Vadhavan Port project moving onto the next stage

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, recently approved construction of the new greenfield mega port at Vadhvan in Maharashtra, India.

According to the government, the Project will be constructed by Vadhavan Port Project Limited (VPPL), an SPV formed by Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) and Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) with a shareholding of 74% and 26%, respectively.

It will be India’s biggest port project and is set to become among the top 10 container ports in the world – and as a green and smart port, it will also be a one-of-a-kind installation for India.

Royal HaskoningDHV has played a major part in this project – the company was assigned the task of planning and developing the port master plan, and creating the detailed design including tender documents for the new port.

Overall, the project includes development of core infrastructure, terminals and other commercial infrastructure in public-private partnerships (PPP) mode.

The new port will comprise nine container terminals, each 1000 meters long, four multipurpose berths, including the coastal berth, four liquid cargo berths, a Ro-Ro berth, and a Coast Guard berth.

The project also involves the reclamation of 1,448 hectares of area in the sea and the construction of 10.14 km of offshore breakwater and container/cargo storage areas.

In total, the project will create a cumulative capacity of 298 million metric tons (MMT) per annum, including around 23.2 million TEUs (Twenty-foot equivalents) of container handling capacity.