Hazira Port, Projects & Industries

[GJ10]

Hazira, a Port & Industrial area to the west of Surat is home to a number of major industrial groups, most of which with their own captive power plants and port jetties. This thread will aim to track investments and developments in the Hazira region.

Brief

• Connected to Surat and beyond by NH6.
• 13km from Surat Airport.
• 20km from Surat Railway Station.
• Shell/Total LNG Terminal was the first LNG Terminal in India.
• Essar Steel Mill is the largest single location complex in India and the 4th largest in the World.
• Current industrial investment in Hazira amount to a massive Rs 65,000 Cr.

With the proposed development of Hazira as a Special Investment Region (SIR), focussing on Engineering, Oil & Gas and Chemicals/Petrochemicals as well as Transshipment, Hazira will undoubtedly contribute significantly to the Industrial growth of Surat, Gujarat and India.

Summary of Major Upcoming Projects

• Adani Port U/C link
• Essar Port Expansion from 30mmtpa to 50mmpta link
• Gujarat Hira Bourse U/C link
• Atlanta Suvali Theme park approved link
• Hazira SIR proposed link(pdf 29mb!)

Existing scenario

Oil & Gas (Red)


1. Shell /Total LNG Terminal
3.6mmtpa (expanding to 5mmtpa by Oct 2013)
link

2. Cairn India
Crude Oil 10,000 BPD
Natural Gas 150 MMSCFD
link

3. ONGC
Natural Gas 42 MMSCFD
+Residential Township


Engineering (Sky Blue)

1. Larsen & Toubro/Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Turbines and Supercritical Boilers
link

2. Larsen & Toubro
Modular Fabrication Facility 50,000 MTPA capacity
link

3. Larsen & Toubro/NPCIL
Heavy Forgings 40,000 MTPA
link


Steel (Orange)

1. Essar Steel

• Flat Steel 10 MTPA
• Sponge Iron 6.8 MTPA
• Hot Rolled Coil 7.5 MTPA
• Plate Mill 1.5 MTPA
• Pipe Mill 0.6 MTPA
• Residential Township

link

2. Larsen & Toubro/NPCIL
Special steel 0.1 MTPA
link


Petrochemicals/Chemicals (Yellow)

1. Reliance Industries (various, see link)
link

2. KRIBHCO
+ Residential Township
link


Energy

1. Essar Power (i) 500 MW
2. Essar Power (ii) 515 MW
link

3. KRIBHCO/GSEG 506 MW
link

4. Reliance (i) 60 MW
5. Reliance (ii) 190 MW
link

6. NTPC 645 MW
link
(Currently Expanding to 1300MW link)

Port (Blue)

1. Shell /Total LNG Jetty
link

2. Essar Hazira Port
link

3. Larsen & Toubro Jetty
link

4. Reliance Jetty
link

5. KRIBHCO Jetty
link

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Essar Industries

Essar Port


Essar Sponge Iron Plant


Essar Steel Plant


Essar 515MW Captive Power Plant


Essar 500MW Captive Power Plant

all images from Essar

Essar Hazira HQ

cc Prasad

Essar Township

cc dheeraj

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KRIBHCO/GSEG 506MW Power Plant

cc haidifaiz

Reliance Complex

cc Ulgutt

Shell/Total LNG Terminal

cc Shell

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Cairn

ONGC

Kribhco

(all from company websites)

[AjayGJ21]

Thank you GJ10 for creating Hazira Port, Projects thread. This was hardly needed.
You,ve wonderful job,now. This was indeed inevitable. Now, it will keep everyone updated about Hazira belts mammoth developement and expansion plans.
I very much excited about Atlanta citi entertainment park after their announcement of commencing construction work in coming April.

[meetmus2fa]

Gr8 work GJ10 ....I was thinking to make this thread but due to lack of information I didnt....I think we also need Surat Textile Industry & Sursez thread

[meetmus2fa]

SURAT: Gujarat saw berthing of the first mini cape vessel in India "MV Kamlesh" by Essar Shipping (ESL) at Hazira on Saturday. MV Kamlesh is the first vessel in a series of six that ESL will acquire in the next five months.

