The order was placed by India’s largest engineering and construction firm, Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T Shipbuilding), which is building an integrated shipyard-cum-container port complex at Kattupalli.
The container terminal is expected to be operational by January 2012 with an initial capacity of 1m teu. This will have the potential to be increased to 1.5m teu as demand grows.
L & T is currently in discussions with unnamed global container handling specialists regarding the operation and management of the proposed terminal.
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