industry marine founded 2005 headquarters 5th floor marg pancham block b no. 334 futura tech park rajiv gandhi salai sholinganallur chennai 600119 key people mr. g r k reddy chairman and managing director mr. m.l.n. acharyulu executive director website www.karaikalport.com karaikal port private limited kppl a private port developed by the chennai based marg limited became operational in april 2009 . 1 the port is located on the eastern coast of india in karaikal around 300 km along the coast south of chennai port and around 360 km along the coast north of tuticorin port . the shoreline of the port is between 10 50 56 n and 10 49 44 n. karaikal port project began with a letter of interest issued by govt . of pondicherry for development of a port at karaikal in september 2005 . marg ltd. signed the concession agreement in 2006 2 and work began in february 2007 . phase 1 was envisaged to be operational in aug 2009 . karaikal port became operational in april 2009 when it received its first vessel . phase 1 comprises 2 panamax size berths capable of handling 5.2 million mt of cargo per annum . the port has received over 250 vessels since commercial operations and has handled over 5 million mt of various cargo . kppl has partners in ocean sparkle marine operations and psts stevedoring . cargo evacuation is assisted by marg logistics a sister concern of kppl . contents 1 timeline 2 current status 3 notes 4 external links timeline edit sep 2005 loi issued by gop for port development at karaikal jan 2006 concession agreement signed may 2006 received moef clearance for phase 1 nov 2006 financial closure for phase 1 achieved feb 2007 final tranche of land received feb 2007 development for phase 1 commenced mar 2009 phase 1 completed apr 2009 karaikal port receives first vessel current status edit karaikal port so far the port has handled cargoes such as coal pet coke raw sugar fertilizer cement project cargo and construction materials . containers and liquid cargo are soon to follow . on completion the port will be capable of handling all types of cargo . karaikal port is also a hub for oil exploration activities and osv psvs belonging to companies such a hindustan oil exploration company hoec and reliance petroleum regularly call at the port . karaikal port is a deep draft all weather port . the current depth of 14.5 m allows for handling of gearless panamax size vessels up to 80000 mt . the final depth of 41.5 m will allow cape size vessels up to 120000 mt to call at the port . the lagoon type basin protected by breakwaters allows operations all around the year . karaikal port received its first gearless panamax 3 vessel in november 2009 and became the first commercial port on tamil nadu coast to do so . the port also has the distinction of being the only private port to export cargo belonging to power equipment major bharat heavy electricals ltd bhel which is a government agency . 4 the port obtained rail connectivity in january 2010 5 and its 3 railway sidings are connected to trichy via nagore . karaikal port regularly dispatches 4 5 rakes of coal as well as fertilizer everyday . notes edit private port at karaikal begins its operations . hindu.com . april 16 2009 . retrieved 2009 08 16 . marg constructions achieves financial closure for karaikal port project . domain b.com . november 14 2006 . retrieved 2006 11 14 . karaikal port receives first panamax vessel . karaikalport.com . november 28 2009 . retrieved 2009 11 28 . for exports bhel chooses karaikal port over chennai . sify.com . november 28 2009 . retrieved 2009 11 28 . karaikal port scores high on rail connectivity . hindubusinessline.com . february 1 2010 . retrieved 2010 02 01 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to karaikal port . marg website karaikal port retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title karaikal port & oldid 722839857 categories ports and harbours of puducherrykaraikalhidden categories commons category with local link same as 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages simple english edit links this page was last modified on 30 may 2016 at 12 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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