page_title: International Container Transshipment Terminal, Kochi
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: International Container Transshipment Terminal, Kochi / Location
caption_attribution_description: English: Vallarpadam panoramic view fom the top vallarpadam church
context_page_description: The Kochi International Container Transshipment Terminal, locally known as the Vallarpadam Terminal, is the first transshipment terminal in India and the first container terminal to operate in a SEZ. It is part of the Cochin Port in Kochi, Kerala.
  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.
context_section_description: The terminal is located in the Vallarpadam island in Kochi.
caption: A panoramic view of Vallarpadam terminal from the top of Vallarpadam Church
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