Following is an excerpt from a report in Financial Express.
Besides ArcelorMittal, there are four others, Jamshedpur -based Adhunik Metaliks, Chennai-based SPI Ports Pvt Ltd and Sical Logistic Ltd besides Mundra Port and SEZ Limited, Mumbai has given proposals.
While Adhunik Metaliks proposed to set up a 10-30 million tonne (MT) capacity port at Barunai at an investment of Rs 1683.62 crore, SPI Ports expressed interest to build a 19.76- 41.79MT capacity port at an investment of Rs 1,550 crore.
Sical Logistic wanted to set up a 18-46MT capacity port at an estimated cost of Rs 2,500-3,600 crore and Mundra company proposed to invest Rs 5,000 crore, the minister said.
Astaranga, Puri (Navayuga interested), Bahabalpur, Balasore (unlikely), Bahuda Muhana, Ganjam (many interested), Balasore, Baliharchandi, Puri (many interested), Barunei, Kendrapada (many interested), Bhadrakh, Chandbali, Chandipur, Balasore (Unlikely), Chudamani, Bhadrakh (Birlas interested), Dhamara port (under constr.), Ganjam, Gopalpur port (under constr.), Inchudi, Balasore (many interested), Jagatsinghpur, Jatadhari port (POSCO), Kendrapada, Kirtania, Balasore (Creative ports, Chennai interested), Overall Orissa, Palur, Ganjam (Future metals interested), Paradeep port, Puri, Talsari (Bichitrapur) - JSW interested chitta
Update:Tathya has a recent report on who is pursuing which port. Following is a table based on that info.
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Following is an excerpt from a report in Business Standard.
… the race for setting up of a port at Barunei Muhan has hotted up with four developers evincing interest. They are ArcelorMittal, Adhunik Metaliks, SPI Ports Ltd and the Chennai based Sical Logistics Ltd..
Arcelor-Mittal, the largest steel maker of the world, has proposed to set up a captive port at Barunei Muhan to the north of Mahanadi river near Paradip. It will have a cargo handling capacity of 35 million tonne per annum (MTPA) to be attained in two phases. However, the company has not indicated the quantum of investment for the port.
Similarly, Adhunik Metaliks, part of Adhunik group, plans to set up an all weather commercial port at Barunei Muhan. The project will come up in phases and the total investment in the first phase is pegged at Rs 1684 crore. It will have a cargo handling capacity of 30 million tonne when fully commissioned.
SPI Ports, a division of Rs 1316 crore SPI group, proposed to develop a minor port in the same location with an investment of Rs 1550 crore. It will have 3 berths and container traffic facility in the first phase and the number of berths will go up to 12 in later phase. The company has assured to take the traffic handling capacity 41.79 million tonne per annum by 2021.
Besides, the Chennai based Sical Logistics Ltd. proposed to set up a deep water all weather commercial port at Barunei Muhan..The project envisages an investment of Rs 3600 crore in phases and will have a cargo handling capacity of 46 million tonne per annum (mtpa) when fully commissioned.
Bahuda Muhana, Ganjam (many interested), Balasore, Barunei, Kendrapada (many interested), Berhampur- Gopalpur- Chhatrapur, Ganjam, Gopalpur port (under constr.), Inchudi, Balasore (many interested), Kendrapada, Palur, Ganjam (Future metals interested) chitta
Astaranga, Puri (Navayuga interested), Bahabalpur, Balasore (unlikely), Bahuda Muhana, Ganjam (many interested), Balasore, Baliharchandi, Puri (many interested), Barunei, Kendrapada (many interested), Bhadrakh, Birlas, Chandipur, Balasore (Unlikely), Chudamani, Bhadrakh (Birlas interested), Dhamara port (under constr.), Ganjam, Gopalpur port (under constr.), Inchudi, Balasore (many interested), Jagatsinghpur, Jatadhari port (POSCO), Kendrapada, Kirtania, Balasore (Creative ports, Chennai interested), Palur, Ganjam (Future metals interested), Paradeep port, Ports and waterways, Puri chitta
Dharitri has a nice overview (page1, page2, page3) of the status of the various ports that Orissa plans to have. Following are some highlights from that report.
The article says that the Balasore district ports face problems from the Dept. of Defense because of the missile testing range nearby. The article does not mention the following plan:
