A container cargo terminal will be built at the Paradip Port soon. The Conker Multi Made logistic ltd will construct this terminal. It was revealed after Container Transport Corporation Director V Kalyarama held discussions with PPT Chairman Rinkesh Roy in this regard.
The PPT would provide 400-500 acers of land for the proposed terminal and the Conker Company will start the work in four months’ time at an first-phase investment of Rs10 to 15 crore. After its expansion in the second phase, companies like Nalco, Vedanta, Bhusan and Jindal will use the terminal for cargo transport.
Now, the PPT is handing only 10,000 tonne units of container cargo. But after the terminal is built, it would handle 2.5 million tonnes per year, according to sources. The Conker has already built 63 such terminals. Steel, automobile, railway goods hub will come up in phases.