In a bid to enhance its coal handling capacity, state-owned Kamarajar Port on the east coast of India has invited proposals for conversion of its existing 12 million mt/year iron ore terminal into a coal import receiving facility.
Kamarajar Port Limited (KPL) has floated a request for qualification (RFQ) solicitation in order to select a developer to convert its iron ore terminal into a common-user coal terminal on a design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis for a 30-year period from the date of award.
The iron ore terminal, jointly owned by Sical Logistics and state-run MMTC Limited, has been lying idle since 2011 due to a Indian ban on iron ore exports.
Last date for submission of proposals is August 6.
The port handled 4.6 million mt of thermal coal in the first two months of the current fiscal year (April-May), compared to 3.9 million mt a year ago, according to Indian Ports Association's latest data.
Currently, the existing coal terminal at Kamarajar Port consists of two berths of a total 16 million mt/year capacity for the exclusive handling of coal required by Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) for its thermal power plants.
In addition, the 8 million mt/year Chettinad International Coal Terminal at Kamarajar port currently receives non-TNEB coal for a license period of 30 years.
source: Platts
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