http://epaper.dinamalar.com/DM/DINAMALAR/2011/01/24/Article//154/24_01_2011_154_037.jpg

* Coal terminal built at a cost of Rs. 400 crores and Car export terminal built at a cost of Rs.120 crores to be opened on 28th

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Port Corridor at Ennore at a cost of 280 crores for a distance of 22 km

Good one . When they terminate this on the Chennai Port side I hope they provide exit and entry ramps to the Chennai Maduravoyal Express way which
begins at Chennai Port Gate no. 10 (Source: Wikipedia). That way it will be one long connector from Ennore-Port-Maduravoyal-Tambaram.

Raja

Port Corridor at Ennore at a cost of 280 crores for a distance of 22 km[/QUOTE]

SOURCE: http://www.livemint.com/2011/01/28201929/No-takers-for-mega-container-t.html?atype=tp

An ambitious plan by the government to build a mega container terminal at India’s second-busiest container port at Chennai, with private funds worth Rs.3,686 crore, is stranded.

In a separate development, the tariff regulator for Union government-owned ports has rejected a proposal by the Chennai port to increase its rates for services rendered.

None of the seven short-listed bidders submitted bids because of a pending environment clearance and fears that overcapacity would render the project unviable. The deadline for the bids was 19 January.

The terminal is designed to handle four million standard cargo containers a year. Chennai has two container terminals, run separately by DP World Pvt. Ltd and PSA International Pte Ltd, with a combined capacity to handle 2.8 million standard containers a year. The two terminals loaded 1.11 million standard containers between April and December, up from 886,000 containers a year earlier.

“We did not receive price bids from any of the seven shortlisted bidders,” a Chennai port official said on condition of anonymity as he is not authorized to speak to the media.

DP World, L&T Transco Pvt. Ltd, IL&FS Maritime Infrastructure Co. Ltd, Lanco Infratech Ltd, GVK Power and Infrastructure Ltd, and Mundra Port and SEZ Ltd, were among the pre-qualified bidding groups. Executives at these firms confirmed non-participation. None wanted to be identified.

The port official said the bidding groups wanted more time to study finer details of environment clearance, pending with the Union ministry of environment and forests.

“Environment clearance usually comes with stiff conditions which have to be complied with by the terminal developer. Complying with such conditions usually have a huge impact on the project cost; so bidders sought more time,” the official said, adding that the Chennai port may give more time to bidders, but this has not been firmed up as yet.

The tender was issued in September 2008.

Experts believe the project is not viable because of over-capacity in and around Chennai and other factors. “It was too ambitious a plan,” said an executive at a Mumbai-based infrastructure consultancy firm that had studied the project.

On the proposed rate hike, the Tariff Authority for Major Ports said in an order posted on its website, “The estimated financial position at the existing level of tariff shows an aggregate surplus. Therefore, the proposal of Chennai port seeking increase in the rates of various tariff items is rejected.”

:ohno: :nuts:

http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/article1134885.ece

“We are planning to raise the total cargo handling capacity of our ports from the current one billion tonnes to 3.2 billion tonnes by 2020,” G.K. Vasan, Union Minister for Shipping, announced on Friday.

Speaking at a function at Ennore Port to commemorate the overall capacity of the ports in the country touching one billion tonne mark, he called it a “golden day” in the Indian maritime history and a “landmark achievement.”

Even the ambitious target set for the next decade in the Maritime Agenda unveiled recently might not suffice because of the pace of the growth of Indian economy. While a plethora of policy initiatives had been spelt out, newer investment was a must to meet the challenges of high level of growth.

“It is imperative to improve operational efficiency,” he added.

He said that during the past 18 months 22 public-private partnership projects estimated at Rs.6,172 crore had been awarded.

Ennore Port, the first corporate major port, which was originally started for handling only oil, had now grown into one handling various commodities.

With the inauguration of a common user, coal, iron ore and car terminals by Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran at the same function, Mr. Vasan said the cargo handling capacity of Ennore Port would rise to 30 million tonnes from the current 15 million tonnes in a couple of years. By 2020, its capacity would shoot up to 90 million tonnes.

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Speaking at a function at Ennore Port to commemorate the overall capacity of the ports in the country touching one billion tonne mark, he called it a “golden day” in the Indian maritime history and a “landmark achievement.”

...

This is definitely a golden day and a landmark achievement.

Experts believe the project is not viable because of over-capacity in and around Chennai and other factors. “It was too ambitious a plan,” said an executive at a Mumbai-based infrastructure consultancy firm that had studied the project.

Good to know that our planners at last are trying to be over ambitious for a change. I think the main reason why there are no takers is because of the pathetic port connectivity. The bottleneck now is the evacuation capacity rather than port capacity. Let the port connectivity be completed first. Someone will come forward in the meantime.

This is definitely a golden day and a landmark achievement.



Good to know that our planners at last are trying to be over ambitious for a change. I think the main reason why there are no takers is because of the pathetic port connectivity. The bottleneck now is the evacuation capacity rather than port capacity. Let the port connectivity be completed first. Someone will come forward in the meantime.

Dude,

It is not so simple.

The game plan here is to set the terms so tough so that no one is able to give a winning quote. Drag the issue for some time and then relax the terms to favour the favourite party.

Bloody Sagunis. Its good to have someone like you in the forum to breakup the things for the innocent souls. So can we conclude that whoever wins the contract few years down the line is the favoured party of Vasan?

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110206-704401.html

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/transportation/shipping-/-transport/allcargo-global-eyes-acquisitions-in-india-east-asia/articleshow/7442176.cms

Allcargo plans to hike capacity later this year at its Chennai facility to 120,000 TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units) from between 90-95,000 TEUs now.

Shipowner Safmarine Container Lines will be introducing a third dedicated service connecting Europe with the Indian Subcontinent. To complement the existing direct services from North Europe (Prime-1) and the Mediterranean (Prime-3) into the Arabian Persian Gulf and the West Coast of India, the new Prime-2 service will be featuring a new direct connection between North Europe and the port of Chennai.

Kris Van Den Brande comments: “PRIME 2 offers our customers increased reliability with a unique direct connection between the main European ports and Chennai. Transit times are improved by an average of four days from Chennai to Zeebrugge and Felixstowe, with an average of 22 days' transit time from Rotterdam to Chennai. Increased flexibility is offered with an additional Salalah call westbound that will improve transit times to and from Pakistan. The call in Colombo will serve as transhipment hub for Bangladesh and South Indian Ports, and it will also be catering for the local Sri Lankan market”.

This service will deploy seven Panamax type vessels with an average capacity of 3 550 TEU . The first sailing westbound of the PRIME 2 is the Maersk Miami, ETD Chennai 14th of March 2011 and eastbound the Jervis Bay, ETD Zeebrugge 7th of March 2011, and is operated together with sister company Maersk Line.

PRIME 2 rotation is as follows:

Chennai (India) - Colombo (Sri Lanka) - Salalah (Oman) - Zeebrugge (Belgium) - Felixstowe (United Kingdom) - Rotterdam (Netherlands) - Bremerhaven (Germany) - Salalah (Oman) - Colombo (Sri Lanka) - Chennai (India)

NOTE :
The PRIME 2 service’s direct calls in Colombo, Chennai, Salalah, Zeebrugge, Felixstowe, Rotterdam and Bremerhaven complement our existing range of services from Middle East to North Europe and Mediterranean as follows:

1) Prime 1: Jebel Ali (UAE) - Jawaharal Nehru (India) - Pipavav (India) - Salalah (Oman) - Tangier (Morocco) - Algeciras (Spain) Felixstowe (United Kingdom) - Zeebrugge (Belgium) - Bremerhaven (Germany) - Rotterdam (Netherlands).

2) Prime 3: Pipavav (India) - Nhava Sheva (India) - Jebel Ali (UAE) - Salalah (Oman) - Port Said (Egypt) - Ambarli (Turkey) - Gioia Tauro (Italy).

http://mysaf2.safmarine.com/wps/portal/Safmarine/News?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/safmarine-english/safmarine/news/NewsList/2011_02_16a

CHENNAI: Ennore Port has been conferred with the `memorandum of excellence certificate' by the Central government for 2008-09 recently. It is the second consecutive year that Ennore Port has been selected for the honour.

According to an official release, union ministry of heavy industries and public enterprises had been granting MoU excellence awards and certificates for achieving `excellent' MoU rating.

The honour to Ennore Port gains significance as MoU excellence awards and certificates had come to be recognized as true performance indicators of public enterprises, the release said.

Ennore Port had registered a gross margin of Rs 115.22 crore in 2009-10 while the department of public enterprises and the ministry of shipping had awarded `excellent' grading to EPL for achieving the target set to it in terms of MoU signed with the shipping ministry.

With the inauguration of three new terminals to handle non-TNEB coal, iron ore and cars recently, the installed capacity of the port had doubled from 15 million tonnes to 30 million tonnes.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Excellence-award-for-Ennore-port/articleshow/7536307.cms

RoB near Ennore harbour

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35164268@N02/5464766770/in/photostream/

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/139772/maersk-line-launches-direct-service.html

Container shipper Maersk Line today said it has launched a new service from south and east India to north Europe.

The service, ICON (India, Colombo, north Europe) will have a direct, dedicated and fast coverage from Chennai to north Europe, a company release said here.

The ICON service will deploy 7x3,400 TEU vessels and operate with the following port rotation -- Chennai-Colombo-Salalah-Zeebrugge-Felixstowe-Rotterdam-Bremerh aven-Salalah-Colombo -- it said.

Maersk Line Managing Director (India and Sri Lanka) Rizwan Soomar said, "With excellent transit times from Chennai to Felixstowe (UK), this is a fast product and well-suited for all our customers in time-sensitive industries like apparel and retail.

This also addresses our customers' long-standing demand for a direct product from south India to Europe, which helps in achieving better efficiency in supply-chains and reducing overheads for our customers."

The service also boasts of carrying special hanging garments containers to ensure garments arrive in good condition, ready to place directly into retail outlets.

The service will also provide a wide coverage of the Scandinavian and Russian markets via Bremerhaven, Germany, the release said, adding the first vessel from Chennai is scheduled for March 14.

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Ennore Port Ltd (EPL) has gained approval from its board for a public floatation, seeking funds of approximately £67.77m in return for 10% of its equity.

The Central Government presently holds 68% and the Chennai Port Trust 32% of EPL.

However, the port may require funds of over £108.43m in the short term to undertake various infrastructure projects, reports the Hindu Business Line. Speaking at a function, Mr GK Vasan, Union Minister for Shipping, said EPL has already lined up 14 projects worth over £87.6 m. The projects include dredging, terminal construction and rail and road connectivity.

This development will support the two new bulk terminals and one autovehicle facility which started work at Ennore Port recently. The coal terminal has a capacity of 8m tonnes, while the ore terminal starts at 6m tonnes with a second phase to double this in the pipeline.

Both bulk terminals have been developed via a build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis while the car terminal project was handled by Ennore Port itself in order to service the nearby Nissan Motor plant.

http://www.portstrategy.com/news101/asia/ennore-to-go-public

The Government intends to build a mega Container Terminal at India’s second busiest Container Port at Chennai.

The Minister of Shipping, Shri G.K. Vasan informed the Rajya Sabha today in a written reply to a question by Shri A. Elavarasan that Request for Proposal (RFP) bids were originally due for opening on 09.12.2010. Apprehending that environmental clearance for the project may have financial implications on the project, the bidders have sought extension of the bid due date. The bid due date has been extended up to 18.04.2011. The terminal is designed to handle 4 Million Twenty Feet Equivalent Units (TEUs) of containers per annum.

He further said that An Expert Appraisal Committee of Ministry of Environment and Forests has reconsidered the project and recommended for environmental clearance subject to addressing certain issues suggested by the Committee

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=70124

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^^ Off the topic.. everywhere they are naming after Rajiv/ Indra/ Nehru. I don't see any valid reason. This case may be justifiable, coz Rajiv was assassinated in Sriperumpudur. Otherwise, Congress is misusing the power, not even justifying it's own party men. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Kamaraj, Narasima Rao etc were equally or more contributed to their party and nation. Their names are not at all appearing anywhere. :bash:

^^ Off the topic.. everywhere they are naming after Rajiv/ Indra/ Nehru. I don't see any valid reason. This case may be justifiable, coz Rajiv was assassinated in Sriperumpudur. Otherwise, Congress is misusing the power, not even justifying it's own party men. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Kamaraj, Narasima Rao etc were equally or more contributed to their party and nation. Their names are not at all appearing anywhere. :bash:

We are ruled by Italy National Congress and you can expect much more than this in future.

Chennai, Feb 26 (PTI) With the implementation of various projects valued at Rs 10,000 crore, the three Ports in Tamil Nadu would become South Asia''s top ports in future, Union Shipping Minister G K Vasan said today.

"In the last 20 months, various measures are being taken by the UPA government for developing the ports in the country.
Particularly in Tamil Nadu, various projects are being implemented in the three Ports -- Chennai, Ennore and V O Chidambaranar Port in Tuticorin," he said at a function here.

The projects included setting up of Second Container Terminal at Chennai Port Trust, the Ennore Manali Road Improvement Project, Maduravoyal Link Road Project, Megha Container Terminal and Ro-Ro terminal.

Similarly, at the VO Chidambaranar Port Rs 538 crore dredging work, new berths to handle cement and construction materials, Tuticorin-Colombo ferry service and absorbing the 1,000 labourers into the pay roll of Port had been taken up.

At the Ennore Port, works were being carried out at cost of Rs 1,000 crore for setting up car terminal and coal handling facilities. A 170 crore project on dredging work had been taken up, he said.

"Approximately, about Rs 10,000 crore projects are being implemented in these Ports and there is no doubt that they would attain top ranks in South Asia," he said.

Vasan also assured his Ministry that the Maritime Agenda 2020 would make all ports attain International standards and contribute "substantially" to the country''s growth.

He also presented the Chennai Port Trust''s contribution of Rs 50 crore to National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) Executive Director M R Kamle towards land acquisition for the Ennore-Manali Road Improvement project (EMRIP) and the Maduravoyal Elevated Link Road project.
He urged Tamil Nadu government and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to speed up the execution of the project.

"The Ministry of Shipping has approved Rs 155 crore for Chennai Port towards land acquisition of which today, Rs 50 crore has been handed over as Chennai Port''s contribution...I urge the State government and the NHAI to speed up the execution of this project..," he said.
On completion of these projects, he said there would be a substantial relief and decongestion in Chennai city. (MORE) PTI VIJ VS

http://news.in.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4970392

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Port-Maduravoyal-link-road-gets-nod/articleshow/7583468.cms

CHENNAI: The Union ministry of enviornment and forest has given clearance for the Chennai Port- Maduravoyal four-lane link road. :cheers:

Clearance for the project, proposed in 2007 came of Friday, Union shipping minister GK Vasan said on Saturday.

The Rs 1,500-crore project, considered an economic lifeline for the port, is expected to be completed in three years. The project had remained mired in a political controversy as AIADMK and CPI opposed the displacement of eight lakh slum dwellers.

"Chennai port will be the major beneficiary of this project. Of the Rs 1,500, Rs 345 crore has been set apart for land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation of families," said Vasan.

The initial plan was to have a 16-km elevated road between the port and Maduravoyal. When this was altered to make it a 19-km stretch touching Koyambedu junction, protests erupted. Starting from War Memorial gate of Chennai Port Trust, the road would pass through Chintadripet and Park Town and go along College Road, Nungambakkam, Chetpet, Choolaimedu railway bridge and Arumbakkam to reach Koyambedu along the Cooum. From there, it would extend along the middle of Poonamallee High Road up to Maduravoyal.

Vasan made the announcement while launching the new dry port' project of Chennai Port Trust. The project is to be developed as a private-public partnership at an estimated cost of Rs 380 crore.

"While Chennai port transforms into a major transhipment hub on the east coast, the dry port at Sri Perumbudur will cater to the increased volume of cargo handling through Chennai," said Vasan. Dry port is an inland container terminal directly connected via road or rail to the seaport.

SIPCOT has given 125 acres to Chennai port to set up a dry port which will come up 40km from the port. The project is expected to complete within two years. "Though Chennai is one of the smallest ports in the country, it handles a cargo traffic that has been increasing at 21% annually, said Vasan.

Chennai Port Trust chairman Atulya Mishra said hundreds of industries in the Sri perumbudur region will be benefited by the dry port. "It will have inland facilities of a modern port including multi-level warehouses and container storage," said Mishra. He handed over a cheque of Rs 50 crore on behalf of Chennai Port Trust to the National Highways Authority for the elevated four-lane link road.

Vasan also inaugurated the Rs 170-crore dredging project at Ennore port. "As part of Maritime Agenda 2020' of the Centre, Ennore port has started deepening the sea to handle new-generation vessels. The port channel's depth will be increased from 13.5 metres to 15 metres to handle huge contaner vessels," said Vasan

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Port-Maduravoyal-link-road-gets-nod/articleshow/7583468.cms

CHENNAI: The Union ministry of enviornment and forest has given clearance for the Chennai Port- Maduravoyal four-lane link road. :cheers:

Clearance for the project, proposed in 2007 came of Friday, Union shipping minister GK Vasan said on Saturday.

The Rs 1,500-crore project, considered an economic lifeline for the port, is expected to be completed in three years. The project had remained mired in a political controversy as AIADMK and CPI opposed the displacement of eight lakh slum dwellers.

"Chennai port will be the major beneficiary of this project. Of the Rs 1,500, Rs 345 crore has been set apart for land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation of families," said Vasan.

The initial plan was to have a 16-km elevated road between the port and Maduravoyal. When this was altered to make it a 19-km stretch touching Koyambedu junction, protests erupted. Starting from War Memorial gate of Chennai Port Trust, the road would pass through Chintadripet and Park Town and go along College Road, Nungambakkam, Chetpet, Choolaimedu railway bridge and Arumbakkam to reach Koyambedu along the Cooum. From there, it would extend along the middle of Poonamallee High Road up to Maduravoyal.

Vasan made the announcement while launching the new dry port' project of Chennai Port Trust. The project is to be developed as a private-public partnership at an estimated cost of Rs 380 crore.

"While Chennai port transforms into a major transhipment hub on the east coast, the dry port at Sri Perumbudur will cater to the increased volume of cargo handling through Chennai," said Vasan. Dry port is an inland container terminal directly connected via road or rail to the seaport.

SIPCOT has given 125 acres to Chennai port to set up a dry port which will come up 40km from the port. The project is expected to complete within two years. "Though Chennai is one of the smallest ports in the country, it handles a cargo traffic that has been increasing at 21% annually, said Vasan.

Chennai Port Trust chairman Atulya Mishra said hundreds of industries in the Sri perumbudur region will be benefited by the dry port. "It will have inland facilities of a modern port including multi-level warehouses and container storage," said Mishra. He handed over a cheque of Rs 50 crore on behalf of Chennai Port Trust to the National Highways Authority for the elevated four-lane link road.

