Vizhinjam Port

Vizhinjam Port

Subject : Physical Geography

Section :Mapping

Context: The Adani Group has temporarily stopped construction activities of the Vizhinjam international seaport, after Latin Catholic Church-backed protestors went inside the construction site.

Concept :

• The Vizhinjam International Transhipment Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport is an ambitious project taken up by Government of Kerala.
• It is designed primarily to cater container transhipment besides multi-purpose and break bulk cargo.
• The port is being currently developed in landlord model with a Public Private Partnership component on a design, build, finance, operate and transfer (“DBFOT”) basis.
• The private partner, the Concessionaire M/s Adani Vizhinjam Port Private limited has commenced the construction on 5 th December 2015.