The vessel carried 100,000 tonnes of coal for Essar Steel on its maiden voyage to Hazira from Australia. ESL has created this new segment of 1, 05,000 DWT (dead weight tonnage) to strengthen its bulk carrier fleet.

The vessel can comfortably carry flexible quantities of coal/iron ore parcels to meet the growing cargo requirements of power, steel and other core sector industries in India. Managing director, ESL, A R Ramakrishnan said, "We are proud to berth India's first mini cape vessel. Such vessels are ideally suited to Indian ports because of their unique design."

The double-bottom mini cape vessel is built conforming to the standards of American Bureau of Shipping and incorporates futuristic design and latest technology.

Source :- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/11942952.cms

[meetmus2fa]

SURAT: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a diesel smuggling racket operated by a city-based firm. A tug vessel deployed at Hazira port, which was used to illegally import 150 metric tonnes (MT) of diesel, was seized by the DRI officials on February 18.

The DRI received a tip-off that one Zohar Mallampattiwala, director of the city-based M/s Global Cambay Marine Private Limited, was allegedly indulging in illegal import of diesel oil through his barges and tugs deployed at Hazira port. Following the tip off, the office premises were searched and several incriminating documents relating to illegal import of diesel oil were recovered. Mallampattiwala had admitted to the DRI of having received 150 MT of diesel oil from one foreign going vessel namely Norgas Orinda at Hazira port on November 6, 2011 in his tug 'Al-Vard', DRI sources said.

DRI officials said that as the tug was stationed at L&T jetty at Hazira port, the officers of Jamnagar DRI went on board of the said vessel and found that the bunker tanks had only 103 MT of diesel. The master of the tug Al-Vard confirmed that they had taken 150 MT of diesel oil from a foreign vessel and admitted of having consumed some of it.

"The tug Al-Vard valued at Rs 6.75 crore and 103 MT of diesel valued at Rs 51.82 lakh have been seized under section 110 of the Customs Act, 1962," said an officer.

Source :- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/11981950.cms

[AjayGJ21]

SURAT: Shell and Total, operators of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Hazira in the state, will raise its annual capacity to five-million tonnes, surge from the current 3.6-million tonnes, by 2013.

This follows nearly 17% decline in output from the Krishna-Godavari basin’s D6 field’s production. It has surged the demand for spot LNG manufacturing. The output from the field, managed by Reliance Industries, has been 46.6 mscmd (million standard cubic metres per day) during the first half of 2011-12, from 55.9 mscmd during 2010-11.

Shell and Total would invest nearly Rs 450 crore. The terminal started with a capacity of 2.5-million tonnes a year and it has been expanded to 3.6-million tonnes after Shell had finished 'de-bottlenecking' in December 2008. Shell makes use of its Hazira terminal exclusively for regasifying spot LNG, as part of the international business strategy.

As per a recent report by ICRA rating services, India's natural gas supply has been affected during 2011-12 due to the KG-D6 fall.

The ICRA Report, states, “Overall, domestic natural gas supplies may increase to around 153 mscmd by 2014-15 from 143 mscmd in 2010-11. The current estimate is about 22 per cent lower than our previous estimates of 195 mscmd, primarily due to lower KG-D6 production and delays anticipated in commissioning of KG satellite fields. KG-D6 production is likely to remain at subdued levels over the next couple of years, especially in comparison to the earlier anticipated production of 60-80 mscmd.”
Source

[AjayGJ21]

Another Anti-surat approach by Central Govt.
They don't feel need for Security for 1.50 lac crore Hazira belt. AK Antony denied Coast guard terminal at Hazira, describing it unnecessary.

[AjayGJ21]

Essar Steel has commissioned a 19MW Heat Recovery Power Plant at Hazira.