Vasan also inaugurated the Rs 170-crore dredging project at Ennore port. "As part of Maritime Agenda 2020' of the Centre, Ennore port has started deepening the sea to handle new-generation vessels. The port channel's depth will be increased from 13.5 metres to 15 metres to handle huge contaner vessels," said Vasan


Whether this by any means tell us that we will have some rail link from this dry port in Sriperumbudur to Chennai port ??

^^ it tells road for now :) road itself will take its own long way... depends on state election results as well, as already amma is against displacing slum dwellers.

rail lonngggggggggggggggg way to go..

Chennai, Feb 26 (PTI) With the implementation of various projects valued at Rs 10,000 crore, the three Ports in Tamil Nadu would become South Asia''s top ports in future, Union Shipping Minister G K Vasan said today.

When?? useless politicians set something which cannot be measured. If he is saying top in India, that itself will take a long way to catch mumbai. Rather he is saying south asia, where topmost players like dubai are there. :bash:

South Asia doesnt include Dubai and all! It is only the Indian subcontinent..

^^ Yeah, its definition is debatable, as per various institutes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia

Well, but I am kinda sure Vasan meant the Indian Subcontinent only!

^^ Yeah, its definition is debatable, as per various institutes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia

Nah.. They are actually referred as extended countries of South Asia.. In the same link which u gave there is more info why it has been added. If you go to Iran wiki page it will say the country is in Western Asia, now which one will you believe..

The actual south asia includes only Indian subcontinent and when spoken in a context it means only the nations of subcontinent i.e India, Pak, SL, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives..

Nevertheless there is nothing wrong in being optimistic to say that we can beat Dubai, remember Dubai is also a result of man-made efforts.. :)

There is no city in India which is a Metro city + Lot of Industries + Lot of trade activities + 2 Ports except Chennai. This itself is a big plus. Literally the port handling capacity of Chennai is the sum of Chennai port and Ennore port.. Thats massive.

With Tuticorin port along with Chennai and Ennore ports, only TN has the upper hand amongst states.

If Colachel Port comes into being, it will eat all the transshipment advantages on the ports on the west coast of India + Columbo and it would give them a run for money/life for ports on the west coast and also for Columbo. Wish Vasan takes steps to announce Colachel as a major port!! Just google to find the location of Colachel along the International Maritime route.

^^ Nothing wrong being optimistic. :lol: But, I don't want to be optimistic, just with words like "in future". Statements has to be constructive enough with facts and road map, on how it will be achieved.

Yes, Colachel has a good potential. Remember, the already to be operational/ upcoming Valarpadam, and Vizhinjam.

^^ Thats the reason I mentioned west coast ports.. :)

There is no city in India which is a Metro city + Lot of Industries + Lot of trade activities + 2 Ports except Chennai. This itself is a big plus. Literally the port handling capacity of Chennai is the sum of Chennai port and Ennore port.. Thats massive.



What about Mumbai?? It fulfills all your criteria and more. Plus it has Pune, a highly industrial city just 150 km away. Plus it much closer to the international trade route between Persian gulf and east Asia compared to Chennai. Mumbai (Mumbai port +JNPT) is and will remain Indian's largest cargo hub for the foreseeable future.

Development of Chennai - Bangalore and Madurai - Tuticurin industrial corridors will improve the performance of TN ports no doubt but it can never dislodge Mumbai.

What about Mumbai?? It fulfills all your criteria and more. Plus it has Pune, a highly industrial city just 150 km away. Plus it much closer to the international trade route between Persian gulf and east Asia compared to Chennai. Mumbai (Mumbai port +JNPT) is and will remain Indian's largest cargo hub for the foreseeable future.

Development of Chennai - Bangalore and Madurai - Tuticurin industrial corridors will improve the performance of TN ports no doubt but it can never dislodge Mumbai.

No boss. Mumbai is not having industries like Chennai.. Its the financial centre of india. So it does not satisfy the criteria. I thought of it before writing itself :)

No boss. Mumbai is not having industries like Chennai.. Its the financial centre of india. So it does not satisfy the criteria. I thought of it before writing itself :)

You are kidding right? Mumbai is known around the world because of its financial service industry but it is not the only industry there. Mumbai accounts for 10% of all factory workers in India. Check out this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Mumbai

And since we are talking about ports, we have to talk about the captive areas too. Pune is just in the backyard of Mumbai contributing to a high industrial output and using Mumbai port but Chennai has no equivalent.

Dont tell me you are mentioning only city proper, because there is no such thing in Chennai city proper too. These things (factories, manufacturing industries, mining, power companies or any other industry which will use the port) have to be at a distance from the actual city because of the high land costs.

Ok this sounds like it will spiral out into another city argument. I dont wanna involve. Everyone's perception differs. I would stand by my point and the criteria I mentioned is only for the city and doesnt bother about catchment areas or ifs and buts or wikipedia sources.

Even if your criteria is city, Mumbai has much more industries. And there is nothing to argue here. It is based on facts and hard numbers, not perception.

http://www.dredgingtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Chennai-Port-to-Become-Major-Transhipment-Hub.jpg

Several steps have been initiated to transform Chennai into a major transhipment hub on the East coast, Union Minister of Shipping G.K. Vasan has said.

Since Chennai port is an old facility and located in the heart of the city, there are constraints such as limited availability of land and problems relating to cargo evacuation.

The Rs.380-crore Rajiv Gandhi Dry Port at Sriperumbudur, which he launched on Saturday, and the Maduravoyal elevated four-lane link road, for which he handed over a cheque for Rs.50 crore to the National Highways Authority of India, are meant to overcome these constraints and make Chennai a major transhipment hub, Mr. Vasan said.

He was addressing a function here got up in connection with these two projects and commencement of the Rs.170-crore capital dredging project at Ennore port.

Pointing out that 125 acres have been acquired from the SIPCOT at a cost of Rs.100 crore for the dry port, Mr. Vasan said: “This is the first of its kind in the country and may become a trendsetter.”

He also announced that the Rs.1,655-crore Maduravoyal elevated link project, sanctioned two years ago, had now received environmental clearance. It would link western and southern production zones with the Chennai port.
“Now that all the hurdles have been cleared, I urge the State government and the NHAI to speed up the execution of this project.”

Mr. Vasan said that developmental programmes to the tune of Rs.10,000 crore had been taken up in the three ports in Tamil Nadu. “I have no doubt that these ports in future will become the best among the ports in South Asia.”

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Cargo movement to the port was increasing by 21 per cent.

http://www.dredgingtoday.com/2011/02/28/chennai-port-to-become-major-transhipment-hub-india/

I am not taking sides here but if you look at the following statement

"Though Chennai is one of the smallest ports in the country, it handles a cargo traffic that has been increasing at 21% annually

Chennai/Ennore might be behind Mumbai/JNPT . But with all the Japanese/Koran industries and with Sriperumbudur becoming a dryport and with the Chennai Port Maduravoyal -Sriperumbudur link , it is definitely poised to take a substantial growth in cargo handling that could outpace some of the bigger ports in India.
:)

You are kidding right? Mumbai is known around the world because of its financial service industry but it is not the only industry there. Mumbai accounts for 10% of all factory workers in India. Check out this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Mumbai

And since we are talking about ports, we have to talk about the captive areas too. Pune is just in the backyard of Mumbai contributing to a high industrial output and using Mumbai port but Chennai has no equivalent.

Dont tell me you are mentioning only city proper, because there is no such thing in Chennai city proper too. These things (factories, manufacturing industries, mining, power companies or any other industry which will use the port) have to be at a distance from the actual city because of the high land costs.

Ok this sounds like it will spiral out into another city argument. I dont wanna involve. Everyone's perception differs. I would stand by my point and the criteria I mentioned is only for the city and doesnt bother about catchment areas or ifs and buts or wikipedia sources.

Ok this sounds like it will spiral out into another city argument. I dont wanna involve. Everyone's perception differs. I would stand by my point and the criteria I mentioned is only for the city and doesnt bother about catchment areas or ifs and buts or wikipedia sources.

:lol: Ingayumaa....?!?! Podhum...niruthikivoam.... nammaku en intha velambaram? namba oora paathu mathavanga sollanum.....athu varaikkum :cheers:

^^ idhu kali kaalamnga.. matha oor kaaran ellam manasa therandhu unmaya solla maatan.. adhuvum indiavula.. mateve matanga..

I am not taking sides here but if you look at the following statement

"Though Chennai is one of the smallest ports in the country, it handles a cargo traffic that has been increasing at 21% annually

Chennai/Ennore might be behind Mumbai/JNPT . But with all the Japanese/Koran industries and with Sriperumbudur becoming a dryport and with the Chennai Port Maduravoyal -Sriperumbudur link , it is definitely poised to take a substantial growth in cargo handling that could outpace some of the bigger ports in India.
:)

Chennai container terminal handles 1220 K TEU, and JNPT handles 4000+ K TEU. So, all i can say is, chennai may see a tremendous growth but given its geographical location it cannot go drastically on top of the world's list. We have lot many ports around south, whereas JNPT handles not only for west, also for most of the central and northern part of country. So even with kandla, JNPT has a bigger share.

also, presence of manufacuring industries doesn't count that much. say, colombo. it handles almost close to JNPT just coz of it's location. :nuts:

seku, Chennai handled 1.22 million TEU and JNPT handled 4 million TEU in 2010

^^ yes, you are right. i gave 2008 fig it seem. corrected the above post.

Does the handling mentioned include Chennai and Ennore ? The following Wikipedia link indicates that the Chennai Port can handle up to 80 million TEU's with the installation of the 3rd mega container terminal .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Port


So Chennai can definitely handle more if it comes its way. :)Again on the eastern side handling is split between multiple ports where as JNPT handles all the western side (north,central and west).




seku, Chennai handled 1.22 million TEU and JNPT handled 4 million TEU in 2010

it doesn't make any sense comparing mumbai and chennai, both are located very far away and on different routes. The main competition at present is colombo. Future competition is Singapore/malaysia...hehe.

Does the handling mentioned include Chennai and Ennore ? The following Wikipedia link indicates that the Chennai Port can handle up to 80 million TEU's with the installation of the 3rd mega container terminal .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Port


So Chennai can definitely handle more if it comes its way. :)Again on the eastern side handling is split between multiple ports where as JNPT handles all the western side (north,central and west).

It is given 80 lac not 80 million :) To reach even 8 million TEU's, the port needs to be a transshipment hub. It is very tough to achieve those numbers with exports and imports alone.

Currently the busiest port for container traffic is Singapore which handles around 25 million TEU's. Chennai is in 91 st place. In the next 10 years, it has the potential to be in the top 50. Lets see..

You are right .It is 8 million . My bad.

http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/27/stories/2011022763830500.htm

This does say it is enroute to becoming a transshipment hub.We will have to wait and see as you said . :)

It is given 80 lac not 80 million :) To reach even 8 million TEU's, the port needs to be a transshipment hub. It is very tough to achieve those numbers with exports and imports alone.

Currently the busiest port for container traffic is Singapore which handles around 25 million TEU's. Chennai is in 91 st place. In the next 10 years, it has the potential to be in the top 50. Lets see..

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/dynamic/00495/bl07_Tpt-blter--FTZ_495871e.jpg



Free trade warehousing zones (FTWZs) have been a phenomenal success in Jebel Ali, Singapore and Rotterdam. One has to visit these zones to see their sheer size and contribution to the regions they are located in becoming major logistic hubs.

The Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), for instance, accounts for 25 per cent of all container throughput at Jebel Ali port and 12 per cent of all air freight at Dubai International Airport. Established in 1985, it covers a 48 sq km area and is home to over 6,400 companies from across the world. It sustains over 160,000 jobs in the UAE through its companies and accounts for over 50 per cent of Dubai's exports.

Can India replicate the success of Jafza? The Government conceptualised a FTWZ policy five years ago but not much has happened since. While industry experts say it is possible to replicate the concept in India, they add that it will take a long time to establish a facility like the one at Jebel Ali or Singapore or Rotterdam. “We need to be patient and wait for a long time,” said an industry source.

FTWZs, which are a special category of Special Economic Zone, offer services such as speedy delivery of cargo, one-stop for Customs clearance capability; integrated solutions, such as packing management, sorting, inspection, re-invoicing, strapping and kitting, assembly of complete and semi-knocked down kits, and taxation benefits.

According to Mr Harry S. Lagad, Executive Director, Gati Ltd, FTWZs are the future of India. “I do not think that today the concept and the model will find many takers. In the next five to 10 years, the way supply chains are executed will change. A lot depends on what the duty structure is going to be. Value addition and last-mile customisation will be the concepts that drive the growth in the FTWZ segment.”

DHL was the first global logistics company to set up a facility recently within the new free trade warehousing zone inside the Chennai Free Trade Zone in Sriperumbudur.

The Jebel Ali or Singapore FTWZs did not come up in a day. It took years for them to become world-class zones. India will become one such hub in a few years, said Mr Amadou Diallo, Chief Executive Officer, Africa and South Asia-Pacific, DHL Global Forwarding Managements. “In a couple of years you will see all of our competitors operating in Sriperumbudur or Oragadam (automobile hubs of Tamil Nadu),” he said.

Manufacturing companies do not want to move their products to Singapore or Jebel Ali FTWZ for value addition. This will only add to the overall cost. The logistics market in India earned revenue of $75.19 billion in 2009, representing 6.2 per cent of the country's GDP. The market is expected to touch $120 billion in 2014, a 9.9 per cent CAGR between 2009 and 2014, according to a report on Strategic Analysis of Indian Logistics Market by Frost & Sullivan.

Evolving concept

If one had gone to Jebel Ali 17 years ago, there would have been nothing in the free trade warehousing zone. It is a similar situation in India today, said Mr Diallo. The industry need to test, pilot and demonstrate the success of the zone as adding value to the local economy. If the government is convinced that it increases the competitive edge in Chennai or any other city, then the authorities will push for it.

Jebel Ali FTWZ was not started just because the Dubai authorities wanted to have it. Logistics providers too wanted it, he said. “I discussed it with many Indian friends, who complained that we do not have infrastructure here. I can assure you that if you look at world-class facilities, like the airports in Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore, a lot of things are happening. We cannot wait until all airports and highways are ready and start talking about logistics operations because these grow as the economy grows. It happened the same way in Jebel Ali or Singapore two or three decades ago,” Mr Diallo said.

Ms Rhea Vazirani, Founder Managing Director, Robinsons Global Logistics, says free trade warehousing zones are inevitable if India wants to achieve double-digit GDP growth rate. The objective of FTWZs is to create trade-related infrastructure to facilitate the import and export of goods and services with freedom to carry out trade transactions in free currency.

Support system

Having warehouses in each zone will make it easier to get Customs clearances to dispatch imported goods to retail outlets across India. Retail outlets and importers can plan their inventories better; save on transportation costs and add greater value to the customer. “FTWZs will only accelerate the efficiencies of industry and retailers,” she said.

According to Mr K. Ravichandran, Senior Vice-President, Co-Head, Corporate Sector Ratings, ICRA Ltd, although the concept is sound, they (the zones) will have to contend with competition from Container Freight Stations in the short to medium term as the latter already perform several functions that are done within FTWZs.

FTWZs would be suitable for units that have large import content in their manufacturing operations, and good domestic and export market potential for their sales. Such units can store the goods in the warehouses duty-free and sell to domestic or international customers as and when feasible. Such FTWZs would be economical if set up near ports, with significant market potential in the primary hinterland.

FTWZs located near the periphery of Chennai and Ennore ports should have good potential because of significant hinterland demand from several units among auto ancillaries, textiles, leather, electronics and chemicals. The region is slated to attract significant new investments in some of the above sectors, he said.




http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-logistics/article1515357.ece

^^ Sooner or later, manufacturing is going to come to India in a big way and TN (particularly Chennai) has a decisive advantage to get a large chunk of it. Lets hope the government is smart enough to realize that. They should push for the dry port at SPD asap.

^^ Sooner or later, manufacturing is going to come to India in a big way and TN (particularly Chennai) has a decisive advantage to get a large chunk of it. Lets hope the government is smart enough to realize that. They should push for the dry port at SPD asap.

It all depends on the Govt that is to come to power in may 2011.If jaya returns to power chennai's for that matter TN advantage is history.I know her very well she will never change according to time she is the same old egoistic,vindictive mind. I pray God bestow her with positive mind.

It all depends on the Govt that is to come to power in may 2011.If jaya returns to power chennai's for that matter TN advantage is history.I know her very well she will never change according to time she is the same old egoistic,vindictive mind. I pray God bestow her with positive mind.

Mr Ranga - you are inviting trouble from Amma's fans :)
According to them, she is very good with industrialization and meeting MNC heads. We have seen it in the past two terms. :lol:

Mr Ranga - you are inviting trouble from Amma's fans :)
According to them, she is very good with industrialization and meeting MNC heads. We have seen it in the past two terms. :lol:
Dear Friends,
Both Thatha and Amma are corrupt..
Currently, as per the Global trend, industries are moving to a place where it reduces their manufacturing cost/improve profitablity.
It is not that thatha supports industrialists, but not amma. Even Amma comes, she will have her own Vision.
8 yrs back itself, Amma planned for IT Corridor. thatha did not do anything for that..

Currently media is more powerful. Lot of awareness has come to the public.
People are using RTIs, PILs effectively..
So any new person comes into power, it is difficult for them to plunder it easily. So it is difficult for Amma to plunder.

Whereas, if you dont punish Thatha now by voting him again, he will plunder entire TN and it will be come "Karuna Nadu"... We all became Slaves for this family.

So please dont ever think of supporting Thatha that he is pro for infrastructure.

Kris,
Thanks for reposting in the TN CHaibar thread!

Thanks for continuing the interesting politics discussion here:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=712180&page=210

Amma is an exception for every thing.. she will never bother about anyone... never expect her attitude to change

Since when jayalalitha is called amma and karunanidhi is called thatha??.....

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Sailors-skip-Chennai-as-plans-to-build-marina-go-at-slow-pace/articleshow/7650881.cms

Murky waters and coal soot welcomed seven sailors from the US and Australia who recently arrived in Chennai on three sail boats from Port Blair. The sailors would have preferred the clean ambience of a marina where they would have been able to dock their boats. The sailors wanted to leave their boats in Chennai and travel to Delhi, Jaipur and Agra for sightseeing, and a marina would have helped.

Chennai Port Trust does plan to build a marina along a 200 metre stretch in the west quay to berth a dozen yachts. The marina will provide lockers, separate berths and other facilities to these sailors, who come in small boats. The sailors can then proceed inland for sightseeing. But that plan remains on paper.

"Several such sailors will be encouraged to come if the port constructs a marina on time," said Ashok R Thakkar commodore of Tamil Nadu Sailing Association (TNSA). Now, tourists who sail bypass Chennai even though they come up to Phuket or Colombo. Thakkar added that Chennai should learn from tourist friendly Cochin, which has an exclusive facility to handle yachts.

Yachts and catamarans are quite common in tourist hot spots such as Phuket, said Jon Hacking from the US who is sailing with his family. "Several hundreds of yachts sail in and out of Phuket quite often," he added.

The seven sailors have arrived in three boats - Ocelot, a twin-hull catamaran, Vamp, a mono-hull sail boat, and Out of the Bag, a twin-hull catamaran. The yachtsmen have created a buzz in the Indian ham radio community with whom they keep in touch. Ham operators encouraged them to come to Chennai when they arrived in Port Blair.

