India: Setting Up of Major Ports and Ship Building Yards

[Major Shaitan Singh]

The Union Minister of Shipping, Shri G.K. Vasan has informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question that the Government has requested all Coastal States in the Country to explore the possibility of setting up a new Major Port or a new Ship Building Yard or a composite Port-cum-Shipbuilding yard in their States and submit a comprehensive proposal to the Ministry of Shipping.

The Minister stated that as per Indian Ports Act, 1908, the development of non-major ports (Minor Ports) vest with the respective State Governments.

The Minister has further stated that the ports and the approach channels are being deepened by Capital dredging to attract bigger vessels, Mechanization of berths by installing conveyors and pipelines are taken up, shore equipment are being added to increase the loading/unloading rate and reduce ship idle time and existing berths are being strengthened.

In order to handle huge traffic at ports in the country, the Government has taken the initiative for construction/upgradation of berths, deepening of channels, rail/road connectivity projects, equipment upgradation/modernization schemes etc., he added.

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[T90TankGuy]

now this is really good news. we need a better infrastructure to facilitate a greater tomorrow.

baring two of our ports our approach channels have not been deep , dredging would help immensely .

 

[Hindustani78]

VOC Port achieves highest growth rate among major ports - The Hindu
V.O.Chidambaranar Port has handled a cargo traffic of 13.06 million tonnes till July end.— Photo: N. Rajesh

V.O.Chidambaranar Port has handled traffic of 13.06 million tonnes until July end in the current fiscal year, registering a whopping growth of 27.56 percent over corresponding period last year, when 10.23 million tonnes of cargo was handled.

Major cargoes that contributed to the achievement are coal (43 per cent), containers (32 per cent), fertilizer and fertilizer with raw material (4 per cent), copper concentrate (3 per cent), construction materials (2 per cent), liquid cargoes (4 per cent) and other bulk and break bulk cargo (12 per cent).

In terms of containers, the Port has handled 2.06 lakh Twentyfoot Equivalent Units (TEUs) until July end registering a growth of 15.27 per cent over corresponding period last year with 1.78 lakh TEUs.

S. Anantha Chandra Bose, Chairman of VOC Port Trust in a statement issued on Tuesday said it was the highest growth rate achieved among all major ports in India during the current fiscal ending July 2015.

During the last financial year, the Port had achieved 13.17 per cent growth and crossed the Ministry of Shipping’s target of 32 million tonnes by handling 32.41 million tonnes. This achievement was possible due to cost effective service offered by the Port and conducive working atmosphere prevailing here.

Tuticorin is becoming the power hub of Southern India and V.O.C Port offers all advantages to investors to venture into new Port-related industries in Tuticorin.

Further, the Chairman appreciated the commitment, hard work and dedicated efforts of the officers and other staff of the Port, terminal operators and all stake holders for achieving such significant growth in volumes which is in line with the Port’s vision to become a pioneer in providing quality and efficient cargo handling facility in South India, the statement also added.