- Vizhinjam international seaport is India’s first deep-water container transshipment port.
- It scripted a new chapter in the maritime history of the country, the first mothership carrying cargo from the Xiamen port in China called at the Vizhinjam port.
- The ship was accorded a water salute at the port.
- It is one of the major flagship infrastructure projects promoted by the Kerala government with the Adani Group in the public–private partnership (PPP) mode.
- Port has a natural depth of more than 18 metres, scalable up to 20 metres, which is crucial to allow entry of large vessels and motherships.
- The port is located 10 nautical miles from the international shipping route.
- Other advantages of the port are minimal littoral drift along the coast and virtually no requirement of any maintenance dredging.
- The port is expected to compete with Colombo, Singapore, and Dubai for trans-shipment traffic.
- It is expected to bring down the cost of movement of containers to and from foreign destinations.
- The project, which was scheduled to be commissioned in 2019, got delayed and missed several deadlines due to various reasons.
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