On the Northern Arm of
the Inner Harbour of Visakhapatnam Port on the Bay of Bengal, Nalco
has established mechanized storage and ship handling facilities for
exporting Alumina in bulk and importing Caustic Soda.
The salient features:
Maximum ship size - 35000 DWT
Alumina reception - 48 x 53 tonne
pay-load wagons
Alumina storage - 3 x 25000 ton
RCC Silos
Ship loading rate - 2200 tph
These facilities are being upgraded to handle higher volumes of exports, following
expansion of production capacities.