Envisaging the role of Tamil Nadu as a participant in India's ambition to become a global manufacturing hub, the huge state is currently widening its coastal infrastructure. It stretches a 1,076-kilometer coastline. Now, it is ramping up the harnessing and is operationalizing the 17 minor ports. All this coincides with the operationalization of the maritime corridor of Chennai-Vladivostok, which is a strategic sea route linking India to Russia and promises much in terms of economic prosperity to this region. The vision that Tamil Nadu has for itself is the alignment of port development not only in providing additional port capacity but also positioning it firmly at the center of an evolving Indian manufacturing environment that sees demand for raw material increase and logistics costs decrease-all combined with cost-effective and sustainable transport using coastal shipping. The present moment has never been riper for focusing on port development. Main port Developments in Tamil Nadu Currently, the major initiative is the construction of a new greenfield port in Cuddalore. This port is being implemented under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model with an investment of INR 4,000 crore. It would be endowed with 25 berths along a seafront of 3.6 kilometres and would be able to handle 40 million tonnes of cargo every year. Once the port functions, there will be increased port capacity in Tamil Nadu and will also ramp export-import facilities which will be increasingly merged in the international trade networks.Cuddalore is the second port developed by the Tamil Nadu Maritime Board