Visakhapatnam, Aug. 6 -- Andhra Pradesh is developing world-class logistics corridors with the objective of emerging as India's logistics hub on the East Coast under the Swarna Andhra Vision-2047, Advisor (Railways & Logistics), Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board, Dhananjayulu, IRTS (Retd.), said today.
Delivering the special address at the second edition of the CII Conference on Ports and Logistics here, he said the state, with a coastline of 1,053 km, has immense potential for port-led industrialisation, maritime development and economic growth.
He said Andhra Pradesh currently has one major port and five operational non-major ports with a combined handling capacity of about 300 million tonnes per annum, while port projects worth about Rs. 1...