BL reported that a vessel Nord Endeavour with 11 meters draft carrying 51,000 tonnes of coking coal entered the inner harbor of the Visakhapatnam port at 4.25 PM on Friday.

Nord Endeavour was first lightened at the general cargo berth in the outer harbor and then navigated into the inner one.

According to a press release issued by the Visakhapatnam Port Trust it was the first time that a vessel with 11 meters draft was entering the inner harbor, after the widening and deepening of the entrance channel at a cost of INR 19 crore.

In August, a vessel with 10.8 meters draft was navigated into the inner harbor.