Work on new Mumbai Port Trust terminal to begin by March
Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) has began 2008 on an upbeat note in updating its facilities by planning to start construction work by March on its Rs 1,228-crore offshore container terminal.
By PTI |
MUMBAI: Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) has began 2008 on an upbeat note in updating its facilities by planning to start construction work by March on its Rs 1,228-crore offshore container terminal.
"The consortium-led by Gammon India, which has been awarded the offshore container terminal, is expected to achieve financial closure in the next few weeks and construction of work would start immediately, latest by March, and will be commissioned by 2010," Mumbai Port Trust Deputy Chairman Ashok Kumar Bal said.
Construction of the offshore container terminal would add 12 million tonnes capacity to the port.
The terminal has been awarded on a build, operate, transfer (BOT) basis for 30 years.
Besides the container terminal, the port plans to redevelop existing harbour wall berth, build a second chemical jetty, a fifth oil berth and explore the possibility of making Mumbai a cruise hub in the country, Bal said.
Though these projects were conceived in 2007, work is expected to start this year, he said.
The proposed new chemical jetty, approved by the Centre, would cost Rs 116 crore. "Work on the chemical jetty would begin by April or May," Bal said.
The port plans to redevelop three harbour wall berths at a cost of Rs 353 crore to enable it to receive over dimensional and deep-drafted cargo vessels.
"The consortium-led by Gammon India, which has been awarded the offshore container terminal, is expected to achieve financial closure in the next few weeks and construction of work would start immediately, latest by March, and will be commissioned by 2010," Mumbai Port Trust Deputy Chairman Ashok Kumar Bal said.
Construction of the offshore container terminal would add 12 million tonnes capacity to the port.
The terminal has been awarded on a build, operate, transfer (BOT) basis for 30 years.
Besides the container terminal, the port plans to redevelop existing harbour wall berth, build a second chemical jetty, a fifth oil berth and explore the possibility of making Mumbai a cruise hub in the country, Bal said.
Though these projects were conceived in 2007, work is expected to start this year, he said.
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The proposed new chemical jetty, approved by the Centre, would cost Rs 116 crore. "Work on the chemical jetty would begin by April or May," Bal said.
The port plans to redevelop three harbour wall berths at a cost of Rs 353 crore to enable it to receive over dimensional and deep-drafted cargo vessels.
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