Upholding the true spirit of Public Private Partnership the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, India, with an intention to develop the Port on the Public Private Partnership model, conducted a global bid process and selected the consortium led by Mr.D.V.S.Raju, to develop and operate the port.

Gangavaram Port has the unique distinction of being one of the few Greenfield projects in India which has been implemented on schedule. Construction at the site commenced in December 2005 and the Port commenced Trial commercial operations at the port in August 2008.

Gangavaram Port has been developed as all weather, multipurpose, deepest port in India with a depth up to 21 meters capable of handling Super Cape size vessels of up to 200,000 DWT. Gangavaram Port with its deep draft berths will act as the gateway port to existing and Greenfield projects planned in the hinterland. It ability to handle larger vessels efficiently will result in substantial savings to trade and port users. It will be able to provide efficient cargo handling services for a variety of bulk cargo groups including Coal, Iron Ore, Fertilizer, Limestone, Food Grains, Steel products, Petrochemicals etc.

The Port, its related facilities and material handling system have been planned to meet the highest standards in terms of pollution prevention and safety.