APSEZ operationalises India’s first Port of Refuge at Dighi and Gopalpur

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) has operationalised India’s first Port of Refuge (PoR), with designated sites at Dighi Port and Gopalpur Port. This initiative plugs a long-standing gap in the country’s maritime emergency infrastructure and creating a formal mechanism to handle vessels in distress.APSEZ, which handles nearly 27 per cent of India’s port cargo volumes, will designate two locations as PoR — Dighi Port on the west coast and Gopalpur Port on the east coast. These sites will cate ...