VIZHINJAM AGAIN

VIZHINJAM CALLING


A WESTERN SUN RISE or

VIZHINJAM INTERNATIONAL TRANSSHIPMENT HUB



Whosoever commands the sea, commands trade.

Whosoever commands the trade of the world,

Commands the riches of the world,

And consequently the world itself.

(Sir Walter Raleigh-1610)



Proposed project aims to fulfill the need of providing Transshipment on Indian Coast (at present there is no existing Container Transshipment Terminal in India to cater to this need. Annual Container Traffic close to 4 Million TEUs is currently originating or destined to India through Sea route with CAGR of 14% during the last decade).

Vizhinjam is an all-weather port and the international shipping line is just one nautical mile off Vizhinjam coast.

The proposed site is on the INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING LINE, very close to the EAST-WEST SHIPPING AXIS.

The proposed site is endowed with natural depth of 24 m (which is by far the best compared to other ports in the world) as close as one Nautical Mile from the sea coast. There is no littoral sedimentation and due to natural depth availability, the site needs no dredging or minimal capital dredging requirements and thus low costs (as compared to the any other port in India within a reasonable distance from the East-West Shipping axis).

* The depths at ports in New York, Southampton, Singapore, Dubai, Colombo, Hong Kong is 15 meters and requires dredging

It has more advantages compared to Colombo port and if developed can harbour even Panamax class and futuristic vessels. It also satisfies the physical and hydrographical parameters of modern seaports, the memorandum said.

The proposed site has minimal Littoral drift and as such would hardly require any maintenance dredging during the years of operation. This will result in low O&M Costs.

The proposed port is a Green-field project, away from urban/city limits, and thus can be master planned and shaped by the professional and experienced developer as per his own efficient designs and needs. The Port can turn out to be an efficient, modern and highly productive port with design, expertise and experience of the successful developer having international experience in such ports.

The port can attract large share of the container transshipment traffic which is now being diverted to Colombo, Singapore and Dubai. It can also ensure the badly needed economic development of India other than opening up immense job opportunities.

THE proposed deepwater international container trans-shipment terminal at Vizhinjam is expected to bring down the total costs of movement of containers to and from foreign destinations, according to the Container Shipment Economics Study.

At present, India's port capacity(12 major Indian ports) is a meagre 4.61 million TEUs/annum compared with China's capacity of 50 million TEUs, almost 11 times that of India's. Vizhinjam Port alone will have the capaciy of 4.10 million TEU/annum.

"ഭൂമി നിറയേ പൂക്കള് എന്ടെ ഈ കൈക്കുടന്നൈല് എത്ര കൊള്ളും?

ഭൂമി നിറയേ പ്രണയം ഒരു പെണ്ണിന്റെ കണ്ണില് എത്ര കൊള്ളും ?

ഭൂമി നിറയേ കാമം ഒരു ആണിന്റെ ചങ്ക്കില് എത്ര കൊള്ളും ?

ഭൂമി നിറയേ ജീവിതം ഒരു അസ്ഥി കുടുക്കയില് എത്ര കൊള്ളും" ?