Adani Ports Mulls Raising Long-term Loan of ₹ 3,000 Cr Amid Infra Push

Billionaire Gautam Adani-led Adani Group is mulling to raise about ₹ 3,000 crore via long-term currency bonds. The port-to-power conglomerate’s ports arm, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) is holding discussions with investors to raise the loan in the upcoming months. The details regarding the fund raise, including the coupon and maturity, are yet to be finalised, Bloomberg reported. 

If the fundraise is finalised, the total borrowings of Adani Ports since May 2025 will touch $1 billion. Earlier in May this year, the port-to-power conglomerate’s ports arm raised ₹ 5,000 crore by selling 15-year bonds with a coupon of 7.75%, with the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) being the sole subscriber to the sale. Additionally, the Adani Group’s port company raised about $150 million via a bilateral loan agreement with DBS Group Holdings. These are all parts of the Adani Group’s big infrastructure push. 

“These are not just investments in our Group, but investments in the possibilities for doing our part to build India’s infrastructure,” Adani Group chairman said in the conglomerate’s recent AGM.

Credit rating firm Crisil Ratings maintained its ‘Crisil AAA/Stable/Crisil A1+’ on the bank facilities and debt instruments of APSEZ. 

This comes around a time when India’s largest port operator is betting big on infrastructure push via a mix of business strategies, including domestic capacity expansion, global acquisitions, and rising logistics volumes to fuel long-term growth. Adani Ports’ operating revenue was up by 16%, from ₹ 26,711 crore in the financial year 2024 to ₹ 31,079 crore in FY25. The company’s net profit increased 36%, from ₹ 8,104 crore in FY24 to ₹ 11,061 crore in FY25. 

APSEZ is India’s largest private port operator, with a capacity of 633 MMT and a total of 15 domestic ports/terminals under its belt, including 12 operational, two under-development and one to-be-acquired. Besides this, the power-to-port conglomerate’s port’s arm has international presence as well, including one operational port each in Haifa, Israel and Dar es salaam port, Tanzania, one maintenance contract in Australia and one under-development port terminal in Sri Lanka’s Colombo.