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Yesterday the new Indian port of Dhamra is inaugurated officially
It is constructed and it managed by the Dhamra Port Co., joint venture 50:50 between Tata Steel and Larsen & Toubro
December 19, 2011
Yesterday the Prime Minister of the government of the Indian State of Odisha (former Orissa), Naveen Patnaik, has officially inaugurated the new port of Dhamra realized and managed from the Dhamra Port Co. Ltd. (DPCL), joint venture 50:50 between the Indians Tata Steel and Larsen & Toubro (L&T), within a contract of concession of the enclosed duration 34-year-old four years for the construction of the port of call.
The realization of the port is started in 2007. The first experimental landing place has happened on September 18, 2010 and the port of call has become operating last May. Currently two docks of 350 linear meters with an ability to total traffic of 12 million tons for the import of coal and 6,5 million tons for the iron mineral export are realized. Up to now to the port, that a -17,5 backdrop anticipates meters, 50 ships are landed that have disembarked about 2,5 million tons of coal.
The project altogether previews the construction of 13 docks for the traffic of bulk several liquid sand banks and goods in a position to enlivening per year beyond 100 million tons.
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