The plant will use heat generated during the manufacturing process, Hot Briquetted Iron Waste Heat Recovery Boiler (HBI-WHR) & surplus steam from Blast Furnace Boilers for electricity generation.

The power generated by the plant will be used for internal consumption, thus making the Hazira Complex energy efficient and reducing the power cost for the company.

Mr Dilip Oommen MD and CEO of Essar Steel India said that “We are a responsible steel producer, our focus is to have facilities which are both, cost efficient and environmentally friendly. It is a matter of pride for us that the entire process for this project from concept to commissioning, was carried out by Essar team.”

He further added that, our new plant is helping us to save the cost of generating 19 MW of power enough power for almost 10,000 homes which at today’s electricity prices provides extensive savings. This allow us to help addressing the national power deficit by not drawing this power from the grid or using scarce natural resources.

The company would also benefit with the availability of carbon credits due to the reduction in emission of green house gases. Also, the company can utilize the power more effectively without any transmission losses or leakages of power due to the proximity of the plant in Hazira.

Essar Group has already created a similar facility at its Canadian operations at Essar Steel Algoma Inc where the company has a Co gen facility. With the skills learnt in Canada, Essar is replicating this success in India.

[AjayGJ21]

VADODARA: Adani Hazira Port Pvt Ltd in association with EXIM CLUB, Vadodara organized a trade meet at Hotel Express Towers, on 1st June, 2012 to introduce The ADANI HAZIRA CONTAINER TERMINAL – a new gateway of opportunities to the trade.

Capt. Anil Kishore Singh, Sr. Vice President, Business Head, Adani Hazira Port Pvt. Ltd. in his introductory speech announced commissioning of Adani Hazira Container Terminal on 1st August, 2012. He further added the port has already handled its 1st bulk vessel on 21st May, 2012.

Capt. A K Singh also focused on a presentation of Hazira Port shown to the trade people and explained about history and future plans of the port. He added that in the 1st phase, Hazira port will have 5 berths to cater to Containers and Multi-Purpose Cargo.

Mr. Harikrishnan Sundaram, AGM-Business Development, APSEZ further gave a detailed presentation about the opportunity and benefits to use Adani Hazira Container Terminal. He explained about distance from different locations like Vadodara, Surat, Ankleshwar, Bharuch etc. and focused on strategic and ideal location of Adani Hazira Port. He also spoke about the rail connectivity at the port and their arrangements with KRIBHCO for the handling of ICD boxes.

Mr. Harikrishnan also enlightened the trade about state of the art equipments which are existing at port and the new equipments ordered and also about the On Dock CFS for container stacking with all facilities including 1,50,000 Sq. Ft warehouse which is expected to start in mid-July 2012.

Capt. C. V. Ramnath, Head of Container Terminal at Hazira answered the queries and questions asked by trade people especially about the Shipping Lines calling at Adani Hazira Port.

Capt. Asthana, Country Operation Manager of UASC who visited Hazira a day before the trade meet said that Adani Hazira Port will be a “Big relief” for the trade.

Adani Hazira Port Private Ltd is the developer and operator of a deep draft private commercial multi-purpose port at Hazira, Surat. The parent Adani Group is the largest private port operator in India.

Hazira is located in Surat, one of India’s most industrialized cities and among the largest diamond and textile hubs in the world. Hazira’s rich and immediate hinterland comprises of Surat, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Ankleshwar, Bharuch, Vapi, Indore / Pithampur, Nasik, Jalgaon, Mandideep, Ratlam, Aurangabad and Kota to name a few.

The Container Terminal gate is connected with the four-laned NH-6, which is expected to be six-laned for which work is in progress. The nearest rail head is 14 km from the container terminal. Besides, the port is also establishing a dedicated railway siding, which will be connected with the Indian railway network at Surat. Adani Hazira Container Terminal will have facilities to handle Reefer/ HAZ/ ODC/OOG containers.

