JSW Infra lists, up 32% at closing

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Mumbai: JSW Infrastructure Ltd, commercial port operator firm of JSW Group, on Tuesday, hit the upper circuit on its debut. The shares listed at ₹143 per share on BSE and NSE, at a premium of 20.17%. The company’s share price closed at ₹157.30 per share on the BSE and NSE, a 32.18% premium.

JSW Infrastructure is a port company which started with JSW Group as anchor customer and has since grown significantly as an independent port operator servicing a wide range of customers across bulk cargo, LPG, container, sugar and other commodities. It emerged as the fastest growing port-related infrastructure company in terms of both installed cargo handling capacity and cargo volumes handled since FY21. This is the third IPO by the JSW Group (after steel & energy businesses) and follows 13 years after the public listing of JSW Energy in January 2010.

The entire IPO consisted of fresh issue of equity shares. As on 31 March 2023, JSW Infrastructure’s installed cargo handling capacity was 158.43 million tonnes per annum. The company provides maritime related services including, cargo handling, storage solutions, logistics services and other value-added services to the customers.

JSW Infrastructure’s port business operations expanded from one Port Concession at Mormugao, Goa (acquired by the JSW Group in 2002) where it commenced operations in 2004, to nine Port Concessions as of 30 June , 2023 across the Western & Eastern coast of India, making it a well-diversified maritime ports company. It also operates two port terminals under Operations & Management agreements in Fujairah Terminal and Dibba Port in the UAE with cumulative cargo handling capacity of 41 million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa). The company plans to further expand its