarat.
Krishna District with its district headquarters at Machilipatnam is the coastal district of Andhra Pradesh.It was formerly called as Machilipatnam District. Later it was renamed as Krishna District after the holy river Krishna, by adding certain Taluks of the abolished Guntur District in 1859.