Mission Samudra, the plan to make Kerala a port State, and the freight station coming up at Balaramapuram

Background

Mission Samudra is the Kerala government's plan, with an outlay of ₹400 crore, to turn the State into a port State.
The International Maritime Museum and the Oceanarium cleared by the Cabinet are part of the same mission.
Export and import work at Vizhinjam began on 18 August.
A container freight station worth ₹25 crore is being built by KSIE on about 5 acres at the Travancore Spinning Mills compound in Balaramapuram.
It is to start full operations in February 2027 and will handle both full container load and less than container load cargo.
A container freight station is where cargo from many small consignors is packed into or taken out of containers before or after a sea voyage.