On 22 November 2007, DP World Cochin
(India Gateway Terminal Pvt. Ltd.) awarded the civil construction contract worth
$150 million (around Rs.592.5 crore) to Simplex Infrastructure for the first
phase of the International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) at
Vallarpadam in Ernakulam district of Kerala.
Construction work on the project is
expected to begin by December 2007. Phase I involves the building of 600m of
quay, an on-dock railhead serviced by rail-mounted gantry cranes, 30 ha of yard,
and the acquisition of six Super Super Post Panamax cranes designed to handle
some of the largest vessels afloat today. Work on the first phase of the
terminal will be completed by March 2009 and will have the capacity to handle
one million TEU.
Also See:
Four shortlisted
for Vallarpadam International Container Terminal (31-Aug-07)
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