Kamarajar Port
| Kamarajar Port | |
|---|---|
Interactive map of Kamarajar Port | |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Location | Athipattu Pudunagar, Ennore, Chennai |
| Coordinates | 13°15′06″N 80°19′37″E / 13.25164°N 80.32683°E |
| UN/LOCODE | IN ENR |
| Details | |
| Opened | 2001 |
| Operated by | Kamarajar Port Limited |
| Owned by | Kamarajar Port Limited |
| Type of harbour | Seaport (Artificial) |
| No. of berths | 8 |
| Employees | 96 (2023–24) |
| Chairman and Managing Director | Sunil Paliwal, IAS |
| Main trades | Thermal Coal, Automobiles, Project Cargo, LPG, POL, Chemical, other liquids, other bulk and rock mineral products |
| UN/LOCODE | INENR |
| Statistics | |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 45.28 million (2023–24) |
| Annual container volume | 671,393 TEU (2023–24) |
| Annual revenue | ₹1,081.44 crore (US$130 million) (2023–24) |
| Net income | ₹495.68 crore (US$59 million) (2023–24) |
| Vessels handled | 967 (2023–24) |
| Website http://www.kamarajarport.in/ | |
Kamarajar Port, formerly Ennore Port, is located on the Coromandel Coast, Chennai about 18 km north of Chennai Port. It is the 12th major port of India, and the first port in India which is a public company. The Kamarajar Port Limited is the only corporatised major port and is registered as a company. Chennai Port Trust acquired around 67% stake of Centre in the Kamarajar Port Limited on 27 March 2020. The remaining 23 percent was already held by the Chennai Port Trust.
The port has been able to attract an investment of ₹26,000 million by private entrepreneurs on various terminals and harbour craft. Kamarajar Port Limited, designed as Asia's energy port, is the first corporatised port in India and has only 86 employees. Envisaged being a satellite port to decongest and improve the environmental quality at the bustling Chennai Port, Kamarajar Port Limited is evolving itself into a full-fledged port with the capacity to handle a wide range of products. With a permissible draught of 13.5 m, the port handled a total volume of 11.01 million tonnes in 2010–11, up by 2.86 per cent from the previous year.