"Sailors are like a community; we speak to one another over radio," said Jon Hacking from the US who is sailing Ocelot with his family. Chennai should use this camaraderie among sailors to its advantage, added Thakkar.

Shantha Ravikumar of TNSA said that international visitors to the association say that the Bay of Bengal provides excellent conditions for sailing, as good as any international sailing centre. A marina in Chennai will be a nodal point for sea tourism from Andamans to Chennai, Muttukadu, Cuddalore, Puducherry and Tuticorin.

A senior official of Chennai Port Trust said that the plan to build a large-scale marina is at the proposal stage. "We cannot have a marina till the coal yard is vacated," he added.

After coal handling is moved out, the port will reclaim land by constructing groynes - rigid hydraulic structures built from an ocean shore that interrupt water flow and limit the movement of sediment. "It will take over a year for the marina to take shape," the official said.

^^ idhu kali kaalamnga.. matha oor kaaran ellam manasa therandhu unmaya solla maatan.. adhuvum indiavula.. mateve matanga..

Vashitar Kaila Brahamrishi Pattam very soon chennai will get. Athu varai Poru manamae.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Sailors-skip-Chennai-as-plans-to-build-marina-go-at-slow-pace/articleshow/7650881.cms.

A few years back, I happened to attend some meetings regarding opening Yacht Marina in South India. There were developers from Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka & TN (surprisingly not anyone from AP).

Kerala has already taken off. Kerala Govt has been very bullish on this and Valarpadam Port. Ratnagiri coast Maha is following suit. TN has no plans from the Govt. Some private players have shown interest near Pondicherry.

With Andamans as a preferred destination, Chennai or TN Coast can easily lure those rich tourists.

Since when jayalalitha is called amma and karunanidhi is called thatha??.....

Mutual mariyadhai than:)

It all depends on the Govt that is to come to power in may 2011.If jaya returns to power chennai's for that matter TN advantage is history.I know her very well she will never change according to time she is the same old egoistic,vindictive mind. I pray God bestow her with positive mind.


ranga instead of praying god bestow jaya with positive mind, u could pray that god please help thatta to come back to power. why you are not praying that.

i feel what you think will happen.

ranga instead of praying god bestow jaya with positive mind, u could pray that god please help thatta to come back to power. why you are not praying that.

i feel what you think will happen.

It does't work as he is ATHIEST.:lol:

It does't work as he is ATHIEST.:lol:

LOL.. good comeback ranga..

Friends,
Please understand few facts.
Jaya is against "chennai development" is neither true.. (or) thatha is for "for development" is also not true.
Current global trends in the last 5 yrs mandates the changes in chennai. infact, India's Infrastructure. whoever there in the power last 5 yrs, they need to do this because of the "change". Now next five years, whoever is going to rule need to continue the development works because "the changes" forces it do. only the quantity and implementation might vary.

typical example is "Lalu did not turn around the railways". Nitish done the ground work and Lalu reaped the benefits.. that too he did not plan for the future (like 6th pay commission).

^^
You may be right or wrong.. but lets not deface the thread.. tPlease take the issue to Arratai Arangam

Dear Friends,
Both Thatha and Amma are corrupt..
Currently, as per the Global trend, industries are moving to a place where it reduces their manufacturing cost/improve profitablity.
.

Then the companies has to go to Kolkota and WB which is much cheaper.

Include pune and chandigarh in the list too....^^^

[QUOTE=jaish;74046113]Then the companies has to go to Kolkota and WB which is much cheaper.[/QUOTE
Hello Boss,
Low cost alone will not bring you good profits!
low cost with good quality will get you good profitablity.
can you expect a good quality resources from those regions?

Route: Shanghai - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Le Havre
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source: http://www.hafenradar.de/system/image_files/7146/full/Hanjin%20Chennai%20-%209532276%20-%2031011102.jpg?2011

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http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/direct-container-service-to-north-europe/256447.html

Maersk Line, the world’s largest container vessel operator, launched its first direct service to North Europe from the Chennai Container Terminal in Chennai Port. The new service was inaugurated at a ceremony held onboard the MV Maersk Miami on Monday.

Nicknamed ICON service, the new facility will provide a direct, dedicated and faster coverage from Chennai Port to North Europe, saving both time and money. Elimination of transshipment and extra handling at Colombo and help in reprocessing are some of the added benefits.

The service would operate with in the port rotation: Chennai-Colombo-Salalah- Zeebrugge-Felixstowe-Rotterdam-Bremerhaven- Salalah-Colombo-Chennai.

It would take only 20 days for cargo leaving Chennai to reach Zeebrugge (Belgium), 21 days to Felixstowe (UK), 23 days to Rotterdam (Netherlands) and 24 days to Bremerhaven (Germany).

In order to improve revenue and handling capacity, Chennai Port Trust Atulya Misra assured the vessel operators and port users of concessions. Ennarasu Karunesan, CEO, DP World, and Santosh Kumar Singh, general manager-sales Maersk Line, welcomed it.

"Hanjin Chennai", brand new ship named after Chennai
http://www.hafenradar.de/system/image_files/7146/full/Hanjin%20Chennai%20-%209532276%20-%2031011102.jpg?2011

Any reason why they named it after Chennai ?

Hanjin's policy is to name ships after port cities.

Hanjin's policy is to name ships after port cities.

Is this ship going to dock in Chennai? The route doesn't seem like it does.

Route: Shanghai - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Le Havre
http://img863.imageshack.us/img863/6912/hanjinchennai9532276310.jpg

source: http://www.hafenradar.de/system/image_files/7146/full/Hanjin%20Chennai%20-%209532276%20-%2031011102.jpg?2011

Is there a limit in stack level of containers (I see 5 levels in this picture)? How does the containers survives without tripping during sudden wave surges/cyclonic conditions.

Is this ship going to dock in Chennai? The route doesn't seem like it does.

Its just a name, doesn't dock here.

Is there a limit in stack level of containers (I see 5 levels in this picture)? How does the containers survives without tripping during sudden wave surges/cyclonic conditions.

don't know much but I heard thousands of containers fall off every year, most of them float so can be taken back.

Oceans are quite calm.... if a storm is approaching, no one would dare go to sea.... if its sudden, i think everything is going to fall down...hehe....that is why weather is very important in shipping and ships prevent that rough route as much as possible.

Is there a limit in stack level of containers (I see 5 levels in this picture)? How does the containers survives without tripping during sudden wave surges/cyclonic conditions.

There is a NGC documentary series - megastructures. It is available in torrent. Watch "Megaships". It explains all these things in detail.

Basically its all engineering. The containers are tightly locked in compartments and there are lot of other provisions too. I recommend you watch it. You will understand easily how they manage to do it. It is just 40 mins or so. But highly informative. Explaining all those things in words will take days.

^^ Its also similar to that of car stacks on roads. Whenever i spot such trucks, i wonder, how they manage to transport in sloppy hill roads also. It will be scary when you are driving just behind such trucks. (like anytime the cars may slip on you) :) Even 3 levels up.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZqcEFT6y2-o/TBmIaWmn8vI/AAAAAAAAF8g/8oWghA6MMxU/s400/IMG_0262.JPG

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IMG_0608 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35164268@N02/5531569459/) by VinTN (http://www.flickr.com/people/35164268@N02/), on Flickr

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IMG_0607 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35164268@N02/5531569069/) by VinTN (http://www.flickr.com/people/35164268@N02/), on Flickr

There is a NGC documentary series - megastructures. It is available in torrent. Watch "Megaships". It explains all these things in detail.

Basically its all engineering. The containers are tightly locked in compartments and there are lot of other provisions too. I recommend you watch it. You will understand easily how they manage to do it. It is just 40 mins or so. But highly informative. Explaining all those things in words will take days.

Thanks Shyam. Will watch it. It is quite fascinating.

Cars which are stacked & trucked have foot plates & accessories which will prevent them from sliding.

I happen to see a live road accident, where a container slided from the truck on to the road while breaking. I enquired and found that they are supposed to weld the container to the truck while transporting. There are provisions for the sames in all the four corners and at the middle of the sides. I still wonder how they manage without a major accident.

Stacking in the barge & ship is even more bizarre. I was told that an entire chemical plant (newsprint manufacturing) was transported from North Europe to India by a barge attached to a ship at a cost which is fraction of the normal shipping cost.

Technology or Guts ???

^^ every time they will have to weld and cut ?!?! that's little odd. i thought of something like buckle/ screw up will be ok.

I really recommend you two to see that documentary. It answers all your questions. Seku - They are not welded. Maybe it was an old practice (and maybe still practiced in India but modern containers are not welded to the trucks.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/dynamic/00505/MAERSK_MIAMI_505232f.jpg
mv Maersk Miami sailing off from Chennai Port

Chennai, March 17:

Import of electronic parts, automobile spare parts and perishable items from Japan could be affected in the short term as major shipping lines have decided to skip some Japanese ports.

The March 11 earthquake has devastated the north eastern part of Japan making port and operational facilities in the area either unavailable or inaccessible. The earthquake and the subsequent tsunami have affected the entire supply chain in the island.

Chennai Gateway

The telecom and automobile clusters in and around Chennai could be the ‘worst' affected as Chennai port is the gateway to most of the telecom companies for the imports, say sources in the shipping industry.

Every month 3,500-5,000 containers with cargoes as automobile spare parts, electronic parts and perishable items (mostly for Japanese people living here) come to the Chennai port. On the export front, nearly 1,500 boxes with cargoes such as textiles and sea food are sent to Japan every month, said a shipping source.

There is no direct shipping service between Chennai and the Japanese ports. The boxes are transhipped at Singapore, Hong Kong and Port Klang ports. Shipping sources said congestion is slowly building up at the Japanese ports of Yokhoma, Nagoya and Tokyo, and it could spread to the transhipment ports.

Shipping line, OOCL, in a customer advisory said its ships Dresden Express and Kiel Express will omit their Tokyo/Nagoya calls at this stage.
Bookings stopped

APL said with immediate effect it will temporarily cease all bookings destined to Hitachinaka and Kashima in Ibaraki prefecture; Ishinomaki, Ofunato, Shiogama and Sendai in Miyagi prefecture; Onahama and Shirakawa in Fukushima prefecture and Hachinohe in Aomori. Similarly, Maersk said that due to the closures during Friday and Saturday, there is congestion in the ports of Tokyo and Yokohama. There are no commercial restrictions in booking with Maersk Line to or via Japan. However, services to and from Sendai, Hachinohe, and Onahama have been suspended. Depending on how the situation develops, it may be decided to deviate vessels.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article1547361.ece?homepage=true

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^^There is major competition between Chennai and Colombo. Even though Chennai is a larger port, lots of containers go through Colombo (transshipment).

I find this listing interesting because it put the new mega container terminal investment into perspective..

The 4 million TEU capacity proposed to be added is equal to the entire capacity of JNPT today (I'm sure they have their own expansion plans too, of course)..

Assuming that this actually does come up in the next ten years time, and the top ports in the world don't grow too greatly (most of the top-20 are actually in negative growth as per the chart - let's even assume they all grow 5% YoY) then Chennai could be within knocking distance of the top 20 or 30 ports in the world by the end of the decade..

Interesting.. Let's hope this project doesn't fizzle out.. :)

^^ Expect a big jump when the 2010 rankings are out. I remember reading somewhere that Chennai's handling crossed 1.4 million TEU's last year which will put it somewhere in the 70's.

But it is worrying to see only 2 ports from India. China has 18 (including 3 of the top 5) and US has 10! Afterall container traffic represents finished and high value goods - the cream of world trade and India should have a higher proportion. But the good news is that our busiest port (Mumbai) has handled more than Japan's busiest (Tokyo) for the first time ever!! This is a reason for celebration :banana::banana:

I find this listing interesting because it put the new mega container terminal investment into perspective..

The 4 million TEU capacity proposed to be added is equal to the entire capacity of JNPT today (I'm sure they have their own expansion plans too, of course)..



The upcoming mega terminal will take the capacity to 8 million and not 4 million :)

According to the Indian Ports Association, India’s ports handled 6.9 million teu between April 2010 and February 2011, up 11% on the same period in 2009/10. India’s largest port, Jawaharlal Nehru, recorded a throughput of 3.9 million teu in the period, an increase of 6% on a year earlier, while Chennai port saw traffic surge by 30% to 1.4 million teu. Kolkata recorded a throughput of 481,000teu, an increase of almost 5% compared with the previous year’s figure of 459,000teu. Despite some impressive increases in container traffic, overall cargo throughput at India’s ports increased by only 1% to 514.6 million tonnes in the period.

http://www.supplychainasia.com/news-articles/latest-news/industry-news/3252-ports-in-india-continue-to-grow.html

Here it is. 1.4 million TEU's is not for 2010 but between April 2010 and Feb 2011 :hammer: Chennai has handled 1.4 million TEU's in 11 months!! The next biggest is Kolkata which has not even hit 0.5 million. Unless something like Mundra enters, we are not going to see the third Indian port in that list for quite sometime.

what about that vallarpadam one that was inaugrated recently Tshyam?

According to Wiki, the port of Cochin (which includes Vallarpadam) handled 290000 TEU's. It is mentioned it is largest single operator container terminal. I dont know how!! Maybe it is a typical wikipedia goof up where someone adds whatever they want.

I dont think Cochin wont be a top 100 port anytime soon. I am not a shipping or logistics expert but if you ask me Mudra has the best chance of breaking into top 100 next. Maybe followed by Kolkata - Haldia complex and Tuticurin before Cochin makes into that list. The problem with Cochin is that it doesnt have hinterland cargo.

@tshyam: Never.doubt.wikipedia.

All info is correct for Kochi port.

@Mur Lee: it would take some time, they opened it just this year.

Ok then explain me how "Vallarpadam Terminal is the largest single operator container terminal in India" I mean it is 15 times smaller than Mumbai.

Ok then explain me how "Vallarpadam Terminal is the largest single operator container terminal in India" I mean it is 15 times smaller than Mumbai.

Vallarpadam Terminal harbour has one container terminal operated by one operator(DPW). In case of Chennai there are two operators operating terminals each larger than the one in Cochin. Its an insignificant fact.

Vallarpadam Terminal harbour has one container terminal operated by one operator(DPW). In case of Chennai there are two operators operating terminals each larger than the one in Cochin. Its an insignificant fact.

Yes.. Cochin terminal has not even reached 1 million capacity whereas Chennai has two terminals (PSA and DPW each having capacity to handle over 1.5 million TEU's) both have more capacity than the single terminal in Cochin. I am not even considering JNPT which in all probability will have bigger terminals than Chennai.

The statement compares port from an operator perspective not capacitywise. I have mentioned in my previous post that the each one of the operators in Madras handle more than Cochin in total.

The statement compares port from an operator perspective not capacitywise. I have mentioned in my previous post that the each one of the operators in Madras handle more than Cochin in total.

lol I misunderstood at first.. I have edited my statement.

hmm....he should have added 'Vallarpadam Terminal is the largest single operator container terminal in India under development'.

'Vallarpadam Terminal will become the largest single operator container terminal in India if developed as planned and if no other port expands till then' would be more apt :).

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Between April and February, the country's major ports posted a meagre 1.2 per cent growth at 515 million tonnes (mt) over 509 mt in the same period of the previous fiscal. In 2009-10, the growth was 6 per cent. Strained industrial relations (Cochin, JNPT), congestion (Chennai, Paradip) and drop in iron ore exports (New Mangalore, Paradip) are believed to be responsible for the unsatisfactory growth. The ports of Kandla, Visakhapatnam, Jawaharlal Nehru, Chennai and Mormugao recorded a modest growth in throughputs while New Mangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Paradip and Cochin experienced declines. In volume terms, Kandla topped the list at 75 mt, followed by Visakhapatnam (61.5 mt), JNPT (58.5 mt), Chennai (55.7 mt), Paradip (50.6 mt) and Mumbai ( 49.9 mt). The Shipping Ministry is believed to be aiming for 615 mt for 2011-12 including a container throughput of 11 million TEUs.

PSA posts throughput growth

A recent report suggests that in 2010, PSA International posted 14.4 per cent growth in throughput at 65.12 million TEUs, over a relatively lower base in 2009. “Our customers performed exceedingly well and their stellar performance helped our group achieve the growth,” the CEO of PSA International has been quoted as saying. It may be interesting to note that PSA International's terminals outside Singapore posted higher growth than its own flagship terminal at Singapore. The throughput of the outside terminals at 37.44 million TEUs posted 17.8 per cent growth while the Singapore terminals handled 27.68 million TEUs recording 10.1 per cent growth. The contributions of volumes from newly commissioned outside terminals such as Busan in South Korea, Chennai in India and Vung Tau in Vietnam have been significant, the report adds.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-logistics/article1556885.ece

What kind of materials use Container for shippment?

What kind of materials use Container for shippment?

Everything except for those which can only be carried by specific ships ie ores, oil etc.

What kind of materials use Container for shippment?

There are temperature controlled containers and normal ones. The former has its own battery and is mainly used for perishables.
The later is used for textiles, electronics, other consumables, industrial spares, light machinery and pretty much anything else which can be containerized.

The cargo which are not carried by containers include heavy machinery and cars (specialized ships), crude oil (VLCC and ULCC), coal, mineral ore and agricultural commodities like wheat etc (bulk carriers) and LNG (LNG carriers).

Normally containerized cargo is called "clean cargo" (because it does not leave any trace in the port) and bulk cargo is called as "dirty cargo".

Thanks Shyam and Vicvin86.

It shows importance of Chennai in Indian and global supply chain.:cheers:

And a big thanks for the idiots who didnt still start the Port-Madhuravoil expressway project.:bash:

Thanks Shyam and Vicvin86.

It shows importance of Chennai in Indian and global supply chain.:cheers:

And a big thanks for the idiots who didnt still start the Port-Madhuravoil expressway project.:bash:
Port-Madhuravoil expressway project got delayed but the work has started in Koyambedu - Maduravoyil sector.

Hyundai still uses containers to transport cars from chennai.

Hyundai still uses containers to transport cars from chennai.

I have personally seen Hyundai vehicles parked in the port yard to be driven into custom made ships. I mean containers are used for transport of cars, but is much more costlier than purpose built vehicle carriers. Maybe they were using containers intermittently along with custom made vehicle carriers based on their logistics requirement.

Chennaidesi: The congestion in the Chennai port is due to the inability to evacuate the containers. The port capacity has already reached close to 3 million TEU's (while the handling is only half of it - the port will be capable of growing with the current capacity for atleast the next 4-5 years) but the containers couldn't be evacuated to outside because the roads are narrow and congested. More than expressway, the highways in North Chennai has to be strengthened. They have only now short listed tenders for it. I don't know when it will be completed. Without strengthening that, they is no use adding capacity to the port. Ofcourse, faster the expressway is constructed, the better, but 4 laning TPP road, Manali highway, IRR, Ennore - Manali highway is much more needed desperately.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Study-frowns-on-20-upcoming-minor-ports/articleshow/7811389.cms

A national study by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences says the shipping ministry has not taken note of the environmental impact of a one-metre rise in sea level while deciding on minor ports at every 30 km along the Indian coast. Going by the Union ministry's proposal, Tamil Nadu will have more than 20 minor ports in addition to the existing three major ports.

