- Business
- Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ) operates as India's largest private port operator and integrated logistics company, managing a network of 15 ports and terminals across seven maritime states including Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Odisha; it handles diverse cargo types such as dry bulk, liquid, crude, containers, breakbulk and project cargo with a total capacity exceeding 627 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA). The company provides comprehensive port services including cargo handling, storage solutions with warehousing and temperature-controlled facilities, dredging and reclamation for port construction, and integrated logistics through rail, road and sea multimodal transport; its logistics arm, Adani Logistics Ltd., operates 11 logistics parks capable of handling significant twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) annually, alongside supply chain management, customs clearance and distribution centers. APSEZ also develops and maintains special economic zones (SEZs), notably the multi-product Mundra SEZ spanning over 15,000 hectares of industrial land with free trade warehousing zones and domestic industrial areas, targeting industrial investors, exporters and importers primarily in India with expanding international presence. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, as part of the Adani Group, APSEZ serves domestic and global trade routes with hinterland connectivity via national highways, railways and coastal circuits. Recent developments include the acquisition of Gopalpur Port in Odisha for Rs 3,080 crore in March 2024 to bolster east coast operations and achieve cargo parity between India's eastern and western coasts; the purchase of an 80% stake in Astro Offshore for $185 million in August 2024 to enhance marine services and Tier-1 customer access; expansion of strategic partnership with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) announced in December 2023; and receipt of USD 553 million funding from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) for the Colombo West International Terminal in Sri Lanka, alongside joint ventures such as the Haifa Port privatization in Israel with Gadot Group in 2022.