Adani Ports inks 30-year-concession for Deendayal Port multipurpose terminal

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), India’s biggest private port operator, signed a concession agreement with state-owned Deendayal Port Authority to equip and run a 5.7 million tonne capacity multipurpose terminal for handling clean cargo including containers at the port located in Kandla, Gujarat.

Deendayal Port is India’s second largest state-owned port by volumes handled.

APSEZ won the 30-year contract in a tender by placing the highest royalty per tonne. The concession agreement sets out the terms and conditions of a port contract and puts the project in motion.

The Berth No 13 has a 300 metre-long quay that can accommodate a single large vessel of 75,000 dwt with draught of 14.5 metres and is currently being run by Deendayal Port Authority. The berth is being privatised through the public-private-partnership (PPP) route in line with the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) programme of the government.

The National Monetisation Pipeline seeks to privatise operational infrastructure assets through the public-private-partnership route.

The optimal capacity of the facility will be 5.7 mt comprising 4.2 mt of dry bulk (including break bulk), clean cargo and 100,000 teu of containerised cargo.

The multipurpose terminal is expected to handle project cargo, ro-ro cargo, sugar, salt, wooden logs, silica sand and containers.

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APSEZ will install clean cargo handling equipment such as rubber tyred gantry cranes, reach stackers, spreaders as well as dry bulk handling gears including payloaders, forklifts, dumpers, trailers, grab along with development of storage yard, covered shed, ancillary facilities like additional internal road and rail infrastructure.