The Port, located in Bhadrak district, has two berths of 350 meter each and has a handling capacity of 25 million tons per annum [mtpa) and the 18 km channel of the port has a depth of 18 meter capable to
handle vessels up to 1,80,000 DWT. “The Port has already handled 1.2 one million ton of imported cargo consisting of limestone and various grades of coal, vide 22 vessels of which 3 were trial shipments. We will gradually ramp up our capacity to 25 mtpa in three to four years in the first phase,” Mr Mohapatra said. The Port, developed by Dhamra Port Company Limited – a joint venture
of Tata Steel and Larsen & Toubro, has come up a cost in excess of Rs 3000 crore. Tata Steel and Larsen & Toubro hold equal stakes in the Dhamra port project. DPCL had signed a concession agreement with the state government to build and operate the port on BOOST (Build, Own,
Operate, Share and Transfer) basis for a total period of 34 years including a period of 4 years for construction. The lease period may be renewed or extended for two additional periods of 10 years each on mutually agreed terms and conditions. On the second phase expansion of Dhamra Port, Mr Mohapatra said the DPCL has sought statutory environment clearances and acquisition of
additional land of 850 acres. “We are still at the initial stages and we have plans to build total 11 berths in due course. No project cost has been worked out as yet,” he remarked[tds_partial_locker tds_locker_id=”8415″]
India's Dhamra Port will soon be formally commissioned
