Hyderabad - The Andhra Pradesh government has confirmed that the long-anticipated Machilipatnam deep-water port will be ready for operations by December 2026, positioning the Krishna district town as a strategic node in India’s maritime and industrial expansion blueprint.

The announcement, made during a high-level stakeholder meeting, signals a major infrastructural push in coastal Andhra, backed by a vision to establish Machilipatnam as a sustainable industrial and logistics hub. According to senior government officials present at the meeting, the port’s first phase will be completed within the stipulated timeline, with export-import operations, container . . .