Orders placed for cranes for Vizhinjam project

  • | Saturday | 26th May, 2018

Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Ltd (AVPPL), the private multi-port operator selected to build the superstructure and operate International Multipurpose Deepwater Seaport at Vizhinjam, has placed orders for the cranes needed for the seaport. Orders have been placed for eight 72-m cranes that can shift containers from vessels that berth at the seaport to the yard and for 24 small cranes, a spokesman of the AVPPL said on Friday. As much as 70 tonnes of granite is needed for completing the 3.1-km-long breakwater of the seaport. The AVPPL is also trying to source granite on its own from the capital and adjoining districts. The casting of Accropode Version II, needed for armour layer to protect the core of the breakwater, is on.

more-in Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Ltd (AVPPL), the private multi-port operator selected to build the superstructure and operate International Multipurpose Deepwater Seaport at Vizhinjam, has placed orders for the cranes needed for the seaport. Orders have been placed for eight 72-m cranes that can shift containers from vessels that berth at the seaport to the yard and for 24 small cranes, a spokesman of the AVPPL said on Friday. Stating that steps had been taken to expedite the works of the seaport, he said the work of casting the piles is going on despite the inclement weather and already 260 piles had been cast. The AVPPL is also trying to source granite on its own from the capital and adjoining districts. A meeting chaired by Minister for Ports Kadannappally Ramachandran and Minister for Industries A. C. Moideen on May 23 also discussed the way forward to bring granite from a quarry at Perinkadavila. Local people are opposing the movement of granite stones from the quarry in Neyattinkara taluk, that the AVPPL had been depending on till now. As much as 70 tonnes of granite is needed for completing the 3.1-km-long breakwater of the seaport. The casting of Accropode Version II, needed for armour layer to protect the core of the breakwater, is on. Dredging has come to a standstill following the heavy damage suffered to two dredgers in the Ockhi cyclone and it will resume after the monsoon.

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