Odisha
May 25, 2022

The government of Odisha has signed an agreement for further development and expansion of Gopalpur port. Moreover, it is a revised concession agreement for the restructuring of Gopalpur Port. The agreement has been signed between the Commerce & Transport Department with Gopalpur Port Limited in the conference hall of the Commerce & Transport Department at Kharvela Bhavan here today in the presence of Minister Padmanav Behera, departmental Principal Secretary Bishnupada Sethi, Gopalpur port authorities.
Gopalpur port situated at Arjipalli in Ganjam district was operated and managed by the State Government’s Commerce & Transport Department. To develop and expand Gopalpur port into an all-season port, the Commerce & Transport Department on September 14 in 2006 signed an agreement with Gopalpur Port Ltd, a port management agency of Odisha Stevedores Limited (OSL) under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode as a result of which it has transformed from a seasonal port to an all-season port.
Change in management of the port necessitated inking of a revised concession agreement, said Minister Behera.