Dharamtar Port, commonly known as JSW Dharamtar Port is on the right bank of the Amba river (i.e., Dharamtar creek) and is from its mouth. Approximately from Wadkhal village on NH-17. The port is from the

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that runs through Pen to

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and is away from National Highway 17 (

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—

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). The port is also adjacent to Mumbai–Goa–

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railway line with an approved

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. It is a tri-modal port with rail (Dharamtar has an approved rail siding, the construction for which is under way). It is away from

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with road and sea links, to Nhava Sheva and Mumbai ports in

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, India.

Services

Some of the services it offers are container transportation by sea/road (rail proposed), bulk and

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transport by sea/road,

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and

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for all commodities, CFS facility,

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-notified warehousing (2,40,000 sq. ft of covered space), empty container management, container repairs and customs clearance. JSW started the construction of the port in 2009,

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began operating the Dharamtar Port in 2012. JSW Dharamtar Port Ltd (JSWDPL) is a special purpose vehicle created under the aegis of JSW Infrastructure Ltd to handle the cargo of the JSW Steel, Dolvi works. JSW Dharamtar Port Private Limited was incorporated on 24 September 2012.https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/jsw-dharamtar-port-gets-nod-to-expand-jetty-facility-in-raigad-115112900072_1.html In January 2020, JSW had expanded the port's capacity to 16 mtpa. By September 2021, the expansion was completed, and the port now has 34 million tonnes of capacity.

Transport

Dharamtar port is a tri-modal port with focus on

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engineering. It handles container transportation as well as bulk and break bulk transportation by road, sea and rail (under development). Dharamtar port also carries out

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of containers. It is known for providing special scheduled

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services using the Inland water mode. As far as the

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of this port the creek is at all times

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up to 200 tons can approach this port. Dharamtar upstream navigation is difficult. At ordinary high tides, boats of 15 tons, and at

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s boats of 25 tons can go to Nagothana, east. Steamer services ply daily between Mumbai and Dharamtar.

Warehousing

The port has

and

for all

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Rail siding

Dharamtar port, with its ongoing

development will soon be able to handle cargo across the regions. In future, a sizeable portion of Dharamtar's container transportation as well as bulk and break bulk transport will be carried by rail transport.

Dharamtar Creek

On the eastern side of the Mumbai harbour entrance lies the Dharamtar creek ( ''dharamatara khāḍī'') of the river Amba, which is formed by

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of Amba river, Karanja creek and Patalganga River on the west coast of

. Dharamtar creek maintains rich

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standing stock (av. 30.3 ml 100 m/3) with peak production during August–November. Zooplankton production rate for the entire system amounted to 10.32 mg C.100 m/3 d/1 with an annual turnover of 29 ton C.km/2. Web-publisher: ''Digital Repository Service of National Institute of Oceanography''.

References

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External links

Dharamtar Infrastructure Limited (official site)

* ttp://www.livemint.com/2008/12/17220530/Ispat-may-fund-port-with-sale.html Ispat may fund port with sale of stake in firm-Source-Livemint.com Ports and harbours of Maharashtra Geography of Maharashtra Raigad district