INDIA’S GATEWAY TO EAST COAST OFFERING THE MOST INNOVATIVE FACILITIES AND SERVICES

An Indian private company, Kakinada Gateway Port Limited (KGPL), is working to build an all-weather, multi-cargo, deep-water port in Kakinada district.

Kakinada is also known as smart city strategically located on the east coast, in a region with abundant natural gas and oil reserves. The port runs on cutting-edge technology and has excellent logistical connections to roads, railroads, airports and seaports.

ABOUT KAKINADA GATEWAY PORT

Smarter Infrastructure, rich culture - facilitating evolution

Along the Andhra Pradesh coast, Kakinada SEZ Ltd is promoting the Kakinada Gateway Port development. The project, which spans over 1650 acres, is situated near to the midst of the east coast and boasts a plethora of industrial, port and people potential. With three berths and a 17.5-meter draft, this port can handle 16 million tonnes of general cargo, including liquid cargo, bulk cargo, chemicals and coal.

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WHY CHOOSE KAKINADA GATEWAY PORT?

Kakinada Gateway Port aims to provide superior quality services with higher reliability at competitive prices. The port offers ease of transportation as it is enabled with multiple lanes of entrance and the road for entry and exit of trucks at port entrance is directly connecting to National Highways. There are many additional advantages that aids the whole process and makes the execution smooth. A few of these advantages are:

  • Truck availability
  • Security of the cargo against pilferage
  • Instant loading and unloading of the trucks
  • Ample yard space for cargo
  • Connectivity to the highways
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target-area

The Hinter land for Kakinada Gateway Port includes cargo centers in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Kakinada Gateway Port is a port based development which proposes to develop an all weather, deep water, multipurpose greenfield port along the east coast of India. The state of Andhra Pradesh is favored to provide some key facilities like:

gdp

Has a GDP growth of 11% which is the highest in India

ease-buisness

Comes 1st in ease of doing business                     

fdi

Is among top 3 in terms of FDI inflows in India

single-desk-policy

Takes 21 days for pre operation business approvals through its Single Desk Policy

coastline

Has a coastline of 974 kms facilitating movement of goods to and from the state.

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PORT SCALE

ALL WEATHER DEEP SEA COMMERCIAL SEA PORT

  1. Phase 01 - Managing Port

    An all-weather deep water Sea Port, the Kakinada Gateway Port will be situated on the Eastern Coast of India. It is being developed adjacent to the Industrial City of Kakinada district in Andhra Pradesh. It is a Greenfield Commercial Port, which is expected to serve as a multi-cargo and deep-draft port as well. An overview of the deep draft- the Kakinada Gateway Port will be equipped with one of the deepest drafts on the entire east coast of India. Further, the Government of India has granted the “Environmental Clearance and Consent for the Establishment for Phase-1” of this Port.

    Excellent Logistical Linkages
    Lesser Time Required
    Instant Warehousing Solutions
    Clean Storage Solutions
    Spread over an area of 1650 acres
    2 General Cargo Berths and 1 Coal Berth
    Focusing on Grains, Fertilizer, Granite, and Iron Ore

  2. Phase 02 - Development

    The Multi-Cargo Kakinada Gateway Port is expected to move towards Phase 2 of development efficiently and hassle-free. In this round of development, the port is expected to handle liquid cargo. Being located strategically on the east coast of India, areas rich in Oil and Mineral Gas resources will be of utmost importance and use. As a part of managing liquid cargo on the port, Crude Oil and Petroleum will be the major targets. Further, it has also received “Environmental Clearance and Consent for the Establishment” for Phase 2 from the Government of India.

    Development of 9 Berths
    Draft increase to 20
    Targeting Crude Oil and Petroleum
    Environmental Clearance Received

  3. MasterPlan EFFICIENT LOGISTICS, SECURITY, AND TRANSPORTATION - ALL IN ONE PLACE

    With smooth logistical delivery and exceptional security measures being ensured, Kakinada Port is destined to be one of the world’s most accomplished and world-class ports. It is set to establish convenient connectivity with the railways, roadways, waterways and airways, making it highly accessible. Since Trucks are the most conventionally used vehicles for cargo transportation, systematic and methodical measurements have been taken to ensure their smooth and prompt loading and unloading at the port. Further, factors such as land and skilled labor is available at a surplus in the surrounding areas which can facilitate a smooth and quick delivery.

    Regarding truck availability, there will be an abundance in their quantity.
    Sufficient skilled, semi-skilled, and, unskilled labor can be found in the near surrounding areas for operations. In addition to being available in sufficient quantities, rakes will be of a higher level of reliability.
    The facility is equipped with world-class security measures to ensure the safety and security of charges against pilferage.
    To keep trucking costs competitive, inbound trucks should will not be prohibited from hauling outbound freight.
AREA

1650

ACRES

SEA FRONT

6

KM

DRAFT

17.5+

MTS

BERTHS

3

WORLD CLASS SOLUTIONS FOR TOP NOTCH LOGISTIC NEEDS

With a strategy focused on speed, client centricity, longer-term value growth, and unrivalled national vision, we at Kakinada Gateway Port, is willing to fulfill all your requirements at one place.

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SPREAD OVER 1650 ACRES

A 1650-acre all-weather, deep-water, multi-cargo port on India's east coast. Furthermore, close to Kakinada SEZ one of largest port-based multi-industrial city on the east coast, with multi-sector operations in a 5600-acre industrial smart city.

PORT FACILITIES

Equipped with world class amenities to take business accelerations and industry growth to a whole new level

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Logistic Support

Complete logistics solutions focused around port based import and export facilities are offered by Kakinada Gateway Port on the east coast of India.

Warehousing

Custom warehousing facilities are made possible by the port. This enables it to safely keep goods in accordance with the needs of distribution and storage.

Containers

To ensure smooth transportation services, the industrial facilities provide containers for lodging and unloading cargo in the back up area available

Tank Farms

Efficient industrial facilities required for tank farm facility is available for storing petroleum, petrochemicals products, oil etc.

LNG

There are purpose-built port terminals that are designed to accommodate large LNG carrier ships that load, carry and unload LNG.

Power

Adequate infrastructure to provide essential utility services like onshore power services at the port is ensured.

HUMAN RESOURCES

POPULATION

53L+

East Godavari District is the most populous district in Andhra Pradesh

MANPOWER

18K+

Drawn from nearby villages (50,000 within in 25km)

WORKFORCE

50%

Female workforce; permission to work in 3 shifts

LITERACY RATE

70%

Kakinada has one of the highest literacy rate in AP

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