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 state highway that runs through Pen to Alibag and is away from National Highway 17 (

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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 Nhava Sheva with road and sea links, to Nhava Sheva and Mumbai ports in Maharashtra, 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, customs-notified warehousing (2,40,000 sq. ft of covered space), empty container management, container repairs and

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. ''Dharamtar Infrastructure Ltd.'', a joint venture company of ''United Shippers Ltd.'' and ''PNP Maritime Services Pvt. Ltd.'', which runs Dharamtar port have signed a cooperation agreement with ''The Indira Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd.'' for cargoes handled at ICT terminals.

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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. Steamers 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

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, 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.

Notes

: A. ''Dharamtar Creek PNP Maritime Services Ltd.'' ( mr, धरमतर खाडी पी एन पी मेरिटाइम सव्‍‌र्हिसेस कंपनी ''dharamatara khāḍī pī ēna pī mēriṭā'ima sav‍‌r'hisēsa kampanī'') is main stock owner of Dharamtar port. As on 2009, the companies — ''Oxbow Coal'' of the

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, ''Scorpio Group'' of

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and ''Coeclerici Logistics'' of

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— hold up to 10% stake each in ''United Shippers Ltd.'', which owns half of Dharamtar Port. ''PNP Maritime Services'' owns other half.

Dharamtar Creek

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

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of Amba river, Karanja creek and

Patalganga River The Patalganga River ( mr, पाताळगंगा नदी) is a river that rises in the steep western scarps of the Matheran uplands where it branches off from the main ridge near Khopoli and maintains a general westward flow till it joi ...

on the west coast of Maharashtra. 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 Geography of Maharashtra Ports and harbours of Maharashtra Raigad district