A cargo ship anchored at Adani Group-owned Mundra port in Gujarat
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With key ports akin to Mundra and Vizhinjam operating close to full capability, Adani Ports and Particular Financial Zone Ltd (APSEZ) has ready a ₹90,000 crore–₹1 lakh crore infrastructure blitz over FY27–FY31, accelerating growth throughout container terminals, liquid cargo services and logistics networks to seize the following wave of India’s commerce progress.
The aggressive scale-up might be centred round ports together with Mundra, Vizhinjam, Dhamra, Hazira, Krishnapatnam, Ennore and Kattupalli, with over 60 per cent of the deliberate capex earmarked for home ports growth. In the course of the subsequent 5 years, the firm plans to spend ₹60,000–63,000 crore on home ports, with a big a part of the investments directed in the direction of increasing container dealing with infrastructure, liquid terminals and cargo evacuation programs.
A good portion of the growth will come from container terminals, with Mundra set so as to add 94 MTPA of capability, whereas expansions are additionally deliberate at Vizhinjam, Ennore and Kattupalli. Dhamra will see an extra 49 MTPA capability growth pushed by rising rail-sea-rail cargo motion, whereas Hazira’s liquid cargo dealing with capability might be expanded by 11 MTPA. APSEZ can also be scaling up dry cargo infrastructure at Krishnapatnam.
“Now we have accelerated the capex in Mundra as a result of we’re totally utilised now. CT5 is arising and we now have accelerated future growth,” stated Ashwani Gupta, CEO and whole-time director of APSEZ. Gupta added that the corporate has additionally fast-tracked investments in Vizhinjam after the port hit full utilisation ranges amid disruptions brought on by the West Asia disaster. “Vizhinjam is already at 100% capability. In the course of the West Asia disaster, we had many vessels ready exterior, so we aren’t ready for Section II and have already kicked it off,” he lately advised buyers whereas including that the following section is being developed as an automatic terminal.
The corporate stated greater than 60% of incremental home port capability will deal with container cargo, presently APSEZ’s fastest-growing cargo class with a 16% CAGR in container volumes between FY21 and FY26.
Past ports, APSEZ has earmarked round ₹9,000 crore for logistics infrastructure, together with rail rakes, multimodal logistics parks, warehouses, agri silos and vans. One other ₹13,000 crore will go in the direction of marine fleet growth, whereas ₹8,000 crore has been allotted for expertise upgrades, automation and decarbonisation initiatives.
APSEZ additionally plans to take a position ₹6,000–7,000 crore in worldwide ports, largely centred round Colombo West Worldwide Terminal (CWIT) Section-II. “Our dedication is to ship twice the expansion in 5 years with a 20% return on capital on the consolidated stage,” Gupta stated. “If India grows at 7%, we are able to develop at 10–11%,” he added.
APSEZ presently has a home port capability of 653 MTPA and is concentrating on a capability of greater than 1 billion tonnes yearly by 2031. The corporate stated it additionally expects to unlock almost 91 MMT of further capability via effectivity enhancements at present infrastructure.
On worldwide operations, Gupta stated abroad ports are witnessing sturdy momentum, notably in Tanzania and Colombo. Of APSEZ’s worldwide cargo volumes of round 22 million tonnes, North Queensland Export Terminal contributes roughly 11 million tonnes, with the stability coming from Tanzania, Haifa and Colombo.
The corporate spent round ₹15,000 crore in FY26 and has guided for ₹12,000–14,000 crore capex in FY27.
Printed on Could 7, 2026