The report, prepared in December last year and to be discussed at a roundtable in Chennai on Tuesday, reviews the social and environmental implications of port development and planning in India. It observes that major infrastructure along the coastline, including port development, industries, power plants, railway lines, highways, hotels, SEZs and residential complexes, as part of port development will have multiple impacts. The shipping ministry has spent Rs 15,515 crore in Tamil Nadu on port development since 2003.

The Tuesday meeting will discuss the need for a national port planning policy, as proposed by the study, factoring in risks of coastal infrastructure development against the backdrop of climate change. The study titled Social and environmental upshot of port growth In India: Harbouring troubles' suggests that coastal infrastructure should be carried out with advanced planning and long-term impact evaluation. The existing ports should consider the possibility of development. "Environmental and social concerns should play an equal role along with profit-factors, economic and technical viability," says the report. Environmental impact like pollution from regular port operations should be included in the port development approach of the ministry of environment and forests. The study says ports should be avoided around 10 km on either side of ecologically sensitive areas, estuaries and lagoons of biodiversity importance.

The shipping authorities, however, have other reasons in favour of minor ports. "It's good to have ports at a reasonable distance," says Union shipping secretary K Mohandas. "We always assess environmental factors before initiating projects. We study the impact on air, water and soil, and ensure possible protection of fragile eco-systems. Our experts prepare fairly comprehensive reports on social and environmental impacts of each project."

The ministry of shipping is not only trying to introduce minor ports, but is also exploring the possibility of expanding the potential of existing major ports.

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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article1602360.ece?homepage=true

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=673643&publicationSubCategoryId=200

Philippine port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has bagged a port operations contract with one of India's biggest shipyards, the operator disclosed Wednesday.

ICTSI said it has signed the contract with India's L&T Shipbuilding Ltd. for the container port operations for the Kattupalli Container Terminal in Tamil Nadu, India.

"L&T Shipbuilding entered into a management contract with ICTSI for the operation of the container terminal under construction, which is scheduled to commence operation in January 2012," ICTSI said.

Kattupalli terminal is ICTSI's first venture in India. L&T Shipbuilding is a 9.8 billion U.S. dollar-company engaged in construction and manufacturing.

ICTSI meanwhile is one of the world's largest port operators, with 23 different projects in 17 countries around the world

^^ Container terminal at Kattupalli? I thought its only shipbuilding by L&T..

^^ Container terminal at Kattupalli? I thought its only shipbuilding by L&T..

They are developing a small container terminal for their own purpose but have long term plans to share that facility for commercial purpose. It will good for Chennai infrastructure.

I have personally seen Hyundai vehicles parked in the port yard to be driven into custom made ships. I mean containers are used for transport of cars, but is much more costlier than purpose built vehicle carriers. Maybe they were using containers intermittently along with custom made vehicle carriers based on their logistics requirement.

They are indeed carried by dedicated car carriers called Pure Car Carriers (PCC)
which are a type of Roll On Roll Off (RORO) vessels.

Containers can be used of course, but they are a sub-optimal solution and would be used for shipping vehicles to destinations where volumes may not justify chartering a dedicated PCC.

Container handling at Chennai port has crossed 1.5 million TEU's for the year ending Mar 11. This may very well place Chennai in the top 75 world ranking. We will come to know when the rankings gets released.

http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aECO&ID=201104200033

Evergreen Marine Corp., Taiwan's largest shipping company, said Wednesday it will join forces with Wan Hai Lines Co. Ltd. to launch services to East India to tap the booming trade in the sub-continent.

The two shippers will work with Interasia Lines, a Wan Hai subsidiary, to provide the new weekly services to India's port of Chennai from April 29.

The new route, which will take 28 days, will start from central Taiwan's Taichung Harbor, through the northern port of Keelung and onward via Hong Kong, China's ports of Nansha and Shekou, Malaysia's Prot Klang, and Chennai. The return voyage will be via Malaysia's Penang and Prot Klang, through Singapore, China's Yantian, Hong Kong and back to Taichung.

"India enjoys an annual economic growth rate of 8 percent-9 percent, with the cargo volume increasing from the Far East to India each year, " the companies said in a joint statement. "As the main gateway to East India, Chennai has a bright future, " the statement said.

Evergreen Marine will deploy one vessel of 1,300 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) on the line, while Wan Hai and Interasia will use two 1,300 TEU ships and one 1,300 TEU ship, respectively, it added.

TEUs are the measurement of capacity of a container vessel.

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A view of Chennai Container Terminal.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article1718515.ece?homepage=true

It has been a bumper year for container traffic at the Chennai port during 2010-11 thanks to the second private container terminal operated by the Singapore-based PSA International.

The port with its two private container terminals – DP World Chennai of the Dubai-based DP World and PSA Chennai – handled 1.52 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) in 2010-11 as compared with 1.26 million TEUs in the corresponding period, a 25 per cent growth over the previous year, according to the Indian Ports Authority data.

The Chennai port reported the highest growth rate among the top three container ports of JNPT, Chennai and Tuticorin during fiscal 2010-11 over the previous year.

The annual growth for container volumes handled by the Chennai port during the last five years till 2009-10 was 13-14 per cent while it increased to 25 per cent during 2010-11.

This is primarily due to capacity addition with the second terminal commencing operations coupled with new services starting to call the Chennai port, said a source.

Coastal shipping

While the exact volume handled by the second container terminal during 2010-11 is unavailable, it handled over 3 lakh TEUs during the calendar year 2010 – up from 26,000 TEUs handled in the three months of operations since start up in 2009, according to the company's 2010 annual report.

In a boost to coastal shipping, and to consolidate and tranship containers arriving on Maersk Line's ICON service bound for Vizag and Haldia, the Relay Shipping Agency (agents for OEL) recently commenced a coastal service on a 10-day frequency from DP World Chennai.

The first call was made by OEL Victory on April 2 loading 164 Maersk units for discharge at Vizag (174 TEUs) and at Kolkata (30 TEUs).

This service will help the trade in East Coast of India to directly connect their shipments to North Europe through the ICON service, according to the terminal operator.

India growth

The growth in container traffic in India ports is corroborated by improved profitability for the global container liners who had increased freight rates across several routes during the year. Looking ahead, while prospects appear favourable due to the under penetrated

Exim container trade in India, key imponderable in the near term will be the level of crude oil prices, which has the potential to dampen demand across several industries if prices surge due to any geo-political reasons, said Mr K Ravichandran, Senior Vice-President, Co-Head Corporate Sector Ratings, ICRA Ltd.

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WoW! Never knew Tuticorin handles so much cargo!!

Yeah, after mumbai, chennai and kolkata, tuticorin is the fourth busiest "container" port.......but if you check for total cargo without containers its still less. The above ranking is only for containers.

Ya saw that!! How come Tuti handles so much containers?? Any special reason? Surely something has to do with its hinterland..

In the last 2 weeks I have been around the Harbour, Tiruvottiyur, Manali and all is saw was huge trucks of varying sizes fighting for space on the road and the road sides.All the roads were Chock-A-Block.

The govt. and the traffic police must do something about this area as the traffic jams sometimes are more than 3 kMs in length. I did not notice this earlier and I have been driving around this area for the last 12 years though I am not a regular to the area.

Ya saw that!! How come Tuti handles so much containers?? Any special reason? Surely something has to do with its hinterland..

Exports are mostly granite, textiles and marine products. Imports - it is the port of choice for south TN upto Dindugal and south Kerala (TVM and Quillon). If the Madurai - Thoothukudi corridor is developed as planned, then the traffic can grow manifold.

One more detail, Thoothukudi is not the 4th busiest but 5th busiest container port. Mundra which is a private port handles around a million TEU's and is the 3rd busiest container port. So the ranking is

1. JNPT
2. Chennai
3. Mundra
4. Kolkata - Haldia complex
5. Thoothukudi.

Good to see Chennai catapulting ahead. It now accounts for 20% of container cargo in major ports - up from 17% a year ago.

Shipping minister GK Vasan said 29 projects, with an outlay of Rs 10,000 crore, would be taken up at Chennai Port in various stages.

"Most of these investments will come from private players," he said after laying the foundation stone for the Rs 600-crore Chennai port-Ennore road connectivity project today.

The proposed investments would be made for a new mega terminal, an RO-RO terminal and connectivity projects, among others. Upon completion of these projects, the port's capacity would increase to 140 million tonnes in the next ten years, from the current 61 million tonnes.
On the Ennore Manali Road Improvement Project (EMRIP), the minister said it would be completed in the next two years. A special purpose vehicle has been floated to execute the project.

Of the total cost of Rs 600 crore, Rs 250 crore would be contributed each by the National Highways Authority of India and the Chennai Port Trust while Rs 58.20 crore would come from the Tamil Nadu government and rest by Ennore Port Ltd.

EMRIP, which was conceived in 1998, has been under implementation for the last 10 years. The project envisages improvement of a 30-km road network in north Chennai that connects all the container freight station handling containers for Chennai port.

Apart from land acquisition, EMRIP was also entangled in a legal dispute over relocating the slum people that delayed the project. During this period, the trade suffered due to frequent strikes called by transport operators, who were demanding execution of the project.

The original cost of the project was Rs 150 crore but was revised due to addition of service road to the four lanes of Thiruvottiyur-Pooneri-Panchetti road, provision of underpass on Ennore Expressway Road and drainage on Manali Oil Refinery Road besides escalation of cost during the intervening period.

Vasan said the share of equity contribution by Chennai port on account of cost revision had increased to Rs 139.80 crore from the original Rs 38 crore and for Ennore Port, it had been enhanced to Rs 34.02 crore from Rs 17.50 crore

With this, Chennai port is bound to grow further!!

http://www.portstrategy.com/news101/asia/ictsi-takes-on-two-more-terminals

International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has won two management contracts, one for an Indian terminal and the other in Subic Bay, both taking advantage of the roaring Asian economies.

ICTSI finalised the agreement with L&T Shipbuilding Ltd to manage and operate the Kattupalli Container Terminal in Tamil Nadu, India. “Kattupalli terminal is ICTSI’s first venture in India, the fourth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity,” the port operator said. The location is a strategic one, since it will be able to snare some box traffic from both Chennai and Ennore.

L&T Shipbuilding, a joint venture between Larsen & Toubro Ltd and Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corp, is the developer of the Kattupalli integrated shipyard and which is currently under construction near Chennai in Thiruvallur District.

This first development phase, which aims to be operational by January 2012, will have a 1.2m teu capacity through two 350m long berths and a total terminal area of around 20 hectares. The terminal has an option to rise to 1.8 million teu capacity during the second phase of development.

ICTSI has also obtained the contract to operate and manage the new container terminal 2 (NCT-2) in Subic, which is adjacent to ICTSI’s NCT1 facility.

Together these will give the company a total terminal area of 30 hectares, a berth length of 560 meters and combined capacity of 600,000 teu. Partly funded by the Japanese, these are being developed to address the needs of northern and central Luzon and the predicted 14 million teu shortfall in capacity on the South East Asian routes.

I think its retarded to have four ports in chennai itself. Kattupalli,ennore, chennai and mugaiyur. Severe port competition is going to be there in TN itself.

It will help in decongesting the Chennai port a lot!

1 extra port is enough, having these many ports is going to be a large deterrant in future.

where is Mugaiyur?

^^ On ECR, 20 km south of Kalpakkam township.. The same location where Marg Swarnabhoomi is u/c

Mugaiyur might be a good option as trucks comming from the west and south can use this rather can coming into Chennai. This will reduce truck congestion in Moolakadai and Tiruvottiyur.


^^ On ECR, 20 km south of Kalpakkam township.. The same location where Marg Swarnabhoomi is u/c

Mugaiyur might be a good option as trucks coming from the west and south can use this rather can coming into Chennai. This will reduce truck congestion in Moolakadai and Tiruvottiyur.


^^ On ECR, 20 km south of Kalpakkam township.. The same location where Marg Swarnabhoomi is u/c

I think Chennai, Ennore, Kaattupalli and Mugaiyur should be brought under single consortium. The consortium should centrally plan and execute all the operations and future growth projects for these ports. They can dedicate certain operations to certain ports(like coal for ennore only, Clean cargo, Container priority to Chennai etc) and can centrally control the ships coming into and out of ports.

This would mean that the number of trucks entering into city would be less and creating less stress on city's traffic woes and also quick clearance of cargo.

I think, Mugaiyur is of smaller in size. As depth will not be sufficient, hard and not good to go for bigger one.

Here is one such common forum of all ports. http://www.tnmaritime.com/captive_ports.php?port=10

SOURCE: (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article1818862.ece?homepage=true)

Three global shipping lines – Wan Hai Lines, Evergreen Line and Interasia Lines – will jointly launch a container shipping service connecting Taiwan with Chennai to give a fillip to the increased trade between Taiwan and southern India, especially in and around Chennai.

The weekly service, called TMT (Taiwan-Madras-Taiwan), will consist of four 1,300 TEU (twenty foot equivalent unit) vessels with two operated by the Taiwan-based Wan Hai and one by Evergreen and Interasia each.

The maiden voyage by the container vessel, Karin Schulte, operated by Interasia, started on Friday from Taichung.

28-day rotation
The service will run on a 28-day basis with rotation calling at Taichung, Keelung, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (mid-stream), Nansha, Shekou, Port Klang and Chennai.

In the return direction from Chennai, the service will call at Penang, Port Klang, Singapore, Yantian, Hong Kong and Taichung.

According to Mr Kent Lew of Wan Hai Lines (India), the sales and marketing owner's representative in Chennai, the weekly service will call at the DP World Chennai private container terminal.

India is the next major market of focus for Taiwanese companies in the electronic, machinery and auto component sectors.

Volume size
The inbound volume with cargo such as machinery spares and electronic components from Taiwan to Chennai is around 750 TEUs a month while the outbound cargo, including empty boxes and agricultural products, is around 200 TEUs.

The volume will be less between Chennai and Taiwan.

However, the volume will mostly come from China where the Taiwanese companies have operations and would like to ship their consignment to Chennai.

“We are connecting Chennai with major hubs in China, Hong Kong and Malaysia through the service,” he said.

While it will be difficult to give a value on the cost saving, a company could save nearly a week by using the direct services, he said.

Bilateral trade
The bilateral trade between Taiwan and India was around $6,700 million. This was not even half of Taiwan's trade with Malaysia or Indonesia. There are nearly 20 large Taiwanese companies, including Foxconn having presence in the south, said Mr George Lin, Director, Taipei World Trade Centre Liaison Office in Chennai.

“There have been visits by officials of large Taiwanese companies and I expect some of them to set up their operations here,” he said.

The upcoming Taiwan Formosa Industrial Park in the SEZ at Sri City in Andhra Pradesh will give a major boost in trade between the two countries.

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Seems lots of scope to increase outbound volume.

Volume size
The inbound volume with cargo such as machinery spares and electronic components from Taiwan to Chennai is around 750 TEUs a month while the outbound cargo, including empty boxes and agricultural products, is around 200 TEUs.



This is so sad.. Hope manufacturing picks up around Chennai.

^^ It is not manufacturing that's a problem. Its the export share through sea from the manufacturing. Most of the manufacturing goes for domestic consumption. Chennai can be termed as the most industrialised port city in India but most of the consumption is domestic. But with more and more projects kicking in, we can expect more on exports front. And the above case is with respect to export to Taiwan. Isnt it?

Yep. Taiwan and onwards to China.

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^^ Thanks satish. That one looks like a cruise ship.. Is it a connecting service to Port Blair or some other cruise ship?

^^ Thanks satish. That one looks like a cruise ship.. Is it a connecting service to Port Blair or some other cruise ship?

From the logo its this one

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semester_at_Sea

Yes, that's a MV Explorer cruise ship from Semester at Sea.

http://www.semesteratsea.org/our-ship/overview/aboard-the-mv-explorer.php

Not sure to where it is connecting to.

Our coll bought a new cruise ship....which wil start its journey as soon as possible and its available to our students for training...... :banana: i think they gng to start frm chennai-via-singapore-to-hongkong...
and am having tat pic but i donno how to upload it........

Read this thread to find how to post images.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=600498

SATISHANU: Great pics, a class apart. Thanks a lot

http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/chennai-to-dock-luxury-cruise-soon/272701.html

Chennai will soon have its very own luxury cruise on the lines of the Super Star Cruises that will ply between Chennai and Thirukonamalai in Sri Lanka on a four-night holiday option.

The AMET group, which is planning this first of its kind cruise-based holiday from Chennai, is likely to start operations by the end of May, according to P Murugesan, a member of the Travel Agents’ Association of India.

“They are planning to start on the route Chennai-Sri Lanka-Chennai with live entertainment during the cruise. Besides this, there is also a proposal to operate one night High Sea tour from Chennai for the weekends - Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays,” he said.

The luxury liner can carry upto 1,200 people and will have a tennis court, a basketball court and a swimming pool. While the organisers won’t reveal what kind of entertainment to expect, all they promise is that it will match the ones on board the foreign luxury liners.

“The ship has already been acquired from Europe and a trial run of sorts is happening from Sri Lanka where the cruise will go with passengers on a three-day trip to Maldives and return,” Murugesan said.

For the weekends alone, Chennaiites will be taken out into the sea just off the Indian waters so as to escape the restrictions implied here.

“On weekends, the cruise will go about 14 km away into international waters so that they can have a plethora of entertainment options,” he added.

“They are planning to start on the route Chennai-Sri Lanka-Chennai with live entertainment during the cruise. Besides this, there is also a proposal to operate one night High Sea tour from Chennai for the weekends - Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays,” he said.

I like this idea.

http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/chennai-to-dock-luxury-cruise-soon/272701.html

Chennai will soon have its very own luxury cruise on the lines of the Super Star Cruises that will ply between Chennai and Thirukonamalai in Sri Lanka on a four-night holiday option.

The AMET group, which is planning this first of its kind cruise-based holiday from Chennai, is likely to start operations by the end of May, according to P Murugesan, a member of the Travel Agents’ Association of India.

“They are planning to start on the route Chennai-Sri Lanka-Chennai with live entertainment during the cruise. Besides this, there is also a proposal to operate one night High Sea tour from Chennai for the weekends - Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays,” he said.

The luxury liner can carry upto 1,200 people and will have a tennis court, a basketball court and a swimming pool. While the organisers won’t reveal what kind of entertainment to expect, all they promise is that it will match the ones on board the foreign luxury liners.

“The ship has already been acquired from Europe and a trial run of sorts is happening from Sri Lanka where the cruise will go with passengers on a three-day trip to Maldives and return,” Murugesan said.

For the weekends alone, Chennaiites will be taken out into the sea just off the Indian waters so as to escape the restrictions implied here.

