Kandla based Jaisu Shipping bagged a
combined contract for maintenance dredging and capital dredging at Kochi Port in
Kerala till October 2008.
The board of trustees of the port
approved the proposal of the company at a cost of Rs.19 crore. The company has
to carry out the work on quantity basis. The work involves deepening of the
outer and inner channels leading to the Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal (RGCT)
to a draft of 12.5 mtrs, as well as annual maintenance of the port. The
port currently has a draft of 11mtrs.
Though Dredging Corporation of India
was requested to undertake the maintenance dredging for the period on nomination
basis, the company expressed its inability to undertake the work due to other
commitments.