Chennai, Ennore & Kattupalli Ports - Projects Updates

[Mr.Nellai]

Ennore chennai ports to be connected to NH, Ennore expresss road,manali refinery road, madhavaram inner ring road, Thiruvottriyur- ponneri-panjeti to be 4 laned with international standard.

Tenders floated , 8 companies shortlisted based on technical aspects. Work would be started on January.

[wlbkng]

In the next few days, Rs.24 crore will be released by the Chennai Port Trust and Ennore Port as its contribution towards Ennore-Manali Road Improvement Project (EMRIP), said Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan on Friday.

Addressing a dinner meeting hosted by the CII Institute of Logistics (CII-IL), he said that Chennai Port Trust would contribute of Rs.19 crore and Ennore Port Rs.5 crore. So far, these ports have released Rs.48 crore and Rs.10.75 crore.

Talking to The Hindu, he said that priority was being accorded for upgrading all major ports in the country to attain global standards. Modification of Chennai Port and early completion of major projects such as EMRIP, Port-Maduravoyal elevated corridor and Mega Terminal were planned.

“We are taking steps to see that the ferry service between Tuticorin and Colombo to start in three months' time. The Cabinet gave its nod recently and the next step is to have the agreement signed by the Indian and Sri Lankan governments. The operator will be selected through an open tender system. The Public Private Partnership have turned out to be a huge success and we will follow the same mode to operate the ferry services,” he said.

Mr. Vasan later interacted with the CII-IL members to understand the issues faced by the shipping and Logistics sector. He will also hold similar meetings in Mumbai and Kolkata soon.

B. Sridhar, vice-chairman, CII-IL, said that a major investor meet in association with Shipping Ministry would be held in Chennai during February. Besides, a delegation would visit European ports to study the new developments.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/...icle929936.ece

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[ChennaiIndian]

OMG Hope they address this sea erosion problem ASAP.

[mr_madras]

Originally Posted by ChennaiIndian

OMG Hope they address this sea erosion problem ASAP.

This problem exists for decade. Govt has did many things to prevent errosion but still sea trying to eat the road and near by area. The biggest problem will be in the stretch of 500 mtrs after tollgate.

[kannan infratech]

The problem of Sea Erosion along Ennore Coast has been acute for the past 30 years. The experts feel that the Construction of Barrier Walls for the Ports (both Madras and Ennore) are one of the main reasons, which led to sea erosion at Ennore and sand build up at Marina and Adyar Estuary.

IIT and other experts have been suggesting how to protect the coast from further erosion. Gorgoyeles (May be spelt wrongly) , Geo Tubes, rocks, RCC Walls are some of the suggestions.(vary with the coast characteristics).

I still remember visiting those factories which were in between the coastal road and the sea in Ennore area. Now all these structures are under water. I do not know whether if any effort was taken to remove those steel and concrete: otherwise, they may pose danger to the fishermen and the ships.

[satchitananda]

This has been a very neglected situation for decades like Kannan has mentioned. We need to tie up all the research folks and come with some concrete solution. Just like DMRC developed expertise and is selling ideas, coastal protection is a big deal (Even as we speak, its a big topic in Norfolk, Virginia, US). They want to develop such technologies and market around the world. Why can't we do the same. There are tons of coastal towns, cities and villages that might benefit from such technologies. Both commerical sense and social at the same time.

[ferrari_fan]

Originally Posted by wlbkng

Ennore expressway damaged due to sea erosion

Lol @ "expressway"..

Originally Posted by satchitananda

We need to tie up all the research folks and come with some concrete solution.

Pun intended?

Originally Posted by Mr.Nellai

^00 crore allocated to improve connectivity between ports

Some good humour on this page..

[bonoslack7]

http://www.portstrategy.com/news101/...minal-approved

India's Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure has given the green light for a project to build a large new container terminal in the port of Chennai. This will require investment of $800m and will be offered as a build-operate-transfer project, as part of a 30-year concession. Construction will take seven years to complete and the container terminal will have a capacity of 4m teu.

[Universal_Peace]

Why not build a elevated expressway on this stretch?? Even a concrete road can help.

[bonoslack7]

http://www.portworld.com/news/i98804...ith_congestion

Maersk Line has said it is struggling to connect exports via terminals in India’s Port of Chennai.