“On weekends, the cruise will go about 14 km away into international waters so that they can have a plethora of entertainment options,” he added.

actually they planned for asia tour but due to some reasons they operating between chennai and srilanka.........anyhow am happy that our chennai got a luxury ship from our coll.. proud to be a AMETIAN.....:banana:

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/tariff-authority-orders-35-pc-cut-in-terminal-charges/435219/

The Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP), which sets tariff at all major ports, has asked the Chennai Container Terminal Pvt Ltd (CCTPL), operated by the Dubai Port World at Chennai Port, to reduce tariff by 35 per cent. The order came in response to a proposal submitted by the terminal operator to increase the tariff by 13.77 per cent.

It may be noted that this is the first time in the history of TAMP that such a big quantum of reduction has been directed and it is also the first time that Chennai Terminal is faced with the reduction direction.

TAMP order dated May 5 said that the revised rates for the terminal, which have been notified already, would take effect after 15 days and would be force till March 31, 2013.

CCTPL has moved a proposal to the Authority seeking permission to increase the rate based on its performance. It stated that its productivity has increased in spite of the terminal operating at close to its capacity.

“This has been achieved by a combination of investments in new container handling equipments, improved terminal operating systems and a host of process reengineering activities,” said the terminal operator.

The terminal’s throughput has increased from around 829,000 TEUs in 2006 to around 1.19 million TEUs in 2008. Crane productivity has been improved from 22 moves per hour per quay crane in 2006 to over 27 in 2009.

In response to the proposal, the Authority in its order said: “In view of the surplus position as depicted in the cost statement, there is no case for granting any increase in tariff as proposed by the CCTPL. There is in fact a strong case to effect a reduction in the existing levels of tariff at CCTPL”.

The statement, which was in the TAMP order, showed that 2010-11 operating income was Rs 295.97 crore and in 2011-12 and 2012-13 expected to be Rs 296.53 crore and overall Rs 889.03 crore. The net surplus was Rs 32.81 crore in 2010-11, Rs 58.75 crore in 2011-12 and Rs 61.75 crore and total Rs 153.30 crore.

The net surplus available of Rs 153.30 crore is to be adjusted by effecting a reduction in the existing tariff over the remaining tariff validity period of two years (2011-12 and 2012-13), the order says.

While welcoming the order, the trade representatives have questioned whether this order would be applicable only to CCTPL or to the second terminal operator in the same port. “Otherwise, it leaves an uneven playing field,” said a senior trade representative.

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A file photo of the coal handling facility at Chennai port trust.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article2009687.ece?homepage=true

Residents of Chennai living in the vicinity of the city's port may get a breath of fresh air after today's order of the Madras High Court, but, on the flipside, an estimated 10,000 people could be rendered jobless.

And, the Chennai port could lose revenue of nearly Rs 250 crore a year, estimates an official of the port, as a consequence of the order that asks the port to stop handling coal and iron — which generate dust and hence polluting — from October.

The port annually handles nearly 20 million tonnes of both coal (8 mt) and iron ore (12 mt). “We are grappling with today's order. We need to study it thoroughly and take it up our Ministry [Shipping] to take up the next course of action. Nearly 5,000 is our employees while there could be another 5,000 people outside who could be affected,” the official said.

The order was issued by Mr Justice Elipe Dharma Rao and Mr Justice M. Venugopal on a Public Interest Litigation filed by the Avoor Muthiah Maistry Street Residents' Welfare Association in North Chennai nine years ago on the pollution affecting people in the area.

The Court found the measures taken by the Chennai Port Trust “inadequate”. The directions of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to arrest the pollution have not been taken care of by the ChPT, exhibiting “its callous attitude and scant regard to the public health and security,” the Court observed.

The Court also directed the Centre and the State Government, ChPT and the Ennore Port Trust to “see that not even a single employee is retrenched or otherwise made to lose his livelihood because of the distribution of cargo between Ennore port and Chennai port.”

In 2009, the then Union Shipping Minister, Mr T.R. Baalu, had said that Chennai will become a clean port and handle clean cargo such as cars and containers, and that coal would be shifted to the nearby Ennore once facilities there are ready.

However, subsequently the Ministry retracted from this on grounds that the move would affect the livelihood of a large number of employees.

^^
Very nice.The Court has to intervene finally. to drive sense... Mr Vasan,Pl move ahead.

In 2009, the then Union Shipping Minister, Mr T.R. Baalu, had said that Chennai will become a clean port and handle clean cargo such as cars and containers, and that coal would be shifted to the nearby Ennore once facilities there are ready.

However, subsequently the Ministry retracted from this on grounds that the move would affect the livelihood of a large number of employees.

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have they established the additional coal handling facility at Ennore then? there is no point about that in the news..... orissa or imported coal is widely used by many industries like sugar factory, cement industries and power plants in Tamilnadu.

Cuddalore and Karaikal port are more nearer to sugar/cement/power plants in interior Tamilnadu. But gvt has not concentrated in developing Cuddalore port which has better rail connectivity than Karaikal. Hope the next gvt develop the Cuddalore port.

^^ This means more power cuts and a new Arcot Veerasamy who won't contest in the next elections! :D :D :D

^^

have they established the additional coal handling facility at Ennore then? there is no point about that in the news..... orissa or imported coal is widely used by many industries like sugar factory, cement industries and power plants in Tamilnadu.

Cuddalore and Karaikal port are more nearer to sugar/cement/power plants in interior Tamilnadu. But gvt has not concentrated in developing Cuddalore port which has better rail connectivity than Karaikal. Hope the next gvt develop the Cuddalore port.
Actually the bidding for development of Cuddalore Port on PPP model did take place last year around June. The results of the process are yet to be announced though.

I guess some news can be expected soon after the formation of the new govt.

Ennore Port BTW has a new 8 million tonnes per annum dedicated coal terminal that is yet to be properly utilised in the form of Chettinad International Coal Terminal that opened late last year.

ரூ.600 கோடி துறைமுக இணைப்பு சாலை பணிகள் முடங்கின


வடசென்னையில், போக்குவரத்து நெரிசலுக்கு தீர்வு காணும் வகையில், 600 கோடி ரூபாயில் அறிவிக்கப்பட்ட, சென்னை - எண்ணூர் துறைமுகங்கள் இணைப்பு சாலை விரிவாக்க திட்டம், கடந்த ஐந்தாண்டுகளாக கிடப்பில் உள்ளது. இந்த திட்டம் எப்போது நிறைவேறும் என்ற எதிர்பார்ப்பு மக்களிடம் எழுந்துள்ளது. சென்னை மற்றும் எண்ணூர் துறைமுகங்களுக்கு, தினமும் வந்து செல்லும் ஏராளமான கன்டெய்னர் லாரிகள் அனைத்தும், எண்ணூர் கடற்கரை சாலை, மணலி விரைவு சாலை, பொன்னேரி - பஞ்சட்டி சாலை வழியாக சென்று வருகின்றன. இதனால் இச்சாலைகள், எப்போதும் நெருக்கடி நிறைந்து காணப்படுகிறது. நெரிசல் காரணமாக விபத்துகளும், உயிரிழப்புகளும் அதிகரிக்கின்றன. இதற்கு தீர்வு காணும் வகையில், சென்னை - எண்ணூர் துறைமுகங்கள் இணைப்பு சாலையை விரிவாக்கம் செய்ய வேண்டுமென பொதுமக்கள் வலியுறுத்தி வந்தனர். இதை கருத்தில் கொண்டு, தேசிய நெடுஞ்சாலை ஆணையம் மூலம், 310 கோடி ரூபாயில் துறைமுகங்கள் இணைப்பு சாலையை, நான்கு வழிச்சாலையாக விரிவாக்கம் செய்ய திட்டமிடப்பட்டது. இதற்கான 2006ல், அடிக்கல் நாட்டப்பட்டு பணிகள் துவங்கின. ஆக்கிரமிப்புக்களை அகற்றி, நில ஆர்ஜிதம் செய்வதில் ஏற்பட்ட சிக்கல் காரணமாவும், கட்டுமானப் பொருட்கள் விலையேற்றம் காரணமாகவும் பணிகள் முடங்கின. கிடப்பில் உள்ள சாலையை சீரமைக்கக்கோரி, பொதுமக்கள் மறியல், உண்ணாவிரதம் என பல கட்ட போராட்டங்களில் ஈடுபட்டு வந்தனர். பலமுறை டெண்டர் விட்டும், திட்ட மதிப்பீடு குறைவு என ஒப்பந்ததாரர்கள் டெண்டர் எடுக்க மறுத்தனர். இதை தொடர்ந்து திட்ட மதிப்பீடு 600 கோடி ரூபாயாக உயர்த்தப்பட்டது. டெண்டர் விடப்பட்டாலும், துறைமுகங்கள் தங்களின் பங்களிப்பு தொகையை தருவதில் தாமதம் ஏற்பட்டதால், டெண்டரை தேசிய நெடுஞ்சாலை ஆணையம் கைவிட்டது. மத்திய அரசில் கப்பல் துறை அமைச்சராக பொறுப்பேற்ற ஜி.கே.வாசன், முடங்கி கிடந்த திட்டப்பணிகளை நடைமுறைப்படுத்த, முயற்சி மேற்கொண்டார். சிஇதை தொடர்ந்து, முதற்கட்டமாக 254 கோடி ரூபாயில், சாலையை விரிவாக்கம் செய்ய டெண்டர் விடப்பட்டு, நான்கு மாதங்களுக்கு முன் பணிகள் துவக்க பூஜை போடப்பட்டது. ஆனால், சாலை விரிவாக்கத்திற்கான பணிகள் இன்னும் துவங்கவில்லை. மீண்டும் சாலை விரிவாக்கத்தை கிடப்பில் போட்டுவிடாமல், விரைவாக துவக்க வேண்டுமென வடசென்னை வாசிகள் கோரி வருகின்றனர். இந்த கோரிக்கையை வலியுறுத்தி, கடந்த வாரம், தரைவழி போக்குவரத்து கூட்டமைப்பினரும் ஆர்ப்பாட்டம் நடத்தினர். ஆனாலும், சாலை பணிகள் இன்னும் துவங்கவில்லை.
இதுகுறித்து வடசென்னை மக்கள் உரிமை கூட்டமைப்பினர் கூறும்போது, "வடசென்னை மக்கள் நிம்மதியாக வாழ வேண்டுமென்றால், துறைமுக இணைப்பு சாலை விரிவாக்கம் செய்வது அவசியம். விபத்துகளால் ஏற்படும் உயிரிழப்புகளையும் தடுக்க முடியும்; நெரிசலும் தீரும். இதை கருத்தில் கொண்டு, தேசிய நெடுஞ்சாலை ஆணையம் பணிகளை விரைவாக செயல்படுத்த, புதிதாக பொறுப்பேற்றுள்ள தமிழக அரசு முயற்சிக்க வேண்டும்' என்றனர். துறைமுகங்கள் இணைப்பு சாலை திட்ட அதிகாரி மோகன் கூறும்போது, "நில அளவீடுகள் நடந்து வருகிறது. விரைவில் சாலை விரிவாக்க பணிகள் துவங்கும்' என்றார்.

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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article2035450.ece?homepage=true

India has joined the global cruise line club with the country's first cruise ship, AMET Majesty, registered in Chennai with an Indian flag. The ship will make her maiden visit to the Indian shores on June 8 in Chennai and sail off to high seas the next day.

The Chennai-based AMET Shipping Pvt Ltd of the AMET Group, which is in to maritime training, has invested Rs 100 crore in procuring the 35-year-old cruise vessel Arberia from a Greek owner.

The ship was first operated by the Star Cruise, said Mr P. Bharathi, CEO and Managing Director, AMET Cruises, a division of AMET.

The funding to buy the ship came from the group's internal resources, from banks and few Singapore-based individual investors, said Dr J. Ramachandran, Chairman, AMET Shipping India without the break-up.

AMET Majesty will operate regular service covering India and Sri Lanka. It will offer locations in Asia such as Anadaman, Phuket, Mumbai, Goa, Lashdweep, Kochi, Colombo and Maldives for the tourists.

To begin with the service will include short trips to high seas in Chennai (one night) and long triples covering international destinations such as Triconamalleee in Sri Lanka, he said.

The company is hoping to get support for its cruise service from the large number of Indian tourists who otherwise travel to Singapore to go on a cruise there. It is said that nearly 80,000 Indian go on cruises annually, he said.

Cruise terminals

Mr Bharathi said the company was in talk with the ports of Chennai, Kochi, Mormugao and Mumbai for berthing the ship in these places. Three cruise terminals are being planned at Mormugao, Mumbai and Kochi at a cost of Rs 480 crore.

The Mumbai Port Trust plans to spend Rs 150 crore to create a new cruise terminal near the Gateway of India and the Kochi Port Trust will spend Rs 150 crore in an international cruise terminal. The Chennai Port Trust has already in place a cruise terminal.

Capt Bhardwaj, Vice-Chancellor, AMET University, told newspersons that the ship was certified to carry 1,000 passengers on international voyage by the Government of India.

The Directorate General of Shipping has approved the ship in principle to train 90 nautical cadets and 120 engineering cadets for a period of six months of their required pose-sea training mandatory to appear for the competency examination conducted by them.

These cadets can now be trained in the group's own vessel, he said.

The proposed cruise routes are: Chennai-Andaman-Phuket-Chennai; Chennai-Vizag-Chennai; Chennai-Trincomalle-Karaikal-Chennai; Mumbai-Lakshadweep-Mumbai; Kochi-Lakshadweep-Kochi; Kochi-Maldives-Colombo-Kochi.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2035847.ece

The Madras High Court has stayed the 35 per cent cut in terminal tariff fixed by the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) for Chennai Container Terminal Private Ltd at the Chennai Port.

On May 5, TAMP announced an across-the-board 35 per cent reduction in terminal tariff, even as the private container operator, DP World, Chennai, sought an increase based on future container traffic projections. In the normal course, the order would have come into force from May 20 and valid till March 2013.

DP World approached the Madras High Court challenging the tariff cut.

When the matter came before Justice S. Rajeswaran on Thursday, counsel for DP World Chennai argued that it had initially sought a 17 per cent increase in tariff, but later scaled it down to 13 per cent. In these circumstances, the 35 per cent reduction came as a shock to it, as it would result in a monthly loss of Rs.10 crore to the container operator and Chennai Port. He sought maintenance of status quo on collection of levy of charges as on date.

In a brief order, Mr. Justice Rajeswaran said there would be an interim stay insofar as it related to collection of levy of charges and that the petitioner was permitted to charge at the existing rate for a period of eight weeks.

Armed with the interim order, DP World Chennai on Friday sent out a notice to the trading community, advising them that until further notice from the terminal, it would continue invoicing its customers for services rendered at the Terminal as per the Scale of Rates notified by the Tariff Authority for Major Ports as per Order passed on June 19, 2008.

When contacted, port users expressed disappointment over the non-implementation of TAMP's order. They were eagerly awaiting a significant cut in their costs as a result of the expected tariff reduction, but the interim order had put paid to their hopes.

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Fishermen seek underpasses in road project

Even as National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials are racing against time to commence work on the first stretch of the 1.6-km road on Ennore-Manali Road Improvement Project (EMRIP), local fishermen have demanded inclusion of underpasses in the project.

According to Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) officials, the work order for EMRIP, including the 1.6-km stretch from Chennai Port Trust ‘0' gate to Kasimedu N4 Police Station, was issued on May 5 and the work was to commence before June 4.

The work could not be taken by NHAI/contractor as the model code of conduct was in force in the State till May 14.

The fishermen are demanding at least two underpasses on this stretch as it would be difficult for them to cross the road that has heavy movement of container-laden lorries.

“The work on this stretch is very slow. We don't see any physical activity and only five days are left for the contractor to beat the deadline,” port users told The Hindu. NHAI officials said that they have started the preliminary work by mobilising materials and equipment at Andal Kuppam near Toshiba plant in North Chennai.

“There is no delay in the project. As for fishermen's demands, underpasses have been included in the project,” an official said.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2066362.ece

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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article2035450.ece?homepage=true

India has joined the global cruise line club with the country's first cruise ship, AMET Majesty, registered in Chennai with an Indian flag. The ship will make her maiden visit to the Indian shores on June 8 in Chennai and sail off to high seas the next day.

The Chennai-based AMET Shipping Pvt Ltd of the AMET Group, which is in to maritime training, has invested Rs 100 crore in procuring the 35-year-old cruise vessel Arberia from a Greek owner.

The ship was first operated by the Star Cruise, said Mr P. Bharathi, CEO and Managing Director, AMET Cruises, a division of AMET.

The funding to buy the ship came from the group's internal resources, from banks and few Singapore-based individual investors, said Dr J. Ramachandran, Chairman, AMET Shipping India without the break-up.

AMET Majesty will operate regular service covering India and Sri Lanka. It will offer locations in Asia such as Anadaman, Phuket, Mumbai, Goa, Lashdweep, Kochi, Colombo and Maldives for the tourists.

To begin with the service will include short trips to high seas in Chennai (one night) and long triples covering international destinations such as Triconamalleee in Sri Lanka, he said.

The company is hoping to get support for its cruise service from the large number of Indian tourists who otherwise travel to Singapore to go on a cruise there. It is said that nearly 80,000 Indian go on cruises annually, he said.

Cruise terminals

Mr Bharathi said the company was in talk with the ports of Chennai, Kochi, Mormugao and Mumbai for berthing the ship in these places. Three cruise terminals are being planned at Mormugao, Mumbai and Kochi at a cost of Rs 480 crore.

The Mumbai Port Trust plans to spend Rs 150 crore to create a new cruise terminal near the Gateway of India and the Kochi Port Trust will spend Rs 150 crore in an international cruise terminal. The Chennai Port Trust has already in place a cruise terminal.

Capt Bhardwaj, Vice-Chancellor, AMET University, told newspersons that the ship was certified to carry 1,000 passengers on international voyage by the Government of India.

The Directorate General of Shipping has approved the ship in principle to train 90 nautical cadets and 120 engineering cadets for a period of six months of their required pose-sea training mandatory to appear for the competency examination conducted by them.

These cadets can now be trained in the group's own vessel, he said.

The proposed cruise routes are: Chennai-Andaman-Phuket-Chennai; Chennai-Vizag-Chennai; Chennai-Trincomalle-Karaikal-Chennai; Mumbai-Lakshadweep-Mumbai; Kochi-Lakshadweep-Kochi; Kochi-Maldives-Colombo-Kochi.

Meesaiya murukara time vandhachu. Bangalore's envy, Chennai's pride.

enna chinna pulla thanam?

^^ Adhaane.

Bangalore's envy, Chennai's pride.

othukaren. unga veetla onida tv irukungaradha othukaren.. :lol:

^^ :lol:

Have seen many Indians amongst locals taking cruise trips for a week or more in the US. How is it in India? Any of our forumers have done it? What is the usually price of a trip?

By the way, in the US cruises, there are many Indian food options with Indian cooks...so you will feel at home! :)

Have seen many Indians amongst locals taking cruise trips for a week or more in the US. How is it in India? Any of our forumers have done it? What is the usually price of a trip?

By the way, in the US cruises, there are many Indian food options with Indian cooks...so you will feel at home! :)

In India, there are very few Pleasure cruises available for the public.

Many take the Chennai Singapore trip since it is short distance and cheaper by Cruise standard.

