Shipping Ministry seeks advice on letting APSEZ bid for govt tenders again

Ministry is concerned about wider repercussions of Supreme Court decision to revoke the firm's disqualification

Months after Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones (APSEZ) was given the green light to bid for government port projects by a Supreme Court order, the nodal ministry of ports, shipping, and waterways is seeking advice from law and finance ministry over re-allowing the country’s largest private port operator back into government contracts.

The shipping ministry is concerned about the wider repercussions of the Supreme Court’s decision to revoke the disqualification of APSEZ from participating in the government’s tendering process, Business Standard has learnt.

APSEZ is the country's largest commercial port operator, with eleven fully-owned ports and private terminals at