JSW Infrastructure Strengthens East Coast Container Footprint, Emerges as Successful Bidder for Container Berths at Kolkata Port

JSW Infrastructure Limited (“the Company”) has received a Letter of Award (“LOA”) from the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Authority (“SMPA”), pursuant to a competitive bidding process, for the integrated development of the Outer Container Terminal comprising of two berths and five berths at Netaji Subhas Dock (NSD) at the Kolkata Dock System (“the Project”). The Project has been awarded on a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) framework and is aimed at enhancing container handling capacity, improving operational efficiency, and supporting growing trade volumes in the region.

Under the concession agreement with a 30-year tenure, the Project will be executed in two phases and is expected to create a total capacity of approximately 0.93 million TEUs. This award builds on the Company’s earlier LOA for the reconstruction of Berth 8 and mechanization of Berths 7 and 8 at NSD, Kolkata (0.45 million TEUs), with interim operations expected to commence shortly. Together, these two projects meaningfully expand the Company’s footprint at one of India’s key eastern gateway ports and reinforce its strategic presence in the Kolkata Dock System. Upon completion, and including the capacity from the ongoing Berth 7 and 8 project, the Company’s combined container handling capacity at the Kolkata Dock System is expected to scale up to approximately 1.4 million TEUs. The development is underpinned by strong demand fundamentals benefiting from a well-established hinterland and a high concentration of cargo originating from the Kolkata metropolitan region.

Both the projects are expected to address existing capacity constraints at NSD, improve berth productivity through mechanization, and enhance vessel turnaround times. Strategically, this marks the Company’s second win at SMPA within a year, further consolidating its position as a key private sector participant in the Government’s port privatization and PPP framework. Upon completion of the identified container growth projects, the Company’s overall container handling capacity is expected to increase to approximately 1.8 million TEUs. The addition of incremental container capacity is aligned with the Company’s strategy to further diversify into the container segment and progressively scale up its third party cargo business, thereby enhancing its overall cargo mix across geographies.