Mumbai Goa was there. I do not know if it is still on.

Now Tuti - Colombo is going to start.

I have spent a few days in Andaman Sea - but it was not my cup of tea.
I prefer land to sea.

New cruise liner to start operating from Chennai

India’s newest cruise liner is set to begin its voyage from Chennai soon. Operating from Chennai, the cruise liner, AMET Majesty, will offer packages to the Andamans, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand and a few Indian ports. According to a report by Arun Janardhanan in the Times of India, it has scheduled separate seasonal operations, one for the Bay of Bengal and the other for the Arabian Sea. The liner has a capacity of 1,000 passengers, but will be launched with only 500 berths. It has four luxury restaurants, dance bars, swimming pools, spas and other standard equipment typical to luxury cruise liners.

"When there are about 80,000 Indians flying to Singapore every year for a cruise liner, the Indian maritime industry should not ignore the demand," said J Ramachandran, Chairman, AMET University. Ramachandran, who also owns the liner, added that the first cruise will be from Chennai. There will be an exclusive one-night trip from Chennai. Packages to Vizag, Andamans and Sri Lanka are also in the pipeline. On the west coast, Mumbai, Lakshadweep, Goa and Kochi would be the base stations. Arabian Sea cruises will begin after the south-west monsoon season. The packages are priced at Rs 3,900 to 10,700 per passenger per night.

“Earlier attempts to launch Indian cruises came a cropper, and international cruises like Star Cruises, Singapore, had to cancel major projects in Indian ports. Tour operators feel the government should support such ventures. An attempt to launch a cruise from Kochi failed because of the attitude of the port authorities,” said MK Ajith Kumar, Asia Pacific Tours. AMET Majesty, which is now being refurbished in Sri Lanka, was earlier owned by Star Cruises. It had earlier spent a year along the coast of Greece. AMET University has acquired approval for the programme from the Director General, Shipping.

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Two large tankers docked at Bharathi dock.
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Two Ships waiting to dock.
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Wow. From where did you click these ?

^^ Near Savorit semiya company Tollgate

^^ Okay. I have never ventured into North Chennai :)

^^ Okay. I have never ventured into North Chennai :)

Thanks Vicvin86!! Keep going!!
No media has covered these beautiful sights of Chennai & Ennore ports.

Decision soon on shifting dusty cargoes from Chennai port

In a week's time, the Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) will announce its decision about handling the situation arising out of the Madras High Court order directing it to move “dusty cargoes such as iron ore and coal” to the Ennore port from October 1, said its Chairman Atulya Misra on Monday.

Last month, the court directed the Shipping Secretary to move dusty cargoes to the Ennore port from October 1 while passing orders on writ petitions.

Responding to the directive, Union Shipping Minister, G.K. Vasan said that dusty cargoes would be moved out as the Centre attached importance to people's welfare. Prior to that Shipping Secretary would consult all stakeholders.

Talking to The Hindu, Mr. Misra said: “The Shipping Ministry will hold discussion with all the stakeholders before arriving at a final decision on this issue. Within the next seven days, we may file a review petition in the Madras High Court or Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court. The Shipping Secretary K. Mohandas has been apprised of the situation.”

Dry port

Mr. Mohandas, who arrived here on Sunday, visited the integrated dry port and multi-modal logistics hub along with the project consultant and the leading multi-national firms. En route he was briefed about the progress of elevated corridor from the Chennai port to Maduravoyal.

According to Mr. Misra, the dry port coming up on 125 acres at Mappedu in the Sriperumbudur SEZ for the Chennai port would be developed in the public-private-partnership mode. The Detailed Project Report was ready and qualified bidders will be selected through the Request for Qualification (RFQ) process. The RFQ would be issued in a month's time. Thereafter, the work will be completed in two years' time. Private party will be selected through on open tender system to operate the dry port for 30 years.

The total cost of the dry port is Rs.380 crore, including land cost of Rs.100.16 crore. It would be given on 99 years' lease.
:cheers:

Elevated corridor

The distance between the seaport and dry port was about 50-km. About 19 km would be covered by the elevated corridor, 16 km by NH 4 and balance by a single-line State Highway that would be converted into two-lane soon, said a ChPT official.

In all possibility, the dry port facility would be inaugurated by the month-end. It would consist of 75 acres of custom-bound area and 50 acres of non-custom bound area and would accommodate containers, hazardous and non-hazardous materials, he said.

Hindu

Have seen many Indians amongst locals taking cruise trips for a week or more in the US. How is it in India? Any of our forumers have done it? What is the usually price of a trip?

By the way, in the US cruises, there are many Indian food options with Indian cooks...so you will feel at home! :)

There is a cruise in Goa on Zuari river and backwater of the sea! It is just 2hrs cruise! Food, bar, music and dance...

TTDC can explore the possibilities of Chennai-Pondicherry cruise 3-4hrs which will attract surely 100's of tourist and weekend enjoyers!

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By vintn (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/vintn) at 2011-06-20

The blue ship on the right is a car carrier.
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By vintn (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/vintn) at 2011-06-20

^^

Excellent shots . Where did you shoot this from ?

Wikipedia reveals that GLOVIS is the logistics arm of Hyundai-Kia . So I am guessing this is bound for Seoul ,SK or another distribution port .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLOVIS




:)

08 Jun 2011

ICTSI has struck an unusual deal in India. Credit: Ronaldo Lazzari
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has entered the burgeoning Indian container market in an innovative way.

The company has forged a deal with L&T Shipbuilding Ltd (LTSB) for the management and operation of the Kattupalli International Container Terminal (KICT) in Tamil Nadu, India for a 28 year period – a term that is exceptionally long for this type of arrangement and which undoubtedly represents something of a first in the industry.

The terminal is located near Chennai in Thiruvallur District, a region with a history of rapid container growth.

KICT enters the market at a time of unparalleled growth in the nearby port of Chennai. The port handled 1.52m teu in 2010-11 compared with 1.26m teu the previous year, a 25% increase and the largest growth rate among the top three containerports comprising JNPT, Chennai and Tuticorin.

The previous five years had seen Chennai register annual traffic increases in the order of 13%-14%. Average annual container growth in Indian ports is in the order of 8%.

The KICT development is also interesting in that it aims to capitalise on some strong competitive assets and notably a less rigid system of port charges as well as 24 hour access on the landside, a facility not available in Chennai where access to terminals is only possible after midnight to early morning due to road congestion problems.

The road system access is not ideal at present but clearly with scheduled upgrades it will improve progressively and as such represents “joined up thinking” that has not always been seen in other terminal developments.

The new terminal, now in the final phases of construction, will possess two 350m berths and back-up area of around 20 hectares in the phase one development offering an annual capacity of 1.2m teu. A second phase development envisages annual capacity being raised to 1.8m teu/yr.

Six ZPMC super-post-panamax, twin-lift, gantries are to be installed and 15 Noell one over five, 6+1 width RTGs supported by a state-of the-art terminal management system. All the equipment is of a higher end specification.

Mobile equipment will include two reachstackers and one empty handler. The yard will offer 5000 ground slots and a CFS is also planned as part of the service package.

Access to the terminal on the marine side is via a 3.5km long channel and port basin offering a draft of 14m – the draft capability is such that it provides for projected increases in southern Asian container trade. It also provides for the future possibility of mainline Asia-Europe vessels making a stop in southern India which has been mooted as a distinct possibility by certain analysts.

Kattupalli’s North and South breakwaters, which together total 3.35 kilometres, ensure a safe harbour and uninterrupted terminal operations. In terms of cargo generation, the terminal is located in close proximity to the majority of Container Freight Stations in Chennai.

Also notable about the Kattupalli development, which includes a shipyard being developed by Larsen & Toubro, is that it is a wholly private sector backed development – all key aspects – and it is one that has, more or less, proceeded according to the schedule originally set.

As such, it is a model that promises to be used more widely in Indian port development.

src: http://www.portstrategy.com/insight-and-opinion101/post-script/An-Indian-first

^^
So Chennai will have Three ports. L&T has silently done this Port deal with CG and SG. I was thinking that they are putting up only a Ship Yard.

Now, the present Govt should move various quarters and get the Ennore SEZ project off the ground at the earliest.

I wish the zone to become a huge Engineering Projects export centre. Turnkey Cement Plants,Paper Plants,Dairy Industries,Petro and Petroleum plants,Power plants, Fertilizer and Chemical Plants etc.

Since Chennai has all major EPC Global vendors base, Projects Design,Engineering and Construction ,Procurement and participation in Global tenders for Projects exports will get a huge filip.

^^ Optimistic!!

^^
So Chennai will have Three ports. L&T has silently done this Port deal with CG and SG. I was thinking that they are putting up only a Ship Yard.

Now, the present Govt should move various quarters and get the Ennore SEZ project off the ground at the earliest.

I wish the zone to become a huge Engineering Projects export centre. Turnkey Cement Plants,Paper Plants,Dairy Industries,Petro and Petroleum plants,Power plants, Fertilizer and Chemical Plants etc.

Since Chennai has all major EPC Global vendors base, Projects Design,Engineering and Construction ,Procurement and participation in Global tenders for Projects exports will get a huge filip.

Appadiye Agattum !

Ungal Vaykku Sarkarai.

^^
So Chennai will have Three ports. L&T has silently done this Port deal with CG and SG. I was thinking that they are putting up only a Ship Yard.

Now, the present Govt should move various quarters and get the Ennore SEZ project off the ground at the earliest.

I wish the zone to become a huge Engineering Projects export centre.
Since Chennai has all major EPC Global vendors base, Projects Design,Engineering and Construction ,Procurement and participation in Global tenders for Projects exports will get a huge filip.

Turnkey Cement/Minerals Plants, - Yes Chennai is already engineering hub for this! Competitors are in Pune and Noida.

Paper Plants, - Yes, we do have... but Chennai companies can only do engg/supply only for part of the huge paper plant complex... rest half of the technology comes from abroad and they don't have base in Chennai.

Dairy Industries,Petro and Petroleum plants - I don't think Chennai have any sort of companies for this! i.e i am talking about ur point on engineering or vendors or suppliers

Power plants, Fertilizer and Chemical Plants etc. - Already Trichy BHEL into it, Vestas, Suzlon are in TN for power... but what about solar plant engineering? For material handling, chennai already have lot of engineering/vendors!

^^
So Chennai will have Three ports. L&T has silently done this Port deal with CG and SG. I was thinking that they are putting up only a Ship Yard.

Now, the present Govt should move various quarters and get the Ennore SEZ project off the ground at the earliest.

I wish the zone to become a huge Engineering Projects export centre. Turnkey Cement Plants,Paper Plants,Dairy Industries,Petro and Petroleum plants,Power plants, Fertilizer and Chemical Plants etc.

Since Chennai has all major EPC Global vendors base, Projects Design,Engineering and Construction ,Procurement and participation in Global tenders for Projects exports will get a huge filip.


True let North Chennai return to its glory days from now on.:banana:

^^

Excellent shots . Where did you shoot this from ?

Wikipedia reveals that GLOVIS is the logistics arm of Hyundai-Kia . So I am guessing this is bound for Seoul ,SK or another distribution port .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLOVIS

:)

Thx!Shot these from Marina.
The ship could be bound to Europe too.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article2137085.ece

In April and May, the country's major container handling ports posted six per cent increase in volume of containerised traffic to 20 million tonnes and a meagre one per cent to 1.29 million TEUs in terms of number of boxes handled, according to figures released by Indian Ports Association. Jawaharlal Nehru port, the country's biggest container handling port, handled 739,000 TEUs and recorded two per cent decline year on year while Chennai saw 10 per cent rise at 273,000 TEUs. Kolkata handled 91,000 TEUs, up seven per cent and Tuticorin 80,000 TEUs, up six per cent. Mumbai and Kochi suffered marginal decline in throughput. In terms of total cargo handled, the country's major ports in first two months of current fiscal posted 5.1 per cent growth at 99.7 mt. Kandla topped the list with 13.8 mt, followed by Visakhapatnam 11.85 mt, JNPT 11.2 mt and Chennai 10.2 mt. In 2010-11 fiscal, the container throughput at the major ports posted 10 per cent growth at 7.54 million TEUs and the total traffic 1.5 per cent at 570 mt.

^^
So Chennai will have Three ports. L&T has silently done this Port deal with CG and SG. I was thinking that they are putting up only a Ship Yard.

Now, the present Govt should move various quarters and get the Ennore SEZ project off the ground at the earliest.

I wish the zone to become a huge Engineering Projects export centre. Turnkey Cement Plants,Paper Plants,Dairy Industries,Petro and Petroleum plants,Power plants, Fertilizer and Chemical Plants etc.

Since Chennai has all major EPC Global vendors base, Projects Design,Engineering and Construction ,Procurement and participation in Global tenders for Projects exports will get a huge filip.

With these multiple ports around chennai. chennai port autority should derive a plan for developing marina port and function in the lines of new york port authority where water front and real estate development is also undertaken.

http://www.panynj.gov/real-estate-development/waterfront-development.html

with planning and rejigging marina port would find space for developing its real estate for economic development.

Inspired by srilanka which just came out of war building projects that makes me feel embarassed and numb.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo_Port_City

They are reclaming 450 acres and their budget is 450mn$. With 9.12 lakhs laptops planned with 15000/piece the money is equivalent to reclaming 303 acres approx of sea in chennai according to colombo land reclamation budget!

Are there any planners in and aroud chennai!!

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article2259825.ece

Larsen & Toubro's Rs 2,000-crore shipyard at Kattupalli in Tamil Nadu is almost ready but hardly has any order worth its capability.

The yard, which has been designed for building large Defence vessels, is yet to find favour with the Defence Ministry.

Mr A.M. Naik, Chairman, L&T, said the Government has been continuing with its policy of keeping away the private sector from Defence. The yard is built with the capabilities to meet the capacity gap in the Defence production.

Awaits high-end war ships

“Merchant ships are not what we are looking for. The yard is built for making large high-end warships,” said Mr Naik.

“Right now, we have no choice but to go for commercial ships and repairs,” he said in an interview to Business Line.

The Kattupalli yard has been set up jointly with Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation and is expected to be fully commissioned early next year.

As such, it is in a position to take up construction in the workshops that are ready, said Mr M.V. Kotwal, Senior Executive Vice-President and Director, L&T.

The company, which also has a shipyard at Hazira in Gujarat, has a contract to build 36 vessels for the Coast Guard. The order will be partially executed at Kattupalli.

The Kattupalli yard is mainly built for making warships and to augment the existing capacity at Hazira for sub-marines.

Navy requirements

A draft of up to 14 metres and a waterfront exceeding 2.2 km make the facility well suited to build large Defence ships, Mr Kotwal said.

“The Indian Navy requires a large number of submarines, frigates and other warships. We are looking forward to these orders” he said.

The Defence Ministry has placed a large number of orders with the public sector Mazagaon Dock in Mumbai and the Garden Reach Shipbuilding Engineers in Kolkata on nomination basis. It will take a long time for these yards to complete the delivery due to capacity constraints.

“We will be happy to take up some of those requirements. We are already making equipment, including weapon systems, for warships. We have the capability and the technical know-how to build frigates and warships,” said Mr Kotwal.

For L&T, to use its Kattupalli facility for low technology tankers would be sub-optimal.

Repairs and refits

However, it is ideally placed to undertake ship, submarine repairs and refits using the 18,000 tonne ship-lift being installed there. Once commissioned, a number of vessels can be repaired at a time.

At the Kattupalli facility, encompassing 1,200 acres, L&T has also commissioned facilities to build offshore platforms, drilling rigs and FPSOs (floating production, storage and offloading unit), besides a minor port which can handle container ships.

At Hazira complex, apart from the heavy workshops which have played a crucial role in construction of India's first nuclear submarine, INS Arihant, the yard has been building specialised multi-purpose ‘ro-ro/lo-lo' semi-submersible commercial ships for handling heavy cargo, said Mr Kotwal.
Recent orders

A ro-ro is a roll-on roll-off ocean going cargo ship, which can set up a ramp at dockside and roll on most types of wheeled vehicles such as containers, trailers, trucks and cars.

A lo-lo cargo vessel is a ship that has cranes on board to load or unload cargo.

Of late, the Indian private sector yards have been getting orders for building small Defence vessels.

Recently, ABG Shipyard received a $215 million order for building two training ships from the Navy.

The Navy also awarded the Pipavav Shipyard a $600 million order for making gunboats.

Turnkey Cement/Minerals Plants, - Yes Chennai is already engineering hub for this! Competitors are in Pune and Noida.

Paper Plants, - Yes, we do have... but Chennai companies can only do engg/supply only for part of the huge paper plant complex... rest half of the technology comes from abroad and they don't have base in Chennai.

Dairy Industries,Petro and Petroleum plants - I don't think Chennai have any sort of companies for this! i.e i am talking about ur point on engineering or vendors or suppliers

Power plants, Fertilizer and Chemical Plants etc. - Already Trichy BHEL into it, Vestas, Suzlon are in TN for power... but what about solar plant engineering? For material handling, chennai already have lot of engineering/vendors!

Boss, I thought CPCL / Chennai Petro Chemical Limited (Refinery) based in Chennai (I dont know what they do... clean the petrol and distribute?)...

^^
Import "Crude oil" ,distill and refine them to many products based on a temperature gradient, from LPG ,Naptha,Gasoline, Diesel,Kerosene, Jet Fuel, Fuel Oil to Tar and Bitumen.

^^ Optimistic!!

He is realistic.

Dairy Industries,Petro and Petroleum plants - I don't think Chennai have any sort of companies for this! i.e i am talking about ur point on engineering or vendors or suppliers



There engineering companies for sector in chennai Dow chemicals has got huge engineering office in chennai, Petrofac, Saipem, JR Mcdermott, Technip has got good engineering office set up in chennai all these companies are into upstream / Down stream of petroleum products.

http://www.portstrategy.com/news101/asia/chennai-drops-tariffs

India's Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) has allowed Chennai Container Terminal to reduce terminal tariffs by 35%. Terminal operator, DP World, had sought a 13.77% increase, based on future traffic projections and investment made in the terminal.

L&T to team up with TIDCO, Ennore Port for road project


L&T Ship Building Ltd is likely to form a joint venture with Ennore Port Ltd and the Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO), to build a 25.5 km road that would connect Ennore port and Kattupalli port.

The road project is estimated to cost Rs 360 crore.

L&T Ship Building Ltd is currently putting up a ship-building unit at Kattupalli, some 50 km north of Chennai. Part of the project is a deep draft port, meant mainly for captive purposes, but one that would also handle commercial (container) cargo.

Originally, the National Highways Authority of India was supposed to build the road connecting the two ports, but it is learnt that TIDCO – Tamil Nadu Government's industrial promotion arm – has proposed that instead of NHAI, a joint venture of L&T, Ennore Port and TIDCO undertake the road project.

To implement the road project some 400 acres would need to be acquired.

“The project has found to be viable on a build-operate-transfer basis,” it is learnt from sources in the Department of Highways, Government of Tamil Nadu

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-others/tp-states/article2297072.ece

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/indias-maritime-plans-take-shape/444211/

India is set to go places with its overseas maritime plans. The Centre plans to float a company – Indian Ports Global – along the lines of Dubai Port World and Port of Singapore (PSA), to invest in overseas ports. The company will be allowed to raise Rs 3,000 crore tax-free bonds.

