Green-field multi-cargo deep water port in Jaigarh currently has a capacity of 15 MTPA which is now being expanded to 80 MTPA by building additional capability by 2020. Sajjan Jindal led-JSW Group, has drawn up a master plan to develop its Jaigarh Port in Konkan as one of India’s biggest ports that could receive big bulk carriers, LNG, LPG and oil tankers. In the near future, Jaigarh Port is getting ready for a giant leap to handle 65 MTPA of cargo and aiming for direct berthing of next generation vessels i.e. largest dry bulk carrier (vale max), the first port in India and just 11th in the world!! -... more...
A bright future lies ahead for the freight starved KonkanRly. KR need to speed up the doubling so that the freight trains to/from the Jaigarh port could find time-slots in the congested Konkan Rly network.
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