JSW Infra emerges successful bidder for Kolkata Port container berths

JSW Infrastructure has received a Letter of Award from the Syama Prasad Mookherjee Port Authority, pursuant to a competitive bidding process, for the integrated development of the outer container terminal, which consist of two berths and five berths at Netaji Subhas Dock (NSD) at the Kolkata Dock System.

The Project was awarded on a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis under the Public-Private Partnership framework and is aimed at enhancing container handling capacity, improving operational efficiency, and supporting growing trade volumes in the region.

Under the concession agreement with a 30 year tenure, the project will be executed in two phases and is expected to create a total capacity of approximately 0.93 million TEUs.

The new award builds on the company’s earlier LOA for the reconstruction of berth eight and mechanisation of berths seven and eight at NSD, Kolkata (0.45 million TEUs), with interim operations expected to commence shortly.

Together, these two projects expand the company’s footprint at one of India’s key eastern gateway ports and reinforce its strategic presence in the Kolkata Dock System.

Upon completion, including the capacity from the ongoing erth seven and eight project, the company’s combined container handling capacity at the Kolkata Dock System is expected to scale up to about 1.4 million TEUs.

Both the projects are expected to address existing capacity constraints at NSD, improve berth productivity through mechanisation and enhance vessel turnaround times.

Upon completion of the identified container growth projects, the company’s overall container handling capacity is expected to increase to about 1.8 million TEUs. The addition of incremental container capacity is aligned with the company’s strategy to further diversify into the container segment and progressively scale up its third-party cargo business, thereby enhancing its overall cargo mix.