New dock at Paradip Port

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a ₹3,004.63-crore project to enhance the facilities at Paradip Port, including the development of a Western dock to accommodate the larger cape size vessels, a government statement said.
The project would be on the build, operate and transfer model under the public-private partnership mode. The project would cater to imports of coal and limestone.
Paradip Port is a natural, deep-water port on the East coast of India in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha.
It is situated at confluence of the Mahanadi river and the Bay of Bengal. It is situated 210 nautical miles south of Kolkata and 260 nautical miles north of Visakhapatnam.
The port is administered by the Paradip Port Trust (PPT), an autonomous corporation wholly owned by the Government of India

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