With its advanced cargo handling equipment, the iron ore handling complex will have the fastest vessel turnaround time of 120,000 tonne per day for iron ore among Indian ports. The iron ore handling complex, which has a berth length of 325 metres, can now berth Super Capesize vessels up to 200,000 DWT, with a depth of 20 metres, on the outer harbour of VPT. Essar is a BOT operator of Visakhapatnam Port Trust. VCTPL, one of the BOT operators of Visakhapatnam Port, operates the container terminal. Mr. Gadkari, who arrived here on Wednesday night to take part in the two-day all India major port chairmen’s conference, will formally inaugurate India’s largest 24 million tonne iron ore handling complex, built by Essar Vizag Terminal Ltd (EVTL) at a cost of ? 830 crore.
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