visakhapatnam the two new berths being developed at the visakhapatnam port trust vpt at a cost of nearly rs 170 crore on develop build finance operate and transfer dbfot basis appear to have run into delays according to sources the completion of the two berths which was originally scheduled for this month has been delayed by at least three months due to various issues while wq6 berth which is being developed to handle bulk cargo is expected to take another six months for completion and be operational by march 2014 berth eq10 is now slated to be operational in another three monthsthe development of wq6 berth in the inner harbour of vpt has being undertaken by west quay multiport private limited wqmpl a joint venture between abg infralogistics limited and alba asia private limited on dbfot basis for a period of 30 years the work on the berth which is expected to handle bulk cargo like granite blocks steel calcinated pet coke among others and is estimated to come up at a cost of nearly rs 1145 crore was started in october 2011 explaining the reason for delay a senior vpt official said wqmpl has been facing some internal problems due to which the project has been delayed vpt sources said that wqmpl would be providing a revenue of 47 to the port while the port would allot a stacking area of around 12 acres during the 30 years of dbfot periodmeanwhile the development of the eq10 berth in the inner harbour for handling liquid cargo which has also been awarded on a dbfot basis is being undertaken by avr infra private limited a special purpose vehicle of imc limited and itd cementation india limited according to vpt sources the eq10 berth which will be handling all types of petrochemical products will be operational by january 2014 while the project was expected to be completed by october this year sources said that a delay in finalising the agreements between vpt and avr infra private limited resulted in the additional delays the project would provide a revenue share of around 17 to vptaccording to sources the eq10 project being developed at a cost of rs 5538 crore includes connecting the berth to six tank terminals with a capacity of 18000 kilolitres each with an estimated throughput of 185 million metric tonnes an industry source said the work is going on at a brisk pace and the project is expected to be completed in another three months while the wq6 berth would cater to vessels up to 195205m length overall the eq10 liquid cargo berth is expected to handle ships of around 160 m length and 1180m depth