Question

_______________ located at Ennore in Tamil Nadu is the only corporate port owned by the Indian government.

• A. Chennai Port
• B. Kamarajar Port
• C. Nagapattinam International Port
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Kamarajar Port

• Kamarajar Port, located on the Coromandel Coast in Chennai, is the 12th major port in India and the first to be registered as a public company

• Originally conceived as a satellite port to decongest Chennai Port, Kamarajar Port was commissioned by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on February 1, 2001

• It was officially renamed Kamarajar Port in 2014

Infrastructure

• Berths - 14 (including 2 coal berths, 2 container berths)

• Draught - 13.5 meters (permissible)

• Cargo handling capacity - 30 million tonnes per annum

• Storage facilities - Warehouses, container freight stations