Pipavav Port's Horizon: A ₹3,500 Crore Vision

Gujarat Pipavav Port (GPPL), owned by APM Terminals Management BV, is set to invest ₹3,500 crore to nearly double its handling capacity for containers and roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) cargo.

Confirming the development, Managing Director Girish Aggarwal stated, “We have an ambitious growth agenda as we move forward,” noting that the port has already secured environmental clearance for the expansion.

Key highlights of the expansion plan include:

A new 3.2 million-tonne liquid jetty designed to handle very large gas carriers (VLGCs) transporting LPG, with operations expected to begin by November–December 2026.

An additional 0.8 million TEUs of container handling capacity, increasing the port’s total to 2.15 million TEUs.

Ro-Ro cargo capacity to be doubled from 2.5 lakh to 5 lakh car equivalent units (CEUs).

Aggarwal added, “Between now and 2033, when the environmental clearance expires, we expect to broadly double all our capacities.”

Engineering firms L&T Geostructure and Van Oord India have been contracted to carry out the marine and dredging works as part of the expansion.

News by Rahul Yelligetti.