Besides, the government has allowed Ennore Port Limited and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust to raise Rs 1,000 crore tax free bonds, each, by March 2012.

The finance ministry has earmarked Rs 5,000 crore worth tax-free bonds to develop major ports in this financial year. “The money raised by the port will be used to finance dredging operations and infrastructure requirements,” said K Mohandas, secretary, Shipping Ministry. He was speaking on the sidelines of an event to launch the India Maritime Week in January 2012.

The port sector is likely to see a lot of action with the government expected to award eight projects worth Rs 10,000 crore by September, including the fourth container terminal at JNPT and the Chennai Mega Container Terminal. The target for FY12 is 23 projects worth Rs 17,000 crore.

The shipping ministry is likely to move the Cabinet for an approval to set up Indian Ports Global in August.

The ministry is also planning to increase the capacity of ports to three billion tonnes with an investment of Rs 3,00,000 crore by 2020, according to its Maritime Agenda 2020. The government is in the process of finalising two more new major ports, including one in Andhra Pradesh. The ministry has written to all maritime states to send through proposals for setting up new facilities.

To promote investment in the infrastructure sector, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had announced allowing certain sectors to issue tax-free bonds.

Beside ports, other government undertakings which have been allowed to issue such bonds include the Indian Railway Finance Corporation, Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) and Highway Authority of India. The Budget had allowed tax-free bonds worth Rs 30,000 crore.

Shipping minister reviews performance of Chennai Port

The union minister for shipping, Mr GK Vasan reviewed the performance of Chennai Port at the port premises in Chennai recently.

He also conducted a joint review of the port connectivity projects relating to Chennai and Ennore Ports viz. Chennai Ennore Port Road Connectivity Project and Elevated Port Link to Maduravoyal with the representatives of Chennai Port, Ennore Port, NHAI and government of Tamilnadu, who are the stakeholders.

The minister made a detailed review of the important operational parameters such as pre berthing detention time, turn round time, ship berth day output and Idle time at berth for various categories of cargoes and the performance of the Chennai Port vis à vis other ports.

Mr Vasan also reviewed in depth the performance of the port vis à vis the targets set for the various performance parameters in the MoUs signed by the port with the ministry of shipping for 2010-11 and 2011-12. While appreciating the performance in case of parameters where targets were bettered, he also examined measures required to improve performance on parameters which have fallen below the targets.

The minister thereafter reviewed in detail the major development projects proposed by the port during the current financial year and the entire plan period. These included projects implemented through the Public Private Partnership route such as Mega Container Terminal at North of Bharathi Dock, Rajiv Gandhi Dry Port at Mappedu, RO RO berth and Multilevel car park at Bharathi Dock and Barge Jetty.

Other projects implemented through internal resources of the port such as capital dredging at Dr Ambedkar Dock, creation of additional open storage area near the northern gate for vehicular parking, toll plaza type facility at the northern and southern gates and the breakwater extension at the fishing harbor. The prestigious Vessel Traffic Management System being implemented for improving the navigational efficiency and security of the port was also reviewed.

http://www.steelguru.com/indian_news/Shipping_minister_reviews_performance_of_Chennai_Port/217032.html

There engineering companies for sector in chennai Dow chemicals has got huge engineering office in chennai, Petrofac, Saipem, JR Mcdermott, Technip has got good engineering office set up in chennai all these companies are into upstream / Down stream of petroleum products.

thanks... but their headcounts range from 500-800.. not more than that? It would be better if these company make Chennai as their hub for south Indian operation as Nagapattinam-Cuddalore mega petrochemical complex is on track.

There engineering companies for sector in chennai Dow chemicals has got huge engineering office in chennai, Petrofac, Saipem, JR Mcdermott, Technip has got good engineering office set up in chennai all these companies are into upstream / Down stream of petroleum products.

Foster wheeler is another EPC company located at Chennai.

Of the above saipem' chennai office is one of its 5 centres in the world. Chennai office is its centre for Indian operations along with supporting works for other centres. Head count is about 1000

Technip's chennai office is its only Indian office.

Petrofac has mumbai office other than chennai

Chennai is the centre for back office/supports for Oil & Gas/Petrochemical engineering works in India for global operations

Foster wheeler is another EPC company located at Chennai.

Of the above saipem' chennai office is one of its 5 centres in the world. Chennai office is its centre for Indian operations along with supporting works for other centres. Head count is about 1000

Technip's chennai office is its only Indian office.

Petrofac has mumbai office other than chennai

Chennai is the centre for back office/supports for Oil & Gas/Petrochemical engineering works in India for global operations

If these companies are doing design/engineering(copies :lol:), do they have vendors in and around Chennai? Then it should be great.:)

yes, there are vendors like Severn Glocon, etc

yes, there are vendors like Severn Glocon, etc

There are many valve/pump/seals manufacturer in chennai/Coimbatore

http://i.imgur.com/seg92.jpg

source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/dynamic/00752/BL13_AMET_MAJESTY_752436f.jpg

Is this the ship doing the Colombo-Tutucorin trip

no AMET majesty going to start ferry from kochi to maldives and lakshadweep..

yesterday amet university student of us, went to visit this ship . its short in lenth and hieght is more.

no AMET majesty going to start ferry from kochi to maldives and lakshadweep..

yesterday amet university student of us, went to visit this ship . its short in lenth and hieght is more.

So, there won't be any ferry service from Chennai ? Only from Kochi ?

The entire trade using the private container terminals at Chennai port will spend an additional Rs 1.5 crore every day due to the ‘Chennai Trade Recovery' imposed by the Chennai Feeder Operators (CFO) from Monday. This may be a small amount but if the charge continues for a month the amount could be around Rs 50 crore, according to an industry source.

Starting August 15 (Monday), the operators have imposed a charge of $75/TEU (20-foot equivalent unit). The charge is due to a small local problem – lack of gates for entry and exit of container laden vehicles that in turn led to delays in ship turnaround.

Every month, nearly 1.50 lakh container-laden vehicles (both import and export) transit through the port's only available gate (Zero Gate) at Royapuram, north of the port.

While the trade has been asking the Chennai Port Trust officials to open up Gate 2 and Gate 2A for movement of boxes, this has not been done due to resistance from local people.

With only one gate available, at times, there is a serpentine queue of vehicles lined up 3-4 km creating lot of law and order problem. The congestion has in turn delayed evacuation of boxes from the port and movement of export boxes to the port, said an industry source.

The CFOs on their part justifying the charge said that the situation at the two private container terminals run by DP World Chennai and PSA are in a ‘precarious situation' and causing considerable delay in turnaround of ships.

A recent trade notice by some of the CFOs said they are monitoring the ‘precarious situation' at Chennai, which is already resulted in backlog of shipments, a fall down in productivity levels and delayed vessels schedules.

Despite various local approaches to seek solutions, the trailer congestion continues both inside the port (imports trying to evacuate) and outside the port entrance (export movements waiting to enter).

With ‘mounting cost exposure, and continuing poor road connectivity condition to the container freight stations locations, which will only be worsened by the imminent monsoon season, the future remains very uncertain, the notice says

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article2362588.ece?homepage=true

http://www.tn.gov.in/policynotes/pdf/industries.pdf

Mappedu Industrial Complex


A new industrial complex has been
established in Thiruvallur District at Mappedu
with 123.08 acres of Government poramboke
land and the entire extent has been allotted to
Chennai Port Trust for setting up an Integrated
Dry Port and Multi Model Logistics Hub with an
investment of ` 260.50 crores and with an
employment potential of 700 persons.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/dynamic/00761/CONTAINER_761886f.jpg

Very slow movement: Container laden trailers parked on either side of the road in North Chennai, due to a strike by the vehicle operators

“We are fed up with the way things are happening at the Chennai port,” said an official of a leading Custom house agent.

“If the non-availability of enough gates at the port is delaying movement of containers in and out of the port, the flash strike by trailer operators from Friday has aggravated the situation,” he said.

A five-member team representing various industry quarters has not been attending their offices for the last two weeks but approaching various State Governments officials, including the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker and the Commissioner of Police, to find a solution to the gate problem, he said. Only one gate (Zero Gate) is allowed for movement of containers in and out of the port. This means every day, nearly 15,000 have to use this gate in the port's northern side to move in or out the boxes. Due to this, the movement has been very slow and in the last few days, at any point of time, over 100 vehicles will be in the queue outside the port. Due to the delay, the Chennai Feeder Operators have already imposed a surcharge.

The strike by trailer operators since Friday night has aggravated the situation at Chennai port's two private container terminals where there is already a surcharge by feeder operators due to delays.

As of this morning, over 500 vehicles, including with export containers, have lined up for over 8 km up to Ernavur in North Chennai waiting to enter the port. The strike means further delays for movement of containers from and to the port.

The strike started due to a minor fight between a trailer driver and a port official. The allegation is that the official beat up the driver that led to the flash strike by the vehicle operators, said industry sources.

Two rounds of talks today between Chennai port trust officials and the striking trailers did not yield any results, the sources said
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article2384555.ece?homepage=true

^^ Vasan is the shipping minister and he is from our state. :bash: After the airport, the port is a sabakedu for our city. :bash:

^^ May be port operators dint provide necessary kickbacks to concerned officials and minister..

The Gate issue is a long standing issue.

With technology & Real Time connectivity, these things can easily be tackled.

Traffic at the gate is another issue. Port can have angular entry / exit (As we had in the airport earlier) so that the traffic is not affected.

The former first family with the help of Tanjore Mirasdar controls the whole operation. Other contractors are harassed.

Court order windfall: Chettinad coal terminal at Ennore may handle 5 mt this year

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/dynamic/00762/CHETTINAD_762834f.jpg

Chettinad International Coal Terminal (CICTL), the private terminal at the Ennore port, is targeting to handle nearly five million tonnes (mt) of coal/coke by current financial year ending March 31, 2012.

The buoyancy in handling is in the backdrop of the expected shifting of coal from Chennai port to Ennore from October on the directions of the Madras High Court.
Throughput

Commencing operations in January this year, the terminal has already handled 1 mt of coal.

It is possible to handle another 4-5 mt by the year end with more number of customers approaching the company to handle coal and coke, according to sources.

The terminal has so far berthed and discharged 21 vessels including Panamax ships for importers from various industries such as cement, steel, power, coke and coal traders.

Some of the customers who have used the terminal so far are Coal and Oil, Kyori, Adani Coal, OPG Power, India Coke, India Cements and Kalyani steel.

The list of customers is getting bigger every month.

The facility enables importers to save freight cost as Panamax vessels' freight on per tonne basis is less than smaller vessels for the same origin and destination.

The facility of CICTL has been used by large scale importers; in coming months CICTL is looking forward to berth many more Panamax vessels.

For instance, an importer saves $4-5 a tonne on freight by bringing larger vessels to Ennore port, which has a draft of 13.5 metre compared to 12 metre at Chennai port, the source said.
Private terminal

The Chennai-based Chettinad Group, which created the Chettinad International Coal Terminal, in 2006 was awarded a licence agreement by Ennore Port Ltd to design, build, operate, market and transfer a common user coal terminal.

The terminal was completed with equipments and conveyor systems, yard and evacuations systems with capacity to annually handle 8 mt coal/coke at project outlay of about Rs 400 crore.

Source (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article2389506.ece?homepage=true)

The Gate issue is a long standing issue.

With technology & Real Time connectivity, these things can easily be tackled.

Traffic at the gate is another issue. Port can have angular entry / exit (As we had in the airport earlier) so that the traffic is not affected.

The former first family with the help of Tanjore Mirasdar controls the whole operation. Other contractors are harassed.

Why is JJ not taking any action?

Why is JJ not taking any action?

Port Trust is Not JJ's problem, if you see technically & legally.

May be morally, Yes.

^^ 2 days back in SUN news i happened to see that they (port trust) have opened the other gate for trucks and issue is settled.

^^ 2 days back in SUN news i happened to see that they (port trust) have opened the other gate for trucks and issue is settled.

Issue not yet settled.

Permanent solutions have to be implemented.

Will opening of port maduravoyal expressway turn out to be the permanent solution?

Will opening of port maduravoyal expressway turn out to be the permanent solution?

It is not only access issue. Mafia, war among various politicos, poor management, centre - state issues. (Major Beneficiary - Former First family & TRB)

The Ennore container terminal (ECT), also called Bay of Bengal Gateway Terminal, is on track despite delayed closure of debt-funding.

The London-based Eredene Capital is working towards financial closure of debt-funding for the £207-million project in which it is a partner in a consortium led by Spain's biggest port-terminal operator Grup Marítim TCB.

The terminal's construction is expected to begin by year-end, allowing the first ships to be handled in 2013, Eredene said in its annual report for 2010-11.

In May, Eredene raised £30 million and most of the funds are being earmarked for the terminal and other potential projects in India.

It is working with its consortium partners on securing local debt-financing in India for the new terminal. The container terminal will serve a growing industrial hinterland and motor-manufacturing hub, and it will have an eventual planned annual capacity of 2.4 million TEUs (twenty-ft equivalent units). “ECT is an important project for Eredene,” the company said.

The consortium was awarded the build-operate-transfer project in June 2009 for 30 years.

The terminal will have a quay length of 1,000 metres with 15-metre water depth at the berths and will be able to handle three container vessels of up to 8,000 TEUs simultaneously.

Even though Chennai, Tuticorin and Kochi container terminals enjoy advantages of the present market network, the ports suffer because of constraints like space availability for expansion, congestion in access roads, draft limitation and labour problems, says a report on Ennore port's business plan prepared jointly by HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH and CES Consulting Engineers Services (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Vizhinjam will be a newcomer and enjoy similar advantages as Ennore. On the other hand, hinterland access may not be quite as favourable.

The Ennore port plans to remain competitive by developing the container terminal for 6,000-8,000-TEU vessels on priority with better facilities and commission it ahead of competing facilities such as the proposed second container terminal at Tuticorin, says the report.

src: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article2393063.ece

K Line boosts presence in eastern India

To enhance its presence in eastern India, K Line, the Japanese shipping major, has entered into slot chartering arrangement with NYK-led TCX (Thailand- East India) service covering the east coast ports of Visakhapatnam and Chennai. The new arrangement will come into force from September 7, according to shipping industry sources.

The port rotation will be: Laem Chabang – Singapore – Port Klang – Chennai – Visakhapatnam – Port Klang – Singapore – Laem Chabang. With this, the transit time between Laem Chabang and Chennai will be reduced to eight days, it is claimed.

K Line is also a partner in the SCI-led consortium that runs INDFEX 2 service covering Chennai-Visakhapatnam- Shenzhen-Shekou- Hongkong – Shanghai – Busan, the other partners being PIL and Hanjin. However, the number of slots allotted to the Japanese line in this service is not enough, it is felt.

THROUGHPUT UP

Meanwhile, the throughput at Visakha container terminal at Visakhapatnam port is steadily rising. In 2010-11, the throughput was 1,50,000 TEUs posting a growth of 48 per cent. The figure this fiscal is likely to cross the 2,00,000 TEUs mark, recording an estimated growth of 35 per cent, though on a higher base.

WEST-BOUND MAINLINE SERVICE

VCTPL, the J M Baxi Group-D P World joint venture that runs the terminal, is hopeful of more mainline vessels calling at the terminal shortly. Discussion is at an advanced stage for starting a west-bound mainline service. Right now, there are four mainline services out of the terminal and several feeder services with transhipment cargo posting an impressive growth, the highest in the country. Once the west-bound mainline service starts, the terminal, it is felt, will be able to attract lots of west-bound cargo from Kolkata/Haldia and Chittagong

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article2412367.ece

Study to look at high-speed corridors

The CII will play a facilitating role to promote the concept of integrated approach of regional industrial corridors and facilitate formation of a tri-partite alliance with Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Governments.

The CII-South and the three State Governments will appoint a consultant to study and identify various industrial clusters, locations and gaps in infrastructure. Respective State Governments will formulate industrial policies in line with the recommendations of the study, said Dr Esther Malini Victor, DGM, Roads and Bridges, L&T-ECC, at a CII conference on industrial corridors.

Another study will examine the techno-economic viability of providing inter-city high-speed corridors in the southern region. An approach paper will be sent to the Ministry of Industries to support regional industrial corridors with inter-city rail connectivity for possible funding, she added.

According to Mr K. Srikanth, Vice-President, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, the Government of Tamil Nadu and the Japanese company are working together to improve the access road of Ennore-Chennai port for industrial growth.

With regard to Ennore, four-laning of the Thiruvottriyur Ponneri Pancheti Road, improvement of inner ring road and construction of outer ring road have been initiated. Construction of four-lane elevated road from Chennai port to Maduravoyal has been initiated

Mr B. Suresh, President and CEO, Mahindra Consulting Engineers, said the Coimbatore-Tirupur-Namakkal-Erode-Salem corridor is expected to attract investment of Rs 14,711 crore to create infrastructure alone, which will subsequently create investment opportunities of Rs 43,188 crore.

The Madurai-Tuticorin-Tirunelveli corridor will attract Rs 40,105 crore to create infrastructure and this will create investment opportunity of Rs 1.90 lakh crore and create employment for 18 lakh. Infrastructure in these corridors will be created in association with private partners, added Mr Suresh

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/economy/article2412374.ece

Naik also said that the company’s Rs3,375 crore shipyard-cum-port complex at Kattupalli near Ennore, Tamil Nadu, will be ready shortly. The container port terminal is said to have an initial capacity of 1 million standard containers, which can later be upped 50%. L&T has outlined capital expenditure of Rs4,000 crore for this fiscal. L&T dropped 1% on the Bombay Stock Exchange to close at Rs1,531.35 on Friday

http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/BIZ-NEWS-lts-hazira-forgings-unit-nears-completion-2383711.html

Kattupalli village 2008

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Katupalli village 2010

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Will this port become a rescue one for SRPD-Oragadam industries?

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May be more useful for Industries in Gummudipoondi and Thervoikandigai Sipcot Industrial parks.

Will this port become a rescue one for SRPD-Oragadam industries?


The only weak link is the road between Chinnasekkadu and Minjur. The widening is going on for last 5 years. And most vehicles will take Bypass instead of IRR.

it is a shipyard/dockyard only i think. Not a fully functional port - or is it?

Japan’s ambassador to India Akitaka Saiki, on Thursday noted that infrastructure in the State had to be improved, but he said Chennai possessed a unique geographical advantage for Japanese companies.

The Ennore Port had three infrastructural issues that required immediate attention: its poor road network, high port charges and poor facilities, the diplomat said.

He was speaking at a roundtable held by the Confederation of Indian Industry on Infrastructure trends and outlook for Tamil Nadu, and asked the State to interact with the Centre to improve infrastructure at the port.

“I had met CM J Jayalalithaa in June and she had asked officials concerned to immediately take necessary steps for their improvement,” he said “Chennai has a unique geographical advantage of being gateway to South East Asia, with young and well-trained human resource. The previous governments did not fulfil the promises made to improve infrastructure and we are hopeful that the new government will,” he noted.

