Visakha Container Terminal Pvt

Located in centre of India's East Coast and closest to the Malacca Straits, VCT is an ideal gateway for container traffic from states of AP, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh & West Bengal. VCT is blessed with a natural depth of 17 m alongside (deepest in the country) and state of art container handling infrastructure. Present terminal capacity is 0.5 million TEUs and this will be extended to more than 2 million TEUs by 2020. The terminal is well equipped with modern infrastructure including Post Panamax STS cranes, latest NAVIS SPARCS N 4 software, more than 366 reefer plug points, adequate power back up, full length rail siding and fully computerised environment. The organization has moved a step further in terms of technology with the introduction of SAP B-One software. In 2003 Vizag was India's leading bulk port and had loading facilities for Ore, Coal and Fertilizers. It also had facilities for other general and liquid cargo. Through a BOT arrangement with the Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakha Container Terminal came up in its outer harbour - the deepest natural harbour in the country. Today, all the major shipping lines offer services at Visakhapatnam. Major freight forwarders have also established their presence. Container movements grew steadily.