Logistics company DP World recently said that it has won a major contract to develop, operate and maintain a mega-container terminal at Deendayal Port in Gujarat under the public-private partnership mode.

About Deendayal Port:

• Deendayal Port (previously called Kandla port) is situated in the Kandla Creek and is 90 kms from the mouth of the Gulf Of Kachch in Gujarat.
• It is a protected natural harbour.
• It is recognized as one of the major ports in India.
• It was constructed in the 1950s as the chief seaport serving western India, after the partition of India from Pakistan left the port of Karachi in Pakistan. 
• Deendayal Port is hub for major imports like petroleum, chemicals and iron also export grains, salt and textiles.
• It remains India’s biggest state-owned cargo handler by volume, but it has steadily lost market share to privately owned Mundra Port (India’s largest private port) 60km to the southwest.