New Tajpur port tender in mths; JSW, DP World may bid
Times of India | 4 June 2025
Kolkata: The new tender for the Tajpur deep sea port would be floated in a few months and JSW, DP World and Port of Singapore may be interested in the project, sources said on Tuesday.This comes after the Bengal cabinet on Monday said it would issue a fresh tender for the project, effectively scrapping the first tender that had gone to Adani Ports and SEZ (APSEZ) in 2021.Sources said the state decided on a fresh tender because necessary clearances from the Centre were not received.In 2021, when the first tender was floated, JSW competed with APSEZ but lost by a narrow margin.JSW currently has a special focus on airport and port infrastructure and has already expressed its interest in Andal airport, now run by Bengal Aerotropolis Ltd. DP World and Port of Singapore had expressed interest in the Tajpur project in 2021 as well.According to the 2021 tender, which valued the project at Rs 25,000 crore, the successful bidder was to be given 125 acres of seafront to develop the port.