CCI approves Adani’s 13,500 cr acquisition of Krishnapatnam Port
July 23, 2020: The Indian trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the acquisition of equity shareholding along with management control of Krishnapatnam Port Company (KPCL) by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ).
July 23, 2020: The Indian trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of equity shareholding along with management control of Krishnapatnam Port Company (KPCL) by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) on Wednesday.
In January 2020, APSEZ acquired a controlling stake of 75 percent from the existing shareholders of KPCL for Rs 13,500 crore.
“The acquirer manages the logistics chain (i.e. from vessels management to anchorage, pilotage, tug pulling, berthing, goods handling, internal transport, storage and handling, processing and final evacuation by road or rail). KPCL is engaged as a developer and operator of the deepwater port at Krishnapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, pursuant to the concession agreement on Build-Operate-Share-Transfer basis with the government of Andhra Pradesh for a period of thirty years from the date of commercial operations and entitled for a further period of 20 years (two periods of 10 years each),” said the CCI release.
Krishnapatnam Port
After Mundra, Krishnapatnam is the second-largest private port in India It is located in Nellore district, the southernmost coastal district in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The history says that the port was operated by Vijayanagar Emperor Krishnadevaraya, hence the port was named as Krishnapatnam Port.
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Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone
As the logistics arm of Adani group APSEZ aims for a total throughput of 400 MMT by 2025 and already has 11 ports and terminals at Mundra, Dahej, Kandla and Hazira in Gujarat, Dhamra in Odisha, Mormugao in Goa, Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, and Kattupalli and Ennore in Chennai. The company is also building a transhipment port at Vizhinjam, Kerala and a container terminal at Myanmar.