The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved five projects involving an investment of over Rs 17,630 crore to increase the capacity of major ports, a government release said. These five projects are at an advance stage of tendering and are expected to be awarded by the end of March. Of the five projects approved, four are container terminals and one is a multi-purpose cargo berth project in Mumbai port.
The four container terminals are proposed in the major ports of Kandla (with capacity of 4.2 million TEUs (MTEUs), Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (4.8 MTEUs), Kolkata (1.2 MTEUs) and Ennore (1.4 MTEUs). These projects will double the container handling capacity which is at 11.57 million TEUs, or estimated at over 146 MTPA in weight terms.
CCEA approves five port expansion projects
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