Sterlite serves notice to Vizag Port to terminate contract

Sterlite serves notice to Vizag Port to terminate contract

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 04:52 PM IST
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New Delhi :  Vedanta Group firm Sterlite Industries has served a notice to Vishakhapatnam Port for terminating pact with it, saying the state-owned port failed to dredge the entrance of the cargo berth rendering the project awarded to the company unviable, reports PTI.

Vizag General Cargo Berth Pvt Ltd (VGCB), a 74:26 joint venture between Sterlite and Leighton Welspun Contractors, was awarded the project for mechanisation of coal handling facilities and upgradation of general

cargo berth at outer harbour of Vizag Port to cater to 200,000 tonnes capesize ships in June 2010.

VGCB, in the termination letter to the Port Chairman has said: “VGCB, has from the commencement of commercial operations in January 2013 to date, have not been able to cater to any vessel of 200,000 DWT at the GCB which are in fact being diverted to neighbouring ports.”

Stressing that VGCB has already spent Rs 638 crore on the project, it has said that the repeated pleas to port officials to dredge and maintain the depth at the outer harbour approach /entrance channel at 20 metres, as per the contract, has failed and the company was left with no other option than to terminate the contract.

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