The Visakhapatnam Port Trust administers the Port of Visakhapatnam under India's Major Port Trusts Act of 1963. The Trust strives to make the Port of Visakhapatnam South Asia's most preferred port by offering world-class services and being a vital partner in meeting the needs of importers and exporters in the Port of Visakhapatnam and its hinterland.
In the 2008-2009, the Port of Visakhapatnam served 2347 vessels carrying a total of 63.9 million tons of cargo, including 43.1 million tons of overseas cargo and 20.8 million tons of coastal cargo. Cargoes included 19.8 million tons of crude oil and oil products, 12.1 million tons of iron ore, 10.8 million tons of other cargoes, 7.9 million tons of coking coal and lam coke, 5.4 million tons of iron pellets, 3.4 million tons of finished fertilizers, 3.4 million tons of thermal coal, and 1.1 million tons of dry and liquid raw fertilizer materials. Of the total, 7.1 million tons were handled at the Port of Visakhapatnam's multi-purpose berths, and 35.8 million tons were handled at "captive berths" used exclusively by their operators.
The inner harbor of the Port of Visakhapatnam covers 100 hectares of water surface and its 18 berths can accommodate Panamax vessels up to 45 thousand DWT that are up to 210 meters long with draft of 10.7 and 11 meters and beam of over 32 meters. The Port of Visakhapatnam's outer harbor covers 200 hectares of water surface, and its six berths can accommodate vessels up to 150 thousand DWT that are up to 280 meters long and 48 meters wide with maximum draft of 17 meters.
The Port of Visakhapatnam's East Quay has a total of 1849 meters of berths. East Quay Berths 1-4 have maximum permissible draft of 10.06 meters. Berths 1-3 are each 167.6 meters long, and Berth 4 is 231 meters long. East Quay 5 is 167.6 meters long, East Quay 6 is 182.9 meters long. Both berths have maximum permissible draft of 10.21 meters. East Quay Berths 7-9 are each 255 meters long with maximum permissible draft of 11 meters.
In the west side of the Inner Harbor, the West Quay has a total of 1294 meters in six berths. West Quays 1-5 all have maximum permissible beam of 32.5 meters and maximum permissible draft of 11 meters. Quay 1 is 212 meters long, Quay 2 is 226.7 meters long, Quay 3 is 201.1 meters long, Quay 4 is 243 meters long, and Quay 5 is 241.7 meters long. RE WQ-1 berth in the inner harbor is 170 meters long and has maximum permissible beam of 25 meters and maximum permissible draft of 8 meters.
The Port of Visakhapatnam's Northwestern Arm in the Inner Harbor contains three berths. The fertilizer berth is 173.1 meters long with maximum permissible beam of 32.5 meters and maximum permissible draft of 10.06 meters. The two Oil Refinery berths are each 183 meters long with maximum permissible draft of 32.5 meters. Oil Refinery Berth 1 has maximum permissible draft of 10.06 meters, and Oil Refinery Berth 2 has maximum permissible draft of 9.75 meters.
The Outer Harbor in the Port of Visakhapatnam contains two Ore Berths, an Oil Mooring, a General Cargo berth, an off-shore tanker terminal, a liquefied petroleum gas berth, and the container terminal. Ore Berths 1 and 2 are each 270 meters long with maximum permissible beam of 48 meters and maximum permissible draft of 16.5 meters (on a rising tide of .3 meters). The Oil Mooring is 250 meters long with maximum permissible beam of 48 meters and maximum permissible draft of 15 meters.
The General Cargo Berth in the Port of Visakhapatnam's Outer Harbor is 356 meters long with maximum permissible beam of 42 meters and maximum permissible draft of 14.5 meters (on a rising tide of .5 meters). The Off-shore Tanker Terminal is 408 meters long with maximum permissible beam of 48 meters and maximum permissible draft of 17 meters (on a rising tide of .5 meters). The Liquefied Petroleum Gas berth is 370.9 meters long with maximum permissible beam of 42 meters and maximum permissible draft of 13 meters. The Port of Visakhapatnam's Container Terminal berth is 451 meters long with maximum permissible beam of 42 meters and maximum permissible draft of 14.5 meters.
The mechanized iron ore handling facility was originally constructed in 1965 to fulfill an agreement with the government of Japan for the long-term export of Kiriburu and Bailadilla iron ore. Hailed as a "Gem of Automation" at the time, the plant had capacity to handle 3200 tons per hour. In 1976, the plant was expanded to handle 100 thousand DWT ore carriers at the ore berths. Today, the ore-handling plant is equipped with ample cargo-handling equipment, and it will soon be upgraded to handle vessels to 200 thousand DWT.
Private users at the Port of Visakhapatnam own liquid storage facilities. The Hindustan Petroleum Corporation has 54 tanks at the refinery with a total capacity for 430 thousand tons of crude oil and other POL products. They also have 18 tanks, 2 bullets, and 3 spheres at the HPCL Terminal with capacity for 64.8 thousand tons of liquefied petroleum gas and other POL products.
The Indian Oil Corporation owns 23 tanks in the Port of Visakhapatnam with capacity for 111.9 thousand tons. The Bharat Petroleum Corporation has nine tanks with capacity for 45.7 thousand tons. Corromandel Fertilisers Limited has a total of eight tanks with capacity for 20 thousand tons of liquid ammonia, 30 thousand tons of phosphoric acid, and ten thousand tons of molten sulfur.
National Aluminium Company has three tanks in the Port of Visakhapatnam with capacity for ten thousand tons of caustic soda. JRE has four tanks with capacity for 9.8 thousand kiloliters of edible oils and chemicals and two tanks with capacity for 5.6 kiloliters of molasses.
IMC Limited in the Port of Visakhapatnam has two tanks with capacity for 22.7 thousand kiloliters of liquid cargoes and four tanks with capacity for 7.4 thousand kiloliters of sulfuric acid, non-hazardous cargoes, and molasses.
Finally, East India Petroleum in the Port of Visakhapatnam has three spheres with capacity for nine thousand tons of liquefied petroleum gas, 13 tanks with capacity for 76 thousand kiloliters of other POL cargoes, and two tanks with capacity for 40 thousand kiloliters of denatured alcohol.
The Port of Visakhapatnam boasts a state-of-the-art container terminal that has been operated since 2003 by Visakha Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture company between Dubai International Port and M/s JM Baxi & Company of Mumbai. The terminal is the deepest in India and can accommodate mainline vessels with up to 15 meters draft. The terminal has a dedicated rail facility and capacity to handle 500 thousand TEUs in the future.
The Port of Visakhapatnam's deep-draft container terminal has a 450-meter long berth with further expansion planned to bring it to 700 meters in length. The terminal has a 17-hectare paved container yard. The facility is equipped with 132 reefer plug points and a high-tech IT-driven vessel planning and yard management system with on-line container tracking. The facility also has container freight stations operated by Gateway East India, Sravan Shipping, CONCOR, and CWC as well as four additional private container freight stations.
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