Adani Ports Set To Go Into West Bengal Maritime Sector

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Adani Group is also one of the bidders for six berths of Kidderpore Dock in Kolkata.Kolkata: Adani Ports, which is rapidly expanding its
network on the east coast, is set to enter the maritime sector in West Bengal as it emerged as the top bidder for operating a berth at
royalty of Rs 75 per tonne for the rights to mechanise and run the dry bulk cargo handling berth at HDC of Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port
and said it would bid for multimodal terminals when these will be put under the hammer by Inland Waterways Authority of India."Adani is the
highest bidder for Haldia berth 2 with Rs 75 per tonne royalty
The process of awarding the contract will take 15-20 days to complete
will be privatised," SMP Kolkata chairman Vinit Kumar said.The Haldia berth will be mechanised with an investment of Rs 298.26 crore to
be put under the hammer, a senior company official said.(This story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is auto-generated
from a syndicated feed.)