Mr. Rajiv Thakkar, President, Exim Club and Mr. Rajib Bhowal, General Manager (C&O), CONCOR-NWR who were the Guest of Honour also spoke in brief during the trade meet. Mr. Rajib Bhowal mentioned about CONCOR’s commitment to provide rail services to Adani Hazira Port.

Senior members from Shipping Lines, CHAs, Freight Forwarders, Exporters & Importers including some eminent personalities were gathered at the trade meet.

[AjayGJ21]

PHASE 1 of AHPPL to be comissioned on 1st August

PHASE 1 Layout of AHPPL


FINAL LAYOUT

All about AHPPL from this source

[shivanand.]

nice research work Ajay.....

[GJ10]

+1 Awesome updates Ajay

In the past few years we have seen container traffic see strong growth at Pipavav and especially Mundra, thanks to to lack of adequate capacity at JNPT. Hazira is now going to provide another alternative, far better placed than Pipavav and Mundra for South Gujarat/Maharasthra/MP catchment area.

[AjayGJ21]

Essar’s Hazira expansion faces waterfront allocation issue

Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s finance department has questioned a plan by the state maritime regulator to allocate without bidding a stretch of waterfront that the Essar group is seeking as part of its expansion at Hazira in Gujarat.

This includes boosting steel making capacity at the Essar Steel Ltd plant in Hazira besides stepping up cargo handling at its port, for which the land is being sought.

Essar Steel wants to increase its capacity from the recently ramped up 10 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) to 14 mtpa by 2014-15, according to a proposal presented to the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB), the regulator. While the company hasn’t given details about the investment involved in the steel capacity expansion, an industry expert pegged it at $4-5 billion (around Rs. 27,000 crore).

The project has been awaiting government clearance for over a year now.

The regulator has given in-principle approval for the allocation of a 1.1 km stretch of waterfront and has sought clearance from the state government. The finance department has raised an objection to this.

Mint has reviewed a copy of the communication between the finance department and GMB on the issue.

A finance department official did not comment on the issue.

GMB, in its reply to the finance department, said the expansion will raise capacity to vessels of 100,000 dead weight tonnage (dwt). The permission to ETBL for waterfront expansion was in line with provisions in the Model Captive Jetty Agreement, it said.

“The length of the waterfront alone is not the criterion for judging the requirement of the captive port facility development,” GMB said in its reply, a copy of which Mint has reviewed. “Various other factors like capacity of the port-based industry, marine condition, ship size... etc. are equally important.”

The state ports and transport department asked the maritime board about two weeks ago to provide an estimate of what it could raise from an auction of the waterfront, said a senior government official with knowledge of the development. If the government can earn enough revenue without bidding, the land may be given to Essar, he said.

Essar Bulk Terminal Ltd (EBTL), a special purpose vehicle set up to develop port facilities and perform port operations at Hazira, has chalked out an investment of at least Rs. 4,000 crore for expanding the port.

EBTL signed a pact with the Gujarat government during the Vibrant Gujarat summit in January 2011 for the expansion of the jetty into a deep-water, all-weather port facility.

It would be for GMB to reply to the department’s questions, said a senior Essar official closely associated with the project.

“The issue is about two-three months old now and we feel it will be settled soon” he said.

In an email response to queries on the subject, Essar said: “As a group we look for growth opportunities and develop self-sustaining business models, including creating necessary infrastructure to support businesses.”

EBTL will require the additional waterfront to cater to growing demand of cargo, both captive and commercial, the official said.

The company has handled some amount of commercial cargo such as coal after getting the necessary approvals from the regulator.

It currently handles 25 mtpa of cargo, expected to rise to 42.32 mtpa after the expansion.

The government should consider seeking bids for the waterfront, said a senior government official. “Awarding another 1,100 metres will take Essar’s total length of waterfront in the area to about 2,700 metres, which is a very long waterfront as far as captive usage goes,” he said.