The reasoning behind this delay has been put down to severe port congestion and a sudden shortage of container trucks that is crippling outbound cargo arrivals.

“The Chennai Port has been facing a heavy import inventory situation on the terminal area for the last two weeks. In an effort to clear the backlog, trucks have been diverted for evacuating import units with the result that shippers are unable to organise enough trucks to move their export cargoes into the terminal,” Maersk said.

The Danish carrier is the largest liner operator to and from India, and according to reports it is "working closely with all stakeholders to help improve the situation, the turmoil has adversely impacted port users and the trade in general."

Chennai is India’s second-largest container gateway after the Port of Nhava Sheva.

In the first eight months of the 2010 fiscal year-ending November 30 Chennai handled over a million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs), compared with 779,000 a year earlier. This represents a 30% increase.

The southeastern hub suspended export cargo movements last week for four days to facilitate speedy evacuation of a large import backlog built up during a mid-November truckers’ strike.

The strike lasted three days, causing major congestion at two terminals.

The port reopened export gates on Monday, and according to recent updates from port sources, the evacuation, which was initially hampered by heavy rains and congested roads, is expected to be completed by today.

[wlbkng]

* Ceremony for handing over Chennai and Ennore ports' contribution towards Ennore-Chennai expressway to NHAI by Shipping minister

[wlbkng]

The Union Shipping Minister, Mr G.K. Vasan's promise today that work on the arterial Ennore-Manali road will commence by January and be completed in two years should bring cheer to thousands of container trailer operators who have been battling for this project for many years.

The operators, however, want the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to first repair the damaged road (due to the recent rain) so that vehicles could ply smoothly to and from the Chennai port, said Mr A. Raja, Secretary of the Trailer Operators Association. “Everyday there is an accident due to the damaged road. It is a nightmare to drive on such a bad road,” he told Business Line.

Announced by the Tamil Nadu Government in 1998, the cost of the Chennai-Ennore Port Road connectivity project, earlier called Ennore Manali Road Improvement Project, has escalated by four times to Rs 600 crore. The project is to enable free flow of truck traffic from and to the Chennai port in North Chennai. The port handles over 5,000 containers a day and trucks need to take this Ennore-Manali road for entry and exit to the port. The project is still in the ‘tendering' stage — previous tenders were cancelled for various reasons.

Funding plans

Mr Vasan, at a press conference, said the Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) has so far released Rs 48 crore as part of its contribution to the special purpose vehicle, while the Ennore Port Ltd (EPL) has contributed Rs 8.75 crore. The ChPT today released another Rs 19 crore and the EPL another Rs 5 crore for the project. The ChPT's total contribution will be Rs 139.80 crore and that of EPL will be Rs 34.20 crore and the two ports will soon release more funds to fast track the project implementation, he said.

“This [the project] is a serious issue. There should be no reason for the delay. It is a very difficult area [north Chennai]. Work should start immediately and should be completed on time,” he told the officials of NHAI present in the meeting.

Mr S. Jaswanthkumar, Chief General Manager, NHAI, said 13 companies have shown interest in the project. The financial bids will be opened shortly and work order will be issued by January. In the last two years, the NHAI had spent Rs 22 crore to maintain the Ennore-Manali road but the recent rains damaged the roads badly. The authority will spend another Rs 1.2 crore to repair the roads before December, he said.

Parking yard

Mr Vasan also announced that the ChPT would take 11.26 acres from the Tiruvottiyur Municipality on lease for 30 years to enable trailers with export cargo be parked in the area. An investment of Rs 139 crore will be paid as rent (at the rate of Rs 11 lakh per month) to the Municipality, he said.

Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...1252180300.htm

[ChennaiIndian]

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/...icle946288.ece

Officials of ports hand over cheques to National Highways Authority of India
Work order for the Ennore Manali Road Improvement Project (EMRIP) will be issued by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) before the end of next month, said Union Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan here on Saturday.

Speaking to reporters after officials of the Chennai Port Trust and Ennore Port Limited handed over cheques for Rs.19 crore and Rs.5 crore for EMRIP to NHAI officials, Mr. Vasan said the Chennai Port Trust had contributed Rs.48 crore already and Ennore Port, Rs.8 crore.

