Gujarat invites EoIs to set up cargo port terminal at Dahej

HARIT MEHTA

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 05, 2006 03:01:38 AM]

AHMEDABAD: Apart from an LNG terminal and a dry cargo port, Dahej will
now have a port terminal, which can handle heterogeneous cargo including
containers. The Gujarat government plans to develop a port terminal at
Dahej. The port will cater to the upcoming SEZ being jointly set up by
Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) and ONGC.

The Gujarat Maritime Board has already invited expressions of interest
(EoI) for the project. The maritime authority has identified the
location for the port terminal. Sources say the port will be developed
at Dahej, north of the Birla jetty and on Jageshwar site.

“There is a plan to set up a SEZ and a mega petrochemical industrial
complex at Dahej. This development would need more port facilities in
the near future, which can handle heterogeneous cargo, including
containers,” said a GMB official. The SEZ will have investments to the
tune of Rs 13,000 crore over the next four years.

Presently, GMB owns a lighterage port facility at Dahej, which has not
been in use since 2000 due to siltation of the creek. GMB has awarded
this facility on lease to a private company.

Captive jetties have been created by IPCL to import their liquid fuel
requirement. Dahej Harbour and Infrastructure (DHIL) has developed a
jetty for export and import of copper smelter and fertiliser as well as
its raw materials respectively.

More, GCPTCL has been promoted by for development of chemical port
terminal at Dahej and Petronet LNG manages an LNG terminal. “Considering
the traffic as well as the traffic projections in the region, Dahej
requires more port facilities,” he said. Apart from Dahej, the GMB has
also invited EoIs for a terminal at Porbander and developing ports at
Khambhat, Mahuva, Sutrapada and Modhawa. This is in addition to the four
greenfield port sites which the state’s maritime authority wants to
develop in the state.
Harit Mehta

AHMEDABAD: APART from an LNG terminal and a dry cargo port, Dahej will
now have a port terminal, which can handle heterogeneous cargo including
containers. The Gujarat government plans to develop a port terminal at
Dahej. The port will cater to the upcoming SEZ being jointly set up by
Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) and ONGC.

The Gujarat Maritime Board has already invited expressions of interest
(EoI) for the project. The maritime authority has identified the
location for the port terminal. Sources say the port will be developed
at Dahej, north of the Birla jetty and on Jageshwar site.

“There is a plan to set up a SEZ and a mega petrochemical industrial
complex at Dahej. This development would need more port facilities in
the near future, which can handle heterogeneous cargo, including
containers,” said a GMB official. The SEZ will have investments to the
tune of Rs 13,000 crore over the next four years.

Presently, GMB owns a lighterage port facility at Dahej, which has not
been in use since 2000 due to siltation of the creek. GMB has awarded
this facility on lease to a private company.

Captive jetties have been created by IPCL to import their liquid fuel
requirement. Dahej Harbour and Infrastructure (DHIL) has developed a
jetty for export and import of copper smelter and fertiliser as well as
its raw materials respectively.

More, GCPTCL has been promoted by for development of chemical port
terminal at Dahej and Petronet LNG manages an LNG terminal. “Considering
the traffic as well as the traffic projections in the region, Dahej
requires more port facilities,” he said.

Apart from Dahej, the GMB has also invited EoIs for a terminal at
Porbander and developing ports at Khambhat, Mahuva, Sutrapada and
Modhawa. This is in addition to the four greenfield port sites which the
state’s maritime authority wants to develop in the state.

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