Visakhapatnam Authority has issued a Letter of Award to M/s Eversun Marine Trade Private Limited for the PPP Project work of development and mechanization of the existing East Quay -6 berth in the inner harbour of Visakhapatnam Port.
The award for handling all types of cargo on DBFOT basis was awarded on Friday in the presence of the VPA chairman and heads of departments and head of project monitoring unit. Chairperson, VPA, informed that this facility would add more throughput to the port.
The proposed facility is a semi-mechanization of the existing EQ-6 Berth with a berth length of 255 Mtrs, which involves installing new Harbour Mobile Crane (HMC) with 1500TPH, and Mobile Hopper of 150 T along with other handling equipment such as cranes, loaders, trucks, forklifts and others with an investment of Rs. 66.12 crores, which can handle all types of cargos with handling capacity of 2.62 MMTPA.
The facility developed is envisaged for handling vessels up to 50,000 DWT, maximum LoA of 200 Meters and with beam of 32 Mtrs. at a draft of 11.50 Mtrs. The entire construction work including installation of new HMC and other project facilities is likely to be completed within 15 months from the date of award of concession. The total concession period is 30 years. The proposed facility is likely to generate employment for at least 100 direct and indirect employments to locals and shall be with state of the art technology.