Essar commissions Vadinar port expansion project

Essar Ports has commissio­ned 12 million tonne per annum capacity expansion project at its Vadinar terminal with a total investment of Rs 1,065 crore. As part of the expansion project, a new jetty was constructed for the handling of petroleum products, storage tanks and a road gantry. This puts Vadinar Power Company's total handling capacity up to 58 million tonne per annum. The capacity addition is in line with Essar Oil's refinery expansion to 18 million tonne per annum as part of the phase-one expansion and further to 20 million tonne per annum post an optimization project, which is due for completion by September 2012.