Indian port operator Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Ltd. (MPSEZ), part of the Adani Group, has outlined expansion plans aimed at boosting the port's cargo handling capacity and logistics capabilities.
The port, located along the west coast of India, intends to construct additional berths and engage in rail and airport projects to enhance import and export operations.
"The company plans to set up as many as 20 new berths at the Mundra Port under its Vision 2020," Captain Unmesh Abhyankar, chief operating officer of the MPSEZ told the Press Trust of India (PTI).
He added that three new berths, situated at Mundra port's Western basin facility, will be ready for operations by March 2011.
"The first three new berths will add another 1,320 metres of berth length to the port," said Abhyankar.
"Subsequently, the company will add and operationalise another 500 metres of berth length by December 2011," he said, adding that a dedicated liquid berth capable of handling Aframax oil tankers will also be completed by the end of 2011.
In addition, MPSEZ also hoped to construct an 800 metres of berth length at Mundra port's South basin to handle additional container cargoes by March 2013.
Mundra port currently has a total of eight multi-purpose berths for handling dry and liquid bulk cargoes, and four container berths for super post-Panamax vessels.
MPSEZ is also considering to setup another single point mooring (SPM) off Mundra to allow VLCCs to transfer crude oil or refined petroleum products to Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)-operated tank farms, also located within the port's SEZ.
Other plans include the enhancement of a privately developed railway link connecting Mundra and Adipur, a city in India's Gujarat region, which will increase the port's land transport capacity by up to four times.
MPSEZ has also applied for approvals to start commercial operations at its private airport, located in Mundra port's SEZ, so that exporters will have another option for transporting cargo, according to Abhyankar.
The port, located along the west coast of India, intends to construct additional berths and engage in rail and airport projects to enhance import and export operations.
"The company plans to set up as many as 20 new berths at the Mundra Port under its Vision 2020," Captain Unmesh Abhyankar, chief operating officer of the MPSEZ told the Press Trust of India (PTI).
He added that three new berths, situated at Mundra port's Western basin facility, will be ready for operations by March 2011.
"The first three new berths will add another 1,320 metres of berth length to the port," said Abhyankar.
"Subsequently, the company will add and operationalise another 500 metres of berth length by December 2011," he said, adding that a dedicated liquid berth capable of handling Aframax oil tankers will also be completed by the end of 2011.
In addition, MPSEZ also hoped to construct an 800 metres of berth length at Mundra port's South basin to handle additional container cargoes by March 2013.
Mundra port currently has a total of eight multi-purpose berths for handling dry and liquid bulk cargoes, and four container berths for super post-Panamax vessels.
MPSEZ is also considering to setup another single point mooring (SPM) off Mundra to allow VLCCs to transfer crude oil or refined petroleum products to Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)-operated tank farms, also located within the port's SEZ.
Other plans include the enhancement of a privately developed railway link connecting Mundra and Adipur, a city in India's Gujarat region, which will increase the port's land transport capacity by up to four times.
MPSEZ has also applied for approvals to start commercial operations at its private airport, located in Mundra port's SEZ, so that exporters will have another option for transporting cargo, according to Abhyankar.