Keeping in view the future requirements of industry, Gangavaram Port Master Plan has been designed with facilities to handle up to 300,000 DWT vessels, flexibility for phased development and room for expansion for a plan period of 50 years.

The Salient Features of the development plan include:

Master Plan has provision for 29 berths with a capacity of 200 MTPA

Plan for entire spectrum of cargos, with berths for handling dry bulk, other dry     bulk, break bulk and container cargo with dedicated cargo centric zones

Breakwaters to provide complete protection to berths from waves and swell to     facilitate all weather, round the year port operations

Navigation channel and harbor area providing adequate maneuvering room for     ships

Total land area of 2800 acres for port facilities development

Extensive ancillary facilities and state-of-the-art utilities/services

Adequate backup area for developing stack yards, covered storage sheds,     tankages, container freight station, etc.

Flexibility to quickly ramp up cargo handling facilities as per demand

Rail and road access up to the stack yards, storage sheds and container yard

Provision to provide value added services like Coal Blending

Provision for Ship building and repair facilities

Marine Oil Terminal consisting of Single Point Mooring system for handling VLCCs,     sub-sea pipeline and Tank farm

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