In a press release, Dighi Port said it successfully handled a cape size vessel in May this year and has now handled another Capesize vessel carrying coal for one of the largest coal importers in the country.
In the first year of being operational in the monsoons, the port achieved another significant milestone by successfully handling the largest Capesize vessel to call the port, the release said.
Vessel ‘MV C Harmony’ having a LOA of 270 meters and a beam of 43 meters with DWT of 153,153 mn t, carrying steam coal berthed Dighi Port on 28 call Dighi Port and one of the largest vessels to call any port in Maharashtra.
The port was able to achieve an average discharge rate of more than 800 mn t per hour. Dighi Port has been handling regular shipments of bauxite, steel and coal.
Dighi Port is being developed by Balaji Infra Projects Ltd (BIPL) and is the first and the largest Greenfield port of Maharashtra. It is being developed as a multipurpose, multi-cargo, all-weather port with deep draught, direct berthing facilities and modern cargo handling equipments with adequate stack yards and warehousing facilities, back up areas with an ample land bank of approximately 1,600 acre.
The port is located on the banks of the Rajpuri Creek, in the Raigad District of Maharashtra. It is at a distance of 42 nautical miles (NM) from Mumbai Port and 170 km south of Mumbai by road.
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