JSW Infrastructure Ltd, the port operating unit of Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Group, commissioned a 370-metre long terminal, with a capacity to handle 18 million tonne per annum. The Group has invested Rs 750 crore to build an iron ore terminal at the Paradip port in Odisha. JSW commissioned its new terminal at Paradip by loading approximately 60,000 metric tonnes of iron ore pellets on the bulk carrier MV IC Phoenix for one of the country’s leading pellet manufacturer, Brahmani River Pellets Ltd.
It is designed to handle capsize vessels for iron ore and pellet exports and can load at a rate of 100,000 metric tonnes per day.
JSW Infrastructure was awarded the rights by Central government-owned Paradip Port Trust to operate the terminal on a Build, Operate and Transfer (BoT) basis for 30 years The high load rate is expected to have the potential to significantly reduce the pre-berthing delays at Paradip as well as allow increased cargo flow to the Port. The terminal comprises two ship-loaders, each having a capacity of 7,000 metric tonnes per hour. It also has a facility of 800,000 metric tonnes cargo storage yard with rotary and tandem wagon tipplers to enable fast rake unloading.
Ports run by JSW Infrastructure at Jaigarh and Dharamtar in Maharashtra and in Goa and Paradip have a combined capacity of over 100 mt and handled a combined 65 mt of cargo in FY19 of which some 90% were the Group’s own cargo.
“This terminal is part of our broader strategy to achieve 200 MTPA (million tonnes per annum) cargo handling capacities in next three years,” Maheshwari said.
“With the commissioning of this terminal, the country can now offer cape-size shipments. The capacities are far better than not only any other domestic port but also many ports internationally,” joint managing director ArunMaheshwari said
