Six firms, including a Swiss terminal operator, have responded to the call for Expressions of Interest for the ₹7,164-crore outer harbour project at the VO Chidambaranar port in Thoothukudi to be built on on design, build, finance, operate and transfer basis.
The Centre has revived the project, which was first announced in 2013, with a capacity to handle 4 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit) annually.
The firms that have evinced interest in the project are Terminal investment ltd, Switzerland, International Seaport Dredging, Chennai, Megha Engineering & Infrastructures ltd, Telangana, Orissa Stevedores ltd, Odisha Premium & JV partners Branch UAE and Amma Lines Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, said officials.
