BS reported that Orissa based Vedanta Alumina Limited is set to export bauxite from the deep water port with the setting up of 3 silos. Kakinada Sea Port Limited, in association with Chettinad Port Limited, had constructed these silos at an investment of INR 80 crore. It has a capacity of 67,500 tonnes.

A Kakinada Sea Port official said that other companies that are into bauxite export could also utilize the silos facility. Meanwhile, the port has also completed the construction of the off shore vessel complex. This has facilitated the operations of the four berths of which one berth has been exclusively allotted to Reliance Industries Limited.

Around 20,000 tonnes of bauxite powder have already been stored in the silos. The first vessel is likely to carry the bauxite powder in the first week of June 2008.