ABSTRACT
As part of a strategy that led it to purchase the Government's 67% stake in Kamarajar Port for $2,383 crore through a government-to-government disinvestment deal a year ago, the Chennai Port Trust has brought vessel-related charges and concession schemes for container ships on par with Kamarajar Port Ltd (located about 18km to the North). In order to effectively combat competition, prevent cargo from being diverted to the neighbouring private and non-major ports, and improve the total cargo volumes of the two ports, Chennai Port Authorities bought Kamarajar Port and made it a wholly-owned unit. The purpose of this case study is to identify the frequently cited sustainable environmental success factors of the Kamarajar Port acquisition by Chennai Port Trust, to describe them within the context of supporting evidence, and to compare the strength of the two ports within identified factors. The authors of this work provide a Terminal Decision Support Tool (TDST) for the construction of a container terminal that takes environmental effects and operational efficiency into account.
AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS
1 Associate Professor, Indian Maritime University, Chennai Campus
2 Faculty Member, Indian Maritime University, Kochi Campus
CITATION
Swaminathan B and Aravind TS (2024) Acquisition and Conversion of Kamarajar Port into a Green Port by Chennai Port Authorities: A Case Study on Sustainable Operations. Environ Sci Arch 3(1): 142-151.
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