 "Adani Ports Q3 net profit jumps 26% to Rs 645 cr")
Total income from operations rose to Rs 1,717.86 crore during the October-December quarter as against Rs 1,548.45 crore during the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.
The company's total expenditure declined to Rs 934.70 crore during the quarter under review as against Rs 869.90 crore in the year-ago period of the previous fiscal, it said in a BSE filing.
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"We have made our footprints at ten locations on the Indian coastline. While we look to continue our impressive growth in ports, we would now also look to the development of industrial clusters and end-to-end logistics in a big way thereby becoming a fully integrated logistics player," Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani said.
Karan Adani, Chief Executive Officer of APSEZ, said, "A new chapter has begun in our ports business, with a great responsibility on my shoulders. We are focusing on improving top and bottom lines of the company by improving operational efficiency through use of technology, better cargo mix and by bringing down net finance cost".
About other projects, the company said it has laid the foundation stone at Vizhinjam, Kerala, to develop India's first International Deepwater Seaport.
It has entered into an in-principle agreement for strategic acquisition of the Kattupalli Port in Tamil Nadu with L&T Shipbuilding Limited (LTSB).
"While awaiting the necessary approvals, APSEZ through its subsidiary Adani Kattupalli Port Private Limited has entered into an arrangement effective November 1, 2015 to take over the operations of the Port," it said.
APSEZ said it will expand its existing terminal at Adani International Container Terminal Private Limited (AICTPL) in Mundra Port.
AICTPL is a 50:50 joint venture with Terminal Investment Limited (an arm of Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company SA, the second largest shipping liner in the world).
The expansion is being carried out to create a transshipment hub for the Middle East, South Asia and India.
The Adani Group is one of India's leading business houses with a revenue of over USD 10 billion.
Adani owns and operates seven ports and terminals - Mundra, Dahej, Kandla and Hazira in Gujarat, Dhamra in Odisha, Mormugao in Goa and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
Mundra Port, which is the largest port in India, benefits from deep draft, first-class infrastructure and SEZ status.
It crossed the 144 MMT mark of cargo handling in FY15 and the company is also developing a terminal at Ennore in Tamil Nadu.
Shares of the company closed 5.20 per cent down at Rs 178.70 apiece on BSE today.