There were 13 participants in the bidding for the EMRIP work, of which eight qualified.

Technical evaluation of the eight bidders is on and the project is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2013. The actual contribution for the project by the Chennai Port Trust is Rs.238 crore. So far, the Chennai Port Trust had given Rs.67 crore. As for Ennore Port, its contribution was Rs.34.2 crore and so far it had given Rs.13 crore.

On the Maduravoyal Expressway, Mr. Vasan said the total cost of the project was Rs.1,655 crore. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had given its nod for the project. Originally, the cost for land acquisition, relief and rehabilitation was estimated to be Rs.310 crore but now it had escalated to Rs.470 crore.

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[satchitananda]

There was a time not long ago when you could not run your palm on a East-facing wall of any building on Rajaji Salai without getting a coat of coal dust on the fingers—thanks to the tonnes of power plant fuel arriving into the Chennai port.

That things have changed and the port has turned from “dusty” to “clean” (at least, relatively) has been the pitch of Chennai Port Trust in seeking business.

The pitch seems to be working. Last week, the port handled 17,000 tonnes of maize. Louis Dreyfus Commodities India Pvt, which exported the agri cargo to Vietnam, plans to do more –100,000 tonnes in the coming months.

Following in the Dutch company's footsteps is the US multinational, Cargill, which will soon export agri commodities through the now-clean Chennai port. The cargo – maize.

Agri produce cargo is not new to Chennai port. The port handles sugar regularly, and also maize. Between November 2009 and April 2010, the port handled 3,00,000 tonnes of maize – but the difference was that the commodity came in containers. Now, commodity is being sent over in the substantially cheaper bulk form.

While cleanness was one reason for the attraction, exporting maize from Chennai turned out to be cheaper than from Mangalore by $5-7 a tonne to countries such as Vietnam and Thailand, said Mr Arul Murugan, General manager of Hari and company, a Tuticorin-based stevedoring firm and the handling agency for the maize consignment. Louis Dreyfus Commodities processes agricultural products and merchandising of a range of commodities. It is present in eleven global product lines, including proteins (oilseeds, grains, rice, freight, finance) and tropical (juice, cotton, coffee and sugar), according to information available in the company's Web site. Maize grown in areas such as Hospet and Devanagiri of Karnataka used to be transported by rail wagons to Mangalore at the rate of Rs 300 to Rs 400 a tonne. This is the same to Chennai as well. However, the ship freight rate from Chennai to Vietnam was lesser at $28 per tonne as against $33-35 a tonne from Mangalore, said Mr Murugan.



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[Raji7373]

Chennai: The Chennai Port Trust will soon open a new gate near gate zero to facilitate easy movement of trailers, said Ishwar Achanta, a trustee on the board of the port trust, on Wednesday during a consultative committee of the city chambers of commerce.
The port will also acquire a 11-acre plot from the Tiruvottiyur municipality to set up a parking yard for container trailers, he said. The move came after truckers went on a strike last week after the closure of gates 2 and 2A due to an accident, restricting all trailer movement to gate- ‘zero’.
Meanwhile, the bottleneck crisis has traders and terminal operators worried. With bad roads leading out of the only gate that is used and the Ennore-Manali project still a distant dream, Chennai port is choked, they said. “How will one gate be enough to move 5,000 containers everyday?” said Ennarasu Karunesan, director, Chennai Container Terminal. “We have an award-winning container terminal but the condition of the roads outside the port gates is pathetic.”
The problem has led to shipping agencies levying a congestion surcharge on the traders due to slow clearance, with 65$ for Singapore and 45$ for Colombo. Already, 20-25 % of the trade has shifted to the Ennore and Tuticorin ports, added Karunesan.
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily...efault&pub=TOI

[kannan infratech]

I am told that the entire Port connectivity / Transport / Cargo Handling is in the grip of a single family and even the central minister is forced to keep away.

[vs007]

Originally Posted by kannan infratech

I am told that the entire Port connectivity / Transport / Cargo Handling is in the grip of a single family and even the central minister is forced to keep away.

Its the same even in US,Italy.. where ports are controlled by mafia organizations.