Minister for Ports Ahammad Devarkovil on Wednesday said the commissioning of the first phase of the international container transshipment port at Vizhinjam could be done in May 2024.
Addressing a Meet-the-Press programme here, the Minister said construction of the breakwater had been completed in around 2,350 metres of the total 3,100 metres required. With the completion of work of 400-metre berth of the 800 metre required, ships could start calling at the port.
Mr. Devarkovil said the first ship carrying cranes to the site from China would call at the port by September. There was no shortage of boulders for the construction of breakwater. Apart from fetching boulders from Tamil Nadu, around seven quarries were operational in the State to meet the demand. Boulders brought for the port work would be stored here and the work would resume soon after the monsoon season.