Cargo Motors and Israel Ports won a bid to develop Nargol Port, also in Gujarat, by offering high waterfront royalty charges. GMB levies a royalty charge on every tonne of cargo from the port developer for using the state’s waterfront.

A multi-cargo, multi-use terminal is being set up in the vicinity by Adani Hazira Port Pvt. Ltd and granting a captive berthing facility to Essar would cut into the profitability of the multi-user port, the finance department stated.

According to an industry official, the “no-competition” agreement between GMB and private port developers, according to which no facility can be set up within 150 sq. km of another one, ends in 2013.

The latest agreement between GMB and Essar for Hazira port will need to be examined in this regard, he said.

“The current proposal for allotment of 1,100 metres waterfront fits the licence agreement signed with EBTL, wherein the government had made a provision for future expansion. Many private jetties in the state have been given permission to expand. Essar can avail the additional waterfront provided it is only for captive purpose,” said a senior GMB official in the know of the development.

[krunal.smart]

હજીરા વિસ્તાર આ માટે સંવેદનશીલ

મરીન પોલીસ મથક હજીરા ખાતે હોવાને કારણે અહીં કોસ્ટલ સ્ટેશનની જરૂર નથી

દમણમાં કોસ્ટલ સ્ટેશન નજીક હોવાને કારણે સુરતને જરૂર ન હોવાનો સંર ાણ મંત્રાલયનોે જવાબ

લોલીપોપ પણ લઈ લીધી

કૌશલ બારોટ . સુરત
મુંબઇ પર થયેલા આતંકવાદી હુમલા બાદ દેશમાં મહત્વપૂર્ણ દરિયાઇ સ્થળો પર કોસ્ટગાર્ડ સ્ટેશન સ્થાપવાની દરખાસ્ત દેશના ગૃહમંત્રાલય દ્વારા ઘોષણા કરાઇ હતી. હવે હજીરામાં કોસ્ટગાર્ડનું સ્ટેશન બનાવવાની ઘોષણાની વાત માળિયે ચઢાવી દેવાઇ છે.હજીરામાં અંદાજે ૧.૫૦ લાખ કરોડ રૂપિયાનું મુડી રોકાણ થયું છે. હજીરા અને દહેજમાં એલએનજી ટર્મિનલ આવેલુ છે. દેશના અતિ સંવેદનશીલ ઉધોગો છે. જોકે, કોસ્ટગાર્ડ સ્ટેશનનો પ્રોજેકટ રદ કરી દેવાયો હોવાની વિગત સંર ાણ મંત્રાલયે જણાવી છે. મંત્રાલયે રાજયસભામાં આપેલા જવાબમાં જણાવ્યું છે કે દમણમાં કોસ્ટગાર્ડનું સ્ટેશન હોવાને કારણે હજીરામાં જરૂર નથી. ઉપરાંત મરીન પોલીસ સ્ટેશન તો આપવામાં આવ્યુ જ છે.

હજીરા કાંઠે સ્થપાયેલા મહાકાય ઉધોગો.

સાંસદ પ્રવીણ રાષ્ટ્રપાલના પ્રશ્નના જવાબમાં રાજય સભામાં અપાયેલા પ્રત્યુતરમાં એ.કે. એન્ટોનીએ જણાવ્યું હતું કે હજીરા ખાતે મરીન પોલીસ મથક છે. ઉપરાંત દહેજમાં મરીન સ્ટેશન સ્થાપવાની પ્રક્રિયા શરૂ કરી દેવાઇ છે. દરમિયાન સુરતથી દમણ ખાતે આવેલું કોસ્ટગાર્ડ સ્ટેશનનું હેડકવાર્ટર અહીં ગણતરીની મિનિટોમાં પહોંચી શકે છે તેથી હાલમાં હજીરા ખાતે કોઇ દરખાસ્ત ન હોવાની વાત એન્ટોનીએ કરી છે. આમ હજીરાના કોસ્ટગાર્ડ સ્ટેશનની વાતનો છેદ ઉડાડી દેવાયો છે.

