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The original name of the village was Dhau. The village had a grave, Vaux’s Tomb of the Deputy Governor of Bombay named John Vaux. The grave in Gujarati was known as "Bakasno Hajiro" (બકાસનો હજીરો) is called as "Hajiro" (હજીરો). The name became popular and village became famous as Hajira.[1]
Hazira Port is a deep-water liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and multi-cargo port. The LNG terminal is operational and it is India's largest, with a storage and export capacity of 2.5 million tonnes. It is a joint venture between Shell Oil and Total S.A.[3] Storage and export capacity is intended to be increased to 3.8 million tonnes by the end of 2009.[3]
A container terminal capable of handling one million TEU is currently under construction by Singapore company PSA Corporation.[3]
L&T shipyard started production of small ships and naval crafts in 2010.[citation needed]
