Kakinada Port
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Kakinada Port is located in the state of Andhra Pradesh on the East Coast of India. The port has total coal capacity of 14 million tonnes per annum.[1]
As of 2015, Kakinada Port also appears poised to become a hub for LNG (liquefied natural gas) imports.
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Background
In 2011, news sources reported that the government of India was planning to ramp up coal imports at Kakinada Port to supply coal-fired power plants in the surrounding area.[2] The following year, the Bothra Group and the Business Standard announced that Bothra's KDWP Coal Terminal, with an annual coal handling capacity of 8 million tonnes, would begin operating in 2013.[3][4]
As of early 2015, Bothra's website still says that the company "is in the process of establishing" the terminal.[5][6] However, in 2014, Platts listed Kakinada as one of India's coal importing ports[7] and The Hindu reported that coal imports from Indonesia were being processed at Kakinada.[8]
Meanwhile, recent expansion at Kakinada Port has been aimed at LNG imports, with Royal Dutch Shell, GDF Suez and Gail India signing a Memorandum of Understanding for a new 5 million ton per annum LNG import terminal in early 2015[9], and a separate LNG terminal proposed by US-based VGS and the Belgian company Exmar in late 2014.[10]
According to a 2014 IHS report, the mechanized coal handling facility at the port has a 14 million tonne per annum capacity, after a fifth dedicated coal berth with a 6 mtpa capacity became operational in May 2013.[1]
As of February 2018, Kakinada Port has two berths handling bulk coal: the dedicated mechanized coal terminal at berth 5, capable of handling 22,000 tonnes per day, and a multi-use berth (berth 4) capable of handling 15,000 tonnes of coal per day, in addition to other cargoes such as raw sugar, bagged sugar, and fertilizers.[11][12]
Project Details
- Operator: Kakinada Seaports Ltd, Bothra Group
- Location: Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Annual Coal Capacity (Tonnes): 14 million
- Status: Operating
- Type: Imports
- Coal source: Indonesia
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "IHS McCloskey Coal Report," Feb 7, 2014
- ↑ "Massive coal imports at Kakinada Port" The Hans India, October 18, 2011.
- ↑ "Kakinada port eyes 50% growth in coal handling" Business Standard, December 25, 2012.
- ↑ "Gangavaram, Kakinada ports see 35% growth in cargo" Business Standard, July 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Coal Terminal, Kakinada, India" Bothra website, accessed February 2015.
- ↑ "KDWP Coal Terminal, Kakinada - East Coast India" Bothra Group brochure, accessed February 2015.
- ↑ "Indian April coal imports rise 6.45% on month to 15.9 mil mt: Interocean" Platts, May 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Coal from Indonesia reaches Kakinada port" The Hindu, July 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Kakinada floating LNG terminal: GAIL, GDF Suez, Shell, sign MoU" The Hindu Business Line, January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "AP govt urged to set up second LNG terminal at Kakinada" The Hindu Business Line, September 23, 2014.
- ↑ "Kakinada Deepwater Port" Samsara Shipping website, accessed February 2018.
- ↑ "Port Layout (map)" Kakinada Seaports website, accessed February 2018.
