Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) rose 2.67% to Rs 350 after the company announced that it had secured a Rs 64 crore annual maintenance dredging contract from the Southern Naval Command (SNC) Kochi for FY23. The contract calls for annual dredging of 1.5 million cubic metres at Naval Channel, Ernakulam, Kochi, at a cost of Rs 64 crore for the fiscal year 2022-23. The annual maintenance SNC) Kochi, according to the company, is a feather in the cap of DCI, which is aiming for a record highest ever turnover of Rs 1,000 crore for the fiscal year 2022-23.
DCI performs dredging activities such as capital dredging, maintenance dredging, beach nourishment, and land reclamation for Indian ports and the Navy. The consortium of four port trusts – Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Deendayal Port Trust, Paradip Port Trust, and Visakhapatnam Port Trust – currently owns 73.47% of the company, with the rest owned by the general public. In Q3 FY23, the company’s net profit increased 10.5% to Rs 13.84 crore on a 54.7% increase in net sales to Rs 371.32 crore compared to Q3 FY22.