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Visakha Container Terminal

Visakha Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd., manages and operates a container terminal under the aegis of Visakhapatnam Port Trust under BOT basis. 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 16.5 m alongside (deepest in the country) and state of art container handling infrastructure. Present terminal capacity is 1.3 million TEUs. The terminal is well equipped with modern infrastructure including Post Panamax STS cranes, latest NAVIS SPARCS N 4 software, 650 reefer plug points, adequate power back up, 2 full length rail siding and fully computerized environment. The organization has moved a step further in terms of technology with the introduction of SAP B-One software.

VCT is gradually evolving as a regional transhipment hub in the Bay of Bengal with containers from Kolkata, Haldia, Paradip, Kakinada, Chittagong and Yangon getting transhipped here.

It has well established rail and road connectivity to the hinterland thereby providing smooth access for cargo movement to local hinterland and ICDs at NCR, Nagpur, Hyderabad and Raipur. VCT is accredited with ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001: 2018, ISO 28000:2007, ISO / IEC 27001:2013 and has been conferred AEO status by Customs.

The terminal has been recording a decent growth year on year with a CAGR of 19% since inception. The Port has 850 m quay line, the largest in the East Coast of India. Given the natural advantages that this port enjoys in terms of location, access, natural assets, connectivity, and the burgeoning industry that surrounds it, VCT is expected to grow at the pace that has been established over the last few years, possibly at a higher rate.