The Orissa government is upgrading the port of Gopalpur and has announced a second phase of development work, which should be completed by March 2013.
Investment of $791m will be required to allow the port to eventually handle 54m tonnes of cargo.
Gopalpur, a natural port of Orissa, is one of the ideally located and topographically suited deep sea ports on the East Coast of India.
( portstrategy )
[mappress] Source: portstrategy, August 17, 2011; Image: Gopalpurports