Posco, JNPT, Adani, JSW Infrastructure in race for debt-laden Dighi Port

The port is being developed by Balaji Infra Projects, under a 50-year concession agreement from the state's maritime board

Debt-laden Dighi Port has received expression of interest( EOI) from 10 parties including Sanjana Jindal-led JSW Infrastructure and Gautam Adani-led Adani Ports among domestic private port companies. 

"There are another three private equity entities, two more overseas players along with DP World and South Korean company POSCO and JNPT (Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust) bidding for Dighi," sources close to the development told Business Standard.

"Initially there were 11 entities that expressed interest but one of them got disqualified last minute," informed the source.

Dighi is located in Raigad district of Maharashtra, about 170 km from Mumbai by road. The port is