હજીરાના ઉધોગો એશિયામાં સૌથી મોટા ઉધોગોમાં સમાવિષ્ટ છે. આ ઉપરાંત સંર ાણને લગતી વિવિધ મશીનરીની કામગીરી પણ અહીંથી કરાય છે. હજીરા પટ્ટી પર હુમલો કરવાની ધમકી વારંવાર સરકારી તંત્રોને મળી છે. આ ઉપરાંત હજીરાના ઉધોગો પર અગર આતંકવાદી હુમલો થાયતો ખૂબ મોટી તારાજીની સંભાવના છે. તેથી હજીરાના ઉધોગોની સુર ાા માટે કોસ્ટલ સ્ટેશન બનાવવા પર સંર ાણ મંત્રાલયે ૧૭ જુલાઇ -૨૦૧૧નાં રોજ રાજયસભામાં હકારાત્મક અભિગમ દાખવ્યો હતો. અલબત્ત બાદમાં આ અભિગમ ફેરવી તોળાયો છે.

પુન: વિચાર કરવા રજૂઆત

હજીરામાં કોસ્ટગાર્ડ સ્ટેશનના નિર્માણ માટે ભાજપ અને કોંગ્રેસના સાંસદોએ ફરીથી સંર ાણ મંત્રાલયરને રજૂઆત કરી છે. તેમાં ભાજપમાંથી પુરષોતમ રૂપાલા અને કોંગ્રેસ પ્રદેશ ઉપાઘ્ય ા જીવા પટેલે આ રજૂઆત કરી હોવાની વિગત જાણવા મળી છે.

કોસ્ટગાર્ડનું સ્ટેશન કેમ જરૂરી?

હજીરામાં કોસ્ટગાર્ડ સ્ટેશન હોય તો રડાર, સ્પીડબોટનો કાફલો તથા સારા તરવૈયા જવાનોનો વિશાળ કાફલો હજીરાની સુર ાામાં જોડાઈ શકે છે. આ ઉપરાંત અતિ આધુનિક સિસ્ટમોને કારણે રડારની મદદથી અજાણ્યા લોકોને ત્વરિત ડિટેકટ કરી શકાય છે. આતંકવાદીઓના હુમલાને કેવી રીતે ખાળવા જેવી ટ્રેનિંગ પણ કોસ્ટ ગાર્ડને આપવામાં આવે છે. હાલમાં મરીન પોલીસ સ્ટેશનના જવાનો ગુજરાત પોલીસના જવાનો છે, જેઓ સમુદ્રમાં આતંકવાદીઓ સાથે કેવી રીતે લડવું કે તેમને અતિ આધુનિક સ્પીડ બોટ અને વેપન્સ કેવી રીતે વાપરવા જેવી બાબતોની સ્પેશયલ ટ્રેનિંગ આપવી પડે તેમ છે. આમ હજીરાના ઉધોગો અને સુરત શહેરની સુર ાા માટે કોસ્ટગાર્ડ સ્ટેશનની અતિ આવશ્યકતા છે.

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R V Sindhu Sadhana first Moving sea laboratory shaping up at ABG Shipyard Magdalla

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SURAT: "India has joined the elite club of the developed nations following the research and development (R&D) in the field of oceanography to unravel mysteries of seas and discover hidden resources in the ocean," said SK Brahmachari, director general of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) said here on Tuesday.

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Hazira container terminal to flag off by August-end

A minor delay has pushed the commissioning of Adani Hazira Container Terminal (AHCT) by a month. The container terminal in Hazira, which is likely to wean away traffic from Nhava Sheva, will be operational from August-end.

Earlier, the company management had said the terminal would be commissioned on August 1. The 1M TEU capacity terminal, located 38 km off Surat in Gujarat, is part of the multi-purpose Adani Hazira Port, which has already commenced bulk operations in May....