A.P Govt plans to construct Three Port to boost maritime trade

The State government’s plan to construct landlord ports at Bhavanapadu (Srikakulam district), Ramayapatnam (Prakasam) and Machilipatnam (Krishna) is intended to give further boost to the maritime trade being largely done now by the State’s only major port at Visakhapatnam and the thriving private ports at Krishnapatnam (Nellore), Gangavaram (Visakhapatnam) and Kakinada (East Godavari).

• The first phase of the Bhavanapadu port is estimated to cost ₹3,700 crore while the cost of the first phase of the Ramayapatnam port is pegged at about ₹3,750 crore.
• The long-pending port at Machilipatnam is the costliest of all (first phase) entailing an expenditure of roughly ₹5,840 crore. 

​The public sector port at Visakhapatnam is handling about 65 MT fallowed by Krishnapatnam port  is handling 55 MT and it is followed by the Gangavaram port which accounts for about 35 MT. The Kakinada deepwater port is handling approximately 15 MT a year.