Gangavaram Port to be ready by March 08
Port authorities plans five berths of which one is ready for operation

Gangavaram Port to be ready by April 2008
Five berths to become ready by end of March

Visakhapatnam, January 12, 2008

Five berths to become ready by end of March

According to a press release, the Gangavaram Port is all set to commence operations by April 2008. The release set said that a vessel carrying project equipment from China which arrived at the port on January 4 handed over the machinery to Duro Feluera, the contractor for Gangavaram Port Project.

With this, five berths of the Port will be ready by the end of March. One berth for iron ore has been completed and another for coal will be completed by March-end. The remaining three for dry bulk and multi purposes will be ready for operation by the same time. The equipment and conveying system is expected to be commissioned by mid June 2008. North and South break waters will also be ready for operation by the end of March 2008.

The dredging work in the channel and full turning circle will reach a depth of 20 metres by the end of May 2008 to make way for super capsize vessels up to 200000 DWT capacities. Construction of other civil works like roads, buildings, railway line, stack yards, conveyor and electrical works are in progress. The progress of the completion of the project within two years is a remarkable feat in itself, according to Port sources.

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