Dhamra Port In Bhadrakh Odisha was taken over by Adani Port in June 2014. Construction of a $12 billion steel plant by Posco of South Korea, and the new port of Dhamara, promise to bring jobs and development. The port will be used to export iron ore from a nearby mineral belt. The Odisha government has plans to develop related industries near the new port, including a shipbuilding yard and a petrochemical and gas-based manufacturing hub. A Special Investment Region has been proposed for Dhamara, and a zoning plan is being prepared to cover housing, health services, and other urban infrastructure. A new airport/Airstrip is approved by the government of Odisha near Dhamra port of around 500 acres. National Waterway 5 project of connecting water channels between Pradeep and Dharma is also in the construction stage by (IWAI). A proposed 4 lane NH is also in DPR stage connecting to Dhamra port from Jamujhadi NH16. The existing jamujhadi-basudebpur-Dhamra road is under construction and is been done on PPP mode. A tea processing unit is planned to have a unit in Dhamra port.

During the year 1997 Government of Odisha welcomed M/s International Seaports digging Private Limited (ISDPL) to investigate and assess the prospects of growing the minor port at Dhamra with present day contemporary offices. After a site visit and fundamental conversations/assessment, chosen Dhamra port for additional extension. In light of a survey of studies embraced by the Government of Odisha and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai, just as a starter field examination ISDPL proposed a wide undertaking approach. On this premise ISDPL and Government of Odisha went into an update of comprehension on 31.03.97 for the extension and advancement of the current port of Dharma on Built Own Operate Share and Transfer (BOOST) premise. ISDPL consented to the concession arrangement with the Government of Odisha on 02.04.98. In this way proclaiming another period in the foundation improvement in the port area of the country with private interest.

The proposed Dhamra Port In Bhadrakh Odisha is a minor port in the northern piece of the province of Orissa arranged around 62 km east of Bhadrak station on the Howrah-Chennai East coast mainline. Dhamra port is to be created as a most current all-climate, profound water port, equipped for taking care of all cutting edge dispatching proficiently and cost adequately on world standard standards. Advancement of an appropriate street and rail framework connecting the port with the public organization is additionally viewed as an indispensable and necessary piece of the venture.

ISDPL suggested that the rail line between Dhamra port and Bhadrak would be based on private siding terms, which is along these lines allowed by Railway board. Meanwhile, ISDPL had removed its support from this venture because of challenges in the securing of land needed for the proposed rail interfaces among Bhadrak and Renital stations and in the adjustment in the creation of the organizations putting resources into the undertaking. This brought about suspension of exercises. In the year 2005, a joint endeavor organization shaped for the sake of Dhamra Port organization restricted with 50-50 association of Larsen and Toubro Limited and Tata prepares restricted.

The arranged port would have 13 billets with the ability to deal with 83 million tons every year. In the primary stage, two 350 meter compartments have been worked to deal with the import of coking coal, steam coal, warm coal, and limestone, and fare of iron metal and steel, with completely automated payload taking care of. A 18 km navigational channel lets ships with a 18-meter draft utilize the port. Limit in the primary stage is 15.25 million tons of imported coal and limestone and 9.75 million tons of traded mineral and steel.

A 62 km single-track rail route line connects the port to Bhadrak/Rental, was opened on 8 May 2011. It is the principal line of the Indian Government’s Railways Infrastructure for Industry Initiative, an income sharing model. It is a course of action between Indian Railways and Dhamara Port.

In September 2010, the port got its first load vessel, an Australian boat carrying 45,000 tons of coking coal to supply Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur plant.