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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 .
According to Constitution of India, maritime transport is to be administered by both the Central and the State governments. While the central government's shipping ministry administers the major ports, the minor and intermediate ports are administered by the relevant departments or ministries in the nine coastal states of Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha ...
An 11.83 kilometres (7.35 mi) long approach channel at open sea will be used for the movement of ships to the port's harbour. [8] The approach channel has a depth of 16 metres (52 ft) and a minimum width of 200 metres (660 ft), allowing vessels with a draft of 15.5 m to arrive and depart the harbor without tidal assistance.
The coastline of Andhra Pradesh is located on the southeastern coast of the Indian Peninsula in the Bay of Bengal and is part of the Northern Circars.With a length of 975 km (606 mi), it has the second longest coastline in India after Gujarat (third as per some estimates).
Krishnapatnam Port at Nellore is a major private port in the region, [33] and smaller ports such as Machilipatnam Port and Nizampatnam Port in Bapatla district further contribute to maritime trade. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Andhra Pradesh is the second-busiest maritime state in India in terms of cargo handled, following Gujarat.
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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.