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Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) said it has issued a work order to Dutch firm Boskalis International b.v. for dredging its main navigational channel.
This follows the signing of the protocol agreement between Mumbai Port and the JN port on July 30, which provides for sharing the cost of dredging as well as the port dues. Boskalis was earlier shortlisted for awarding the contract.
“The entire dredging across the 34-km channel is expected to be completed within 25 months at about Rs 1,370 crore,” JNPT said in a statement.
The dredging contract was awarded on ‘assured depth’ basis, a first-of-its-kind capital dredging project in the country.
The project, when complete, will widen the channel by up to 370 metres and deepen it up to 14 metres. This will allow ports to accommodate vessels with 6000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit) capacity.
satyanarayan.iyer@thehindu.co.in
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