International Container Transshipment Terminal, Kochi

The Kochi International Container Transhipment Terminal , locally known as the Vallarpadam Terminal, is a container trans-shipment facility which is part of the Cochin Port in Kochi, Kerala, India.Being constructed in three stages, the first phase of the terminal was commissioned on 11 Feb 2011. This can handle cargo up to one million TEUs per annum. On completion of the third phase, the terminal will be able to handle 5.5 million Twenty-foot equivalent units of cargo per annum. The terminal is operated by the Dubai Ports World, which will operate it for 30-years after which the control will come back to the Cochin Port Trust.