Adani Petronet (Dahej) Port Private Limited, a joint venture between Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ) (formerly known as Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone) and Petronet LNG Ltd commissioned second jetty at Dahej Port in south Gujarat.
"This milestone of adding one more jetty at Dahej port will provide a welcome access to the industries and trade for their raw materials in central India and the industrialized south Gujarat region," said Malay Mahadevia, wholetime director at APSEZ.
The commissioning of the jetty also marks completion of the second phase of expansion at Dahej Port. The port has an annual cargo handling capacity of 20 million tonnes, a company statement said on Thursday.
Dahej Port handles varied commodities such as coal, silica sand, rock phosphate, steel products and project cargo or machinery items.
The coal import terminal at Dahej is equipped with two jetties with a deep draft of 14 meters each thereby enabling berthing of large capsize vessels. Both the jetties are equipped with state of the art Gottwald make Mobile Harbor cranes. Last month, the Dahej Port has also been connected by railways, a move that will help reducing logistics costs for transporting coal to the region and rest of India.
