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Adani Ports in race to bag Rs 11,733-Crore VOC Port container terminal construction deal

Mumbai, Nov 10 (UNI) Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) will compete with Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd and Vishwa Samudra Engineering Pvt Ltd to bag a Rs 11,733.28 crore contract to construct breakwater, dredging and reclamation for a container terminal project of the Tamil Nadu-based V O Chidambaranar (VOC) Port, according to official sources.
According to official sources, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd will qualify for the tender based on its experience in constructing a 2.96 km-long breakwater for Vizhinjam port in the last five years.
Megha Engineering and Infrastructures will be eligible for the work on the basis of the 2.325 km-long breakwater it constructed for the upcoming port at Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
Vishwa Samudra Engineering is expected to qualify since it has almost finished constructing a 3.435 km-long breakwater for a new port at Mulapeta in Andhra Pradesh.
The project approved by the Public-Private-Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) on April 23 has been designed to accommodate vessels with an 18-metre draft, capable of carrying up to 24,000 TEUs.
The enhancement of capacity has significantly altered the scope of dredging requirements with the dredging quantity increasing from 10.96 million cubic metres to 20.30 million cubic metres, owing to the deeper basin and channel, as well as the extension of the outer channel length from 8.6 km to 10.5 km and its width from 230 metres to 295 metres, according to the port authority.
The increase in draft from 16 metres to 18 metres will enable the port to handle larger mainline vessels, including next generation container ships, thereby improving its competitiveness, enhancing economies of scale, and positioning it as a viable transshipment and gateway hub, according to the port authority.
After implementation, the outer harbour is envisaged to achieve a capacity of approximately 5.2 million TEUs, according to the port authority.
As per the restructured plan cleared by the PPPAC, the total capacity has been assessed as 5.2 million TEUs, which would be 2.6 million TEUs for each container terminal.
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