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Private Sector | Karnataka - India | PID: 201988
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JSW Infrastructure has received a letter of award (LoA) to develop an all-weather, deep-water, greenfield port at Keni Port in Karnataka under public-private partnership (PPP) mode for Rs 4,119 crore
Keni Port is located strategically between two operational major ports viz. Mormugao Port in the north and New Mangalore Port in the south. The proposed port would have modern environment-friendly mechanised facilities for handling cape-size vessels
In the initial phase, the capacity of the proposed port is expected to be 30 million tpa with further potential to increase substantially in the long run. The firm will stat developing the Keni Port as an integral part of Karnataka's maritime infrastructure and trade gateway. Once developed, the port is expected to crucially address the rising import and export trade momentum of the region
Keni Port is envisaged as multi-cargo, direct berthing, deep-water commercial port for handling all types of cargoes on the west coast in the North Karnataka region to serve the industries in the area covering Bellary, Hosapete, Hubballi, Kalaburagi, and South Maharashtra
JSW Infrastructure, a part of the JSW Group, is one of the largest commercial port operator in India in terms of cargo handling capacity in FY23. Further, rail connectivity to the Keni Port site is proposed to be in the southern side and will be connected with the existing Konkan line to north of the Ankola station
The proposed railway alignment will be developed with a total length of about eight km, and the proposed port is likely to be well connected with road and railway connectivity
| Updated on: 18 - Nov - 2023
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