traded as bse 533248 nse gppl industry transport terminals founded 1996 founder nikhil gandhi headquarters pipavav gujarat key people keld pedersen md hariharan iyer cfo ravindranath pillarisetti head port infrastructure & facility owner a.p. moller maersk group . website http www.pipavav.com port pipavav india s first port in the private sector is a port on the west coast of india for containers bulk and liquid cargo . its lead promoter is apm terminals one of the largest container terminal operators in the world . the services include pilotage towage cargo handling and logistics support . port pipavav is located in saurashtra gujarat at a distance of 90 km south of amreli 15 km south of rajula and 140 km south west of bhavnagar . the port handles both bulk container and liquid cargo . port of pipavav location country india location pipavav coordinates 20 32 n 71 18 e 20.54 n 71.30 e 20.54 ; 71.30 details opened 2002 commercial operations operated by apm terminals owned by apm terminals type of harbor multi user multi commodity all weather port available berths 2 container berths 2 bulk berths 1 liquid cargo jetty employees 500 managing director keld pedersen contents 1 history 2 shialbet island 3 characteristics 4 external links 5 references history edit in 1998 concession was awarded to gujarat pipavav port limited by gujarat maritime board . in 2000 the port formed a joint venture with indian railways to start pipavav rail corporation limited . commercial operations started in 2002 . in 2005 apm terminals acquired majority stake . major projects were completed in 2009 and the company came out with an ipo and was listed on indian stock exchange in 2010 . shialbet island edit the port has a natural breakwater facing the wharves called shialbet island . the island is inhabited by a small fishing community and is connected to the mainland . characteristics edit the port is along the major trade routes and is close to the major indian port of nhava sheva about 160 nm . it has been dredged to 14.5 m draft . there are 8 quay cranes for containers and 2 mobile harbor cranes for handling bulk cargo . it is a captive reefer port . 1 external links edit official site of apm terminals pipavav gppl official site of apm terminals references edit gujarat makes giant strides in seafood exports . hindu business line . 29 april 2010 . retrieved 28 april 2010 . coordinates 20 56 n 71 32 e 20.94 n 71.53 e 20.94 ; 71.53 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title port pipavav & oldid 700496965 categories buildings and structures in gujaratports and harbours of gujarathidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 18 january 2016 at 21 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view