Construction work on the third container terminal
at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port was launched on 31 March 2005 with Gateway
Terminals India Pvt Ltd, the terminal operator, placing a contract worth Rs.108
crore with Simplex Concrete Piles India, for construction of wharf and approach
bridge.
The contract involves widening of the main wharf
for a stretch of about 750 metres by constructing new structures with marine
piles and concrete deck, one new approach bridge and causeway reclamation.
Simplex has recently bagged an order worth
Rs.77 crore for construction of a container terminal at Mundra in Gujarat.
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