Essar Ports, a part of Essar Group, has said it will be
commissioning its 16-million tonne iron ore berth at the Paradip Port within a
few weeks.
“The civil and engineering work is over. We are just waiting
for an official go-ahead to formally commission the berth, which can happen
within a few weeks,†Essar Ports, Director, Finance, Shailesh Sawa, told PTI
here.
The company, already operates two ports with a combined
capacity of 88 mt at the Vadinar and Hazira in Gujarat.
The company also has a contract to develop a 14-mt coal
berth terminal at the Paradip Port, for which it had got the forests clearance
in June this year.
The iron ore berth contract involves Essar Ports building a
mechanised berth of 370 meter length, which will be one of the most advanced
port facilities of its type in the country.
Last year, the port handled around 12 mt of imported coal.
As per the concession agreement, this volume, along with any incremental
volume, will shift to the mechanised berth that will be built by Essar Ports.
Source: The Business Line
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