There are currently 250 Japanese companies in TN, he added. Saiki also discussed the possibility of linking Bangalore and Chennai along the lines of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor. He also made a mention of Japan’s resilience as its highways could be reopened only three days after the quake and tsunami in March 2011. Ranganath NK, Chairman of CII, TN was present.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/big-pitch-to-develop-ennore-port-infra/182576-60-118.html

Nangavaram / Papanasam Mirasu kattaya kudukkudhu.

Lot of info about L&T shipyard.

http://www.tnpcb.gov.in/pdf/Executive%20Summary%20English%20-%20Kattupalli%20Shipyard%20cum%20Port.pdf

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/lts-shipyard-to-become-operational-by-january-2012_587777.html

Engineering major Larsen and Toubro 's shipyard being set up at Kattupalli near here would become operational by coming January, a top company official said today.

The shipyard would enable India to compete globally with Japan and Korea in building large-sized warships, car carriers and submarines, L&T Board Member and President (Heavy Engineering) MV Kotwal said.

The company in association with the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation, is setting up the Shipyard at an investment of Rs 4,000 crore for the first phase.

Addressing a session on "Consultative Meeting" "Vision 2025"-Industries, Kotwal said the company had invested Rs 4,000 crore for the first phase of the yard spread across 1,250 acres.

"It is going to be a monster of facilities.. It can handle 18,000 tonne ships and right now, the (work on) ship-lift is nearing completion... it will be operational by January 2012...", he said.

Claiming that the yard was "indigenously designed" by L&T, Kotwal later told reporters that the first ship from the Kattupalli Shipyard was expected to be rolled out by 2012-13.

"By 2012-13 it (first ship) should be rolled out" he said to a query.

According to Kotwal, the Kattupalli Shipyard, located near Ennore Port, and the company's another facility at Hazira (in Gujarat) would be simultaneously used by Larsen and Toubro for manufacturing ships.

The company was also setting up large workshops for repairs at Kattupalli. "Chennai is blessed geographically for setting up ship repairs.. as currently they are done only in Singapore and Colombo", he said.

He said the company has bagged a project from the Coast Guard to manufacture 36 highspeed "interceptor" vessels which can travel upto 45 knots per hour. "We are thinking of distributing some orders to Kattupalli shipyard (from Hazira facility) once this becomes operational.", he said.

On financials he said the company as a group was expecting to report Rs 60,000 crore revenues during this financial year compared to last year's Rs 52,000 crore.

He said the ship building industry was expected to touch USD 20 billion by 2020.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article2468084.ece

Importing materials in containers through Chennai port's private container terminals has become costlier with shipping lines doubling the ‘Chennai trade recovery surcharge' to $130 for a 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) from last Friday.

This is because of the delay in container vessels getting berths due to severe congestion.

For exports too the surcharge has been increased to $65 for a TEU from $35, according to industry sources.

The shipping lines said that situation at the two terminals operated by DP World and PSA Singapore, respectively, has not improved in the last few days leading to delays in arrival and departure of their vessels.

As of Friday morning, six container vessels were waiting outside the port's anchorage waiting for berth.

A large shipping line even diverted two of its vessels to Colombo from where boxes were shipped to Chennai in feeder vessels.

Infrastructure bottlenecks

The opening of gate 2A at the Chennai port has not improved the situation at the two terminals. While the inventory at DP World Chennai is around 11,000 TEUs, it is nearly half at the Chennai International Terminal, sources said.

An official of one terminal said infrastructure outside the port has not improved for speedier evacuation of containers.

The average evacuation at DP World Chennai used to be around 1,800 boxes a day but dropped to around 1,200 due to bottlenecks outside the port.

It is a similar situation at the other terminal.

Festive season

Mr Walter D'Souza, Regional Chairman, FIEO Southern Region, said as Christmas season is approaching, exporters fear there could be a huge back-log during the festival season.

Last Christmas, the Chennai port temporarily suspended export cargo clearance for over a week to ease the congestion. As there is no improvement in infrastructure, a similar crisis during the current season is inevitable unless necessary steps are taken by the stakeholders, he said.

Frequent strikes

There are frequent strikes by trailer operators and other supporting services, resulting in traffic congestion in and around the port and exporters do not know when the cargo will reach the port and whether he can ship his consignment in the scheduled vessel. Exporters are forced to pay additional charges to the trailers due to detention at port, and the charges imposed by the shipping lines will make export unviable, he said. Mr D'Souza requested the Commerce Ministry to intervene in this matter urgently, call for a meeting of all stakeholders immediately and outline a road map for a short term and medium term solution to the Chennai port problems.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article2468084.ece

Importing materials in containers through Chennai port's private container terminals has become costlier with shipping lines doubling the ‘Chennai trade recovery surcharge' to $130 for a 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) from last Friday.

This is because of the delay in container vessels getting berths due to severe congestion.

For exports too the surcharge has been increased to $65 for a TEU from $35, according to industry sources.

The shipping lines said that situation at the two terminals operated by DP World and PSA Singapore, respectively, has not improved in the last few days leading to delays in arrival and departure of their vessels.

As of Friday morning, six container vessels were waiting outside the port's anchorage waiting for berth.

A large shipping line even diverted two of its vessels to Colombo from where boxes were shipped to Chennai in feeder vessels.

Infrastructure bottlenecks

The opening of gate 2A at the Chennai port has not improved the situation at the two terminals. While the inventory at DP World Chennai is around 11,000 TEUs, it is nearly half at the Chennai International Terminal, sources said.

An official of one terminal said infrastructure outside the port has not improved for speedier evacuation of containers.

The average evacuation at DP World Chennai used to be around 1,800 boxes a day but dropped to around 1,200 due to bottlenecks outside the port.

It is a similar situation at the other terminal.

Festive season

Mr Walter D'Souza, Regional Chairman, FIEO Southern Region, said as Christmas season is approaching, exporters fear there could be a huge back-log during the festival season.

Last Christmas, the Chennai port temporarily suspended export cargo clearance for over a week to ease the congestion. As there is no improvement in infrastructure, a similar crisis during the current season is inevitable unless necessary steps are taken by the stakeholders, he said.

Frequent strikes

There are frequent strikes by trailer operators and other supporting services, resulting in traffic congestion in and around the port and exporters do not know when the cargo will reach the port and whether he can ship his consignment in the scheduled vessel. Exporters are forced to pay additional charges to the trailers due to detention at port, and the charges imposed by the shipping lines will make export unviable, he said. Mr D'Souza requested the Commerce Ministry to intervene in this matter urgently, call for a meeting of all stakeholders immediately and outline a road map for a short term and medium term solution to the Chennai port problems.

Its a sorry state of affairs.Chennai port always faced with these issues atleast for the past ten years without any improvement.Importers and exporters in A.P and Karnataka look to mumbai ports these days as no solution is in sight in chennai port

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/article2470878.ece

Larsen & Toubro will not enter into low-end competition (of building regular commercial vessels) with Chinese shipyards, but will compete with Japanese and Korean shipyards in building ‘specialised ships' at its Kattupalli facility near Chennai, according to a company official.

“Our strength will be automation that will give 10-12 per cent cost competiveness over Japanese and Korean shipyards,” said Mr M.V. Kotwal, President, Operations and Member of the Board, L&T. In the first phase, around Rs 4,000 crore is being invested in the facility that will start rolling out ships from January, he said.

China, the world's largest manufacturers of ships, is known for rolling out huge number of commercial ships, including large-size container and bulk ships. But the Japanese and Korean shipyards are known for building ‘specialised ships' such as war ships, he said on the sidelines of a seminar here.

Design centre

L&T has set up a ‘marine design centre' in Chennai to design ships at the Kattupalli shipyard, which is at present building high interceptor boats (capable to reach 40 knots per hour) for the Indian Coast Guard.

The company has won an order from the Coast Guard to build 36 interceptor boats.

Of this, nearly 20 will be built at its Hazira shipyard and the balance at Kattupalli, he said.

However, the plan is to build specialised vessels such as large-size warships, car carriers, submarines, naval offshore patrol vessels, fast patrol vessels and corvette.

In future, the company will think about building LNG ships. Mr Kotwal said after a due diligence of the entire Indian coast, the company chose Kattupalli to have the shipyard for its proximity to the international shipping lane and the availability of talent in the region.

At present, Colombo and Singapore are two major international destinations for ship repairs while Kattupalli will be third in the region, he said.

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lt-set-to-partner-hindustan-shipyard/449956/

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Research ship?

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Type of ship: Cargo Ship
IMO Number: 9079547
Flag: United Kingdom
MMSI Number: 233492000
Length: 292.0m
Callsign: MSDM7
Beam: 32.0m

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http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Maersk-Delano-9079547.html

Vinod has become "Modern Enga Oru kavulkaran"
No ship,aeroplane can enter chennai without escaping his camera.:lol:

^^ :lol: :lol:

Good work Vinod :)

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Two major shipping liners have started diverting their Chennai-bound vessels to other international ports due to a slowdown in the clearing and transportation of containers in Chennai port.

Many of these containers are now going to Colombo, a regional hub for trans-shipment cargo, from where they will be shipped later to Chennai .

The number of containers coming into Chennai has dropped by 30% in the last six months. Poor connectivity of Chennai port is cited as the main reason for this problem . The monsoon has worsened traffic conditions on the roads to ports. "If we are stuck here for days, our losses will be in crores of rupees and our business will be affected ," says a vessel operator .

But port officials assure that a solution is around the corner. Atulya Mishra, chairman of Chennai Port Trust says that the Ennore-Manali Road Improvement Project (EMRIP) will be completed in seven months, and with this container traffic will speed up. "We maintain 25-35 % growth in container traffic every year and EMRIP is nearing completion. The Chennai port - Maduravoyal elevated corridor will enhance port connectivity. A lot of progress has been made in this project," he said.

Transportation remains a major bottleneck in Chennai port. A second gate was opened last month to speed up traffic. Till then, all cargo movement -- over 5,000 container trucks every day --have been moving through a single gate. But two gates don't seem to be enough.

Vessel movements are getting delayed as a result of these sluggish cargo movements . "Earlier we were able to complete a trip in the Singapore-Chennai-Singapore sector in 12 days, now it takes more than 16 days as we have to spend a minimum of four days at Chennai port," says an operator. Chennai port handles three vessels a day.

Industry sources and traders expect more from the authorities to solve this problem . S Raghavan, secretary of the Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI), says that the port is missing huge opportunities that come with being an urban port. "Lack of good infrastructure and poor road connectivity are hampering the port's growth," he said. According to trailer owners and customs house-clearing agents, the port authority should open one more gate, demolishing a wall near Zero gate.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Sluggish-cargo-traffic-Shippers-avoid-city-port/articleshow/10099827.cms

The ground reality is muxh worse. Containers lorries carrying export goods are allowed to enter the city only after 11 pm and 4 AM. Traffic police make big money in the name of checking. It is mandatory for each lorry to book a case for Rs 100 every day with the first policeman they meet while entering the city. but due to ethics other police men dont collect any bribe if they show the challan that is valid till 12 PM.

Two major shipping liners have started diverting their Chennai-bound vessels to other international ports due to a slowdown in the clearing and transportation of containers in Chennai port.

Many of these containers are now going to Colombo, a regional hub for trans-shipment cargo, from where they will be shipped later to Chennai .

The number of containers coming into Chennai has dropped by 30% in the last six months. Poor connectivity of Chennai port is cited as the main reason for this problem . The monsoon has worsened traffic conditions on the roads to ports. "If we are stuck here for days, our losses will be in crores of rupees and our business will be affected ," says a vessel operator .

But port officials assure that a solution is around the corner. Atulya Mishra, chairman of Chennai Port Trust says that the Ennore-Manali Road Improvement Project (EMRIP) will be completed in seven months, and with this container traffic will speed up. "We maintain 25-35 % growth in container traffic every year and EMRIP is nearing completion. The Chennai port - Maduravoyal elevated corridor will enhance port connectivity. A lot of progress has been made in this project," he said.

Transportation remains a major bottleneck in Chennai port. A second gate was opened last month to speed up traffic. Till then, all cargo movement -- over 5,000 container trucks every day --have been moving through a single gate. But two gates don't seem to be enough.

Vessel movements are getting delayed as a result of these sluggish cargo movements . "Earlier we were able to complete a trip in the Singapore-Chennai-Singapore sector in 12 days, now it takes more than 16 days as we have to spend a minimum of four days at Chennai port," says an operator. Chennai port handles three vessels a day.

Industry sources and traders expect more from the authorities to solve this problem . S Raghavan, secretary of the Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI), says that the port is missing huge opportunities that come with being an urban port. "Lack of good infrastructure and poor road connectivity are hampering the port's growth," he said. According to trailer owners and customs house-clearing agents, the port authority should open one more gate, demolishing a wall near Zero gate.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Sluggish-cargo-traffic-Shippers-avoid-city-port/articleshow/10099827.cms

Its the same old story.Even a year back the same assurances were given but u go to that area u find nothing happening.I had a tough time to get imported cargo cleared for my client in Hyderabad.No point in doing business thru chennai port.Very poor connectivity added to that hostile port workers and corrupt police.If it rains the situation turns hopeless.Despite the SICC pointing out the lacuna the chennai port authorities keep saying about the growth in container traffic YOY but fail to note missing opportunities and greivances of the trade.

Its the same old story.Even a year back the same assurances were given but u go to that area u find nothing happening.I had a tough time to get imported cargo cleared for my client in Hyderabad.No point in doing business thru chennai port.Very poor connectivity added to that hostile port workers and corrupt police.If it rains the situation turns hopeless.Despite the SICC pointing out the lacuna the chennai port authorities keep saying about the growth in container traffic YOY but fail to note missing opportunities and greivances of the trade.
There are no ships in Madras harbor. They all left w/o loading, unloading since corrupt police demanded bribe from them.

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On Thursday two medium container ships left and almost immediately one large and another medium container took their berths. The container lorries were parked in groups. Each group parked in the wider part of Ennore expressway so that other vehicle movements were not affected. Agreed that the road connectivity is not good but police do plan to minimize the effects. Please take a trip in weekdays to know how things move there. In papers you will always find bad stuff.

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Nice pics Vinoth.

Everytime I fly over Singapore, I use to dream when Chennai will see row of ship traffic like the Singapore.... It is well known we cannot reach anytime that of Singapore level because it is a nodal point connecting SE asia with Middle east, Europe and South area....:)

Modern ship repair facility coming up near Chennai

Tamil Nadu will have the first and the most modern ship repair facility which will become operational in the next couple of months, according to a top official of Larsen and Toubro.

The Rs. 4,000-crore project is being set up jointly by L&T and Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) in two phases on a 1,200-acre of land at Kattupalli, about 29 km from Chennai, through ‘L&T Shipbuilding Limited' (LTSB), for developing a minor port and building specialised ship, along with a repair unit.

Talking to The Hindu , M.V. Kotwal, member of L&T Board, president – Heavy Engineering, said: “We chose Tamil Nadu as it is closer to the international shipping lane. Even though there are two or three ship repair facilities in the country, they are outdated. The oncoming facility is the first one being built in India with no foreign assistance and will have the unique ship lifting facility. We can handle six to seven ships at a time. At present, the closest ship repair facilities in Asia are in Singapore and Colombo.”:cheers:

As per the plan, the project will have facilities to build offshore platforms, drilling rigs and a floating production, storage and offloading unit for oil and gas sector; heavy engineering fabrication and components production for ship building; a minor port that can handle container ship; and a unique 18,000-tonne ship-lift with repair facilities.

“In the first phase, we will build defence and highly specialised commercial ships to compete with Japanese and Korean shipyards. We will also handle container ships and decide about chemical vessels in the next phase,” he said.

Stating that the need of the hour was to have a good connectivity to NH5, he said the matter had been taken up with the State government and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) authorities to move goods and containers easily between Ennore and Kattupalli.

“We will have an excellent four-lane road within our premises. We do not have problems for water and power. In Minjur, we will provide housing facilities for limited numbers. We have identified 90 families in the surrounding area and built 110 houses. The next stage is to have better schools and to develop the area,” he said

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article2485876.ece

Chennai port struggles to meet container traffic

With just two container terminals, one gate and limited infrastructure, Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) is struggling to cope with the 15 to 20 per cent annual growth in container volume in the harbour.

The inventory of export and import containers at the terminals has shot up to 18,500 as of Sunday, with excess capacity of 6,000 containers. Since September, vessels are forced to wait in the outer anchorage for 36 to 48 hours now, whereas some months ago, berthing was available on arrival. As a result, exim trade has suffered much in the last two months due the difficulties in evacuating containers or exporting them on time. On top of it, importers are asked to pay congestion surcharges.

According to traders, exporters used to bring in their containers two days before the arrival of vessels. But today, they are not able to do so as the vehicles are stranded on the road.

Even, if they reach the port, they do not have adequate place to park their containers as import containers are still waiting to be cleared.

The situation would have turned worse, but for the opening of gate 2A, thanks to the intervention of speaker D. Jayakumar.

“The piling of containers at the first terminal has turned the situation at the ChPT from bad to worse. Given the current situation, we are forced to look at other ports to fulfil our obligations. Some of the shipping lines have started looking at other ports,” said port users on Sunday.

Talking to The Hindu , the port users blamed the ChPT for the current crisis and said, “In the last 10 years, the volumes have grown manifold, but the number of gates has decreased. They have not shown any sense of urgency to solve the problem. The approach road to the main gate is in bad shape and has not been repaired. Though ChPT promised to open more lanes on the lines of toll plaza at zero gate, it is yet to do so.”

A ChPT top official admitted that the volumes had indeed grown several times and they were making efforts to open parking yards at Tiruvottiyur and Sriperumbudur. Encroachment in front of zero gate up to 500 metres was cleared on Saturday morning to commence the widening of 1.6 km road till Kasimedu Police Station.

“We have sought the permission of Southern Railway authorities to open gate no. 5 (opposite Customs House). The gate has to be widened further and it can be used by empty car carriers to exit at least during night times,” he added.

On Sunday, the trailers were stranded on two lanes for nearly 16 km on North Chennai Beach Road, paralysing normal movement. Going by the trend, it would take months to clear the backlog and the only solution was to open more gates.

Metro Rail work

There was also a danger of gate 10 being closed soon to pave way for Metro Rail work. It was high time that port authorities took steps to avoid diversion of vessels and salvage port's image at the earliest, Port users said

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article2485884.ece

^^

this is the prize for Chennai for having shipping minister from the state. Congress congress thaan... no one can beat that useless!!!

Vinod has become "Modern Enga Oru kavulkaran"
No ship,aeroplane can enter chennai without escaping his camera.:lol:

Ella pugalum nija kavalaruke! :colgate:

^^ :lol: :lol:

Good work Vinod :)

Thanks dp!

Nice pics Vinoth.

Everytime I fly over Singapore, I use to dream when Chennai will see row of ship traffic like the Singapore.... It is well known we cannot reach anytime that of Singapore level because it is a nodal point connecting SE asia with Middle east, Europe and South area....:)

Thanks Arul! I have seen the same in photos esp the below one

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