Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram

Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram (, VIZ-in-jam ... TIR-uu-və-nə-TAH-puurr-əm), also known as Port of Trivandrum is India's first deep-water mother port, located in Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram. The Trivandrum port is designed to be a multi-purpose, all-weather, green port located around 20 kilometres (12 mi) away from the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport. It is India's first automated port & also the first deep water container transshipment port. It holds a unique position as the only Indian port directly adjacent to an international shipping lane. It lies just 10 nautical miles from the heavily trafficked east-west shipping channel connecting Europe, to the Persian Gulf, Southeast Asia, and the Far East. The port has a natural depth of 24 meters, which reduces the need for dredging, and possesses the capability to host many of the world's massive cargo ships, including those exceeding 24,000 TEU, such as vessels of the ULCS container ships.