July 14, 2025 Vizhinjam International Seaport seogrey1

Vizhinjam Port is to invest ₹10,000 crore in expansion begin in September.

In its first year of operation, the Adani Group-owned Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport, the nation’s first dedicated container trans-shipment port, has handled over a lakh containers every month and reached full capacity utilization of 1.2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). According to a corporate spokeswoman, there is now a pressing need to extend the […]

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July 11, 2025 Vizhinjam International Seaport seogrey1

Since launching last year, Vizhinjam Port has handled about 400 ships, says the Kerala Ports Minister.

Kerala Ports Minister V N Vasavan stated in a Facebook post commemorating the first anniversary of the port’s initial docking that the Vizhinjam transshipment center has handled about 400 container ships in the last 12 months. The port was constructed at an estimated cost of ₹8,867 crore and was created by Adani Ports and Special […]

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July 9, 2025 Vizhinjam International Seaport seogrey1

Tamil Nadu watches the Vizhinjam port windfall while Kerala lags behind.

The Tamil Nadu government has acted quickly to take use of the port’s potential, but the Kerala government is still having trouble acquiring land for companies close to the Vizhinjam International Seaport. The Tamil Nadu government has approved four additional SIPCOT industrial parks in Tirunelveli district, close across the border and easily accessible from Vizhinjam. […]

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June 30, 2025 Vizhinjam International Seaport seogrey1

For the Vizhinjam tunnel rail link, Konkan Rail Corporation Ltd. is scheduled to release a tender in July.

This July, the awaited subterranean rail connection project between Vizhinjam International Seaport and Balaramapuram railway station is expected to proceed. For comprehensive design and construction, the Konkan Rail Corporation Ltd. (KRCL) is getting ready to issue a tender. Once the draft document has been approved by Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd (VISL), the state-owned port authority […]

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June 23, 2025 Vizhinjam International Seaport seogrey1

Vizhinjam port’s gateway cargo could be only going to arrive by December 2025.

With temporary road access to NH-66 still being built, gateway freight operations at Vizhinjam International Seaport are now only expected to start by December 2025 or January 2026. The managing director of Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd (VISL), Divya S. Iyer, stated that plans are in motion to implement export-import (exim) cargo operations gradually in conjunction […]

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June 13, 2025 Vizhinjam International Seaport seogrey1

The Kerala High Court orders the detention of a Liberian-flagged ship docked at Vizhinjam.

The Liberia-flagged MV MSC MANASA F, along with its hull, tackle, engine, machinery spares, gear, clothing, paraphernalia, furnishings, etc., is currently anchored at Vizhinjam Port and has been ordered to be arrested by the Kerala High Court. Until the corporation deposits a total of Rs 6 crore with the High Court, the injunction will stay […]

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June 11, 2025 Vizhinjam International Seaport seogrey1

ICG Opens Vizhinjam Port’s New Rs 750 Million Jetty

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has opened a state-of-the-art jetty at Vizhinjam Harbour in Kerala as part of an effort to improve marine security along the country’s southwest coast. The new 76.7-meter berth, which is anticipated to greatly increase operational readiness for coastal patrol and surveillance operations, was commissioned under the direction of Director General […]

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June 9, 2025 Vizhinjam International Seaport seogrey1

The MSC Irina, the largest container ship in the world, docks at Kerala’s Vizhinjam Seaport.

On Monday, June 9, 2025, the MSC IRINA, the largest container ship in the world, made a historic premiere at Vizhinjam International Seaport. Vizhinjam’s ability to handle ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) was demonstrated when the ship, which was making its first port call in South Asia, moored there in the morning. According to port officials, […]

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June 7, 2025 Vizhinjam International Seaport seogrey1

The largest container ship in the world, led by Keralite, is scheduled to arrive at Vizhinjam.

With Thrissur native Captain Willy Antony at the helm, the MSC Irina, the largest container ship in the world, is scheduled to make its first port call at Vizhinjam. Since this is the ship’s maiden port call in South India, the crowd is excited as it has arrived at the outer anchorage. Captain Willy, 47, […]

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June 4, 2025 Vizhinjam International Seaport seogrey1

Kerala is establishing a special-purpose entity to optimize the use of Vizhinjam Port.

In order to capitalize on the development potential that the Vizhinjam international port has unleashed, a new government Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) will be created to carry out the Vizhinjam-Kollam-Punalur Growth corridor project. A public limited company that is entirely controlled by KIIFB would be established, according to Finance Minister K N Balagopal. In the […]

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