PPP-mode port to handle 75,000 DWT vessels
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) is developing ‘Berth No.13 for Handling Multipurpose Clean Cargo including Container Cargo at Deendayal Port, Kandla, on Design, Build, Finance, Operate & Transfer (DBFOT) basis under Public Private Partnership (PPP) Mode.
The Rs.167.88 crore project is planned for handling vessels up to 75,000 DWT or equivalent TEUs with Optimal Capacity of 4.20 MMTPA for Multipurpose Clean Cargo and 0.10 million TEU (Twenty-foot equivalent unit) for Container Cargo, MoPSW said in a release on 13 Mar 2023.
The facility will be used for handling Multipurpose Clean Cargo, viz., Food grains, Sugar, Salt, Silica Clay, Ro-Ro Cargo, Timber Logs, Project Cargo including Container Cargo on PPP mode. It will be allotting the berth to the successful bidder on ‘as-is-where-is’ basis through DBFOT under PPP mode.
It is to be noted that the MoPSW has identified 74 projects worth Rs.57,000 crore under the Sagarmala programme in Gujarat as part of its commitment to the country’s port sector development.
Out of these, 15 projects worth Rs.9,000 crore have been completed; 33 projects worth more than Rs.25,000 crore are under implementation and 26 projects worth Rs.22,700 crore are under development.
Central line ministries, major ports, state maritime board and other state agencies are jointly implementing these projects, it said. fiinews.com
