Vizhinjam to Vision 2047

Helping the country explore new horizons in the global maritime trade, the newly built all-weather Vizhinjam International Seaport was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister here on May 3,2025. Positioned hardly 10 nautical miles from the international shipping routes connecting Europe, the Gulf region and the Far East, the east-west shipping axis, the port is expected to significantly reduce India’s dependence on other international ports for transshipment of cargo. Festive spirit gripped the port town when Mr. Modi reached the port by around 10.30 a.m. and was received by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Cabinet colleagues. The Prime Minister then boarded the ship MSC Celestinomaresca that berthed at the port. Later, he visited the key installations, including the port operations building, before the formal commissioning of the port.  The first semi-automated one in the country, the port aims to bring home the Indian cargo transshipment presently being undertaken at the foreign ports of Singapore, Colombo, Salalah, and Dubai due to the absence of deep-water seaports in India near the international shipping route. With the port being commissioned, the Vizhinjam becomes a world-class transshipment hub for the Indian subcontinent to service the entire India. With the site where the port is situated