News / APMT eyes partnership in India's 'global top 10 port' project at Vadhavan

© Dezayin

The government of India has given the final nod for a high-stakes port project on the west coast: a greenfield harbour at Vadhavan, some 120 miles north of Mumbai.

The investment plan – estimated at some $10bn, in stages – has a two-pronged goal: to ease capacity pressure at Nhava Sheva Port (JNPA); and integrate supply chains with alternative cross-border multimodal networks taking shape to sidestep disruptions from geopolitical setbacks.

“The project will be constructed by Vadhavan Port Project, an SPV [special ...