Kamarajar Port : In News
The Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways recently said cargo-handling capacity at Indian ports increased by 87 percent in the last nine years, with Tamil Nadu’s Kamarajar Port registering a whopping swell of 154 percent.
- Kamarajar Port, formerly known as Ennore Port,is located approximately 24 km north of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India.
- It is the 12th major port of India and the first port in India which is a public company.
- It was declared as a major port under the Indian Ports Act, 1908, in March 1999.
- It is the only corporatized major port and is registered as a company.
- The port is owned by Chennai Port Trust, which also operates the Port of Chennai.
- The port works in a landlord port model.
- The landlord port is characterized by its mixed public-private orientation.
- Under this model, the port authority acts as a regulatory body and as a landlord, while port operations (especially cargo handling) are carried out by private companies.
- The port has terminals for handling coal, LNG, containers, and multipurpose cargo. Coal is the main cargo shipped through Kamarajar Port.
