Chennai, Ennore & Kattupalli Ports - Projects Updates

[Rasnaboy]

Cross-posting from "Chennai Projects Updates Thread-III"...

Originally Posted by Into_salem

The Chennai Port Trust (CPT) is mulling over an investment of Rs.300 crore to construct a cruise marina.

Currently, the feasibility study is being carried out and the feasibility report is likely to be ready by March 2009. The proposed project is likely to be completed by the end-2009. Apart from this, plans are afoot to construct the ro-ro terminal at an investment outlay of Rs.48 crore. CPT will invite the EoIs for the proposed project in March and the project will be completed by May 2009. The project would involve an investment of Rs 48 crore. The new terminal will have parking capacity for around 6,000 cars.

http://www.projectstoday.com/News/Ne...aspx?nid=25317

[Elango1984]

India's southern port of Chennai has extended the bidding deadline to March 9 for its planned deep-water container terminal project, estimated to cost $750 million.

The original deadline for submission of request for qualifications was Feb. 11. The move comes after the port authority held a pre-application meeting with prospective bidders on Jan. 21.

Current plans on the estimated $750 million project include a 1.2 mile-long facility with a 59-foot draft that can be increased to 72 feet, allowing 15,000-TEU vessels to berth.

The project, on a 30-year concession, is expected to take three to four years to complete after award of the contract. When complete, it would have annual capacity of 4 million TEUs.

Chennai, India's second-largest box hub after the Port of Nhava Sheva, handled 1.1 million TEUs in fiscal 2007-08, up from 881,586 TEUs in 2006-07.

http://www.joc.com/articles/news.asp...CEAN&sid=47859

[Rasnaboy]

ENNORE: The Ennore port will soon get the ‘Mini Ratna’ status, Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T. R. Baalu said on Friday.

Inaugurating new facilities at the port, 30 km north of Chennai, Mr. Baalu said the port was formed during 2005-06 under the Companies Act. At that time, it earned a revenue of Rs. 9 crore. In the next fiscal, the revenue went up to Rs. 30.64 crore, and during 2007-08, it stood at Rs. 34.88 crore. During the current fiscal up to December, the revenue stood at Rs. 37.59 crore. When a company achieved Rs. 30 crore in revenue for three years on end, it would be made ‘Mini Ratna,’ he said.

Mr. Baalu said the Union Government had allocated Rs.21,815 crore for the shipping sector in the State in the past five years. The Tuticorin port had surpassed its target for cargo handling: it handled 21,048 million metric tonnes against the target of 20,385 million metric tonnes. The Chennai Port Trust’s revenue had grown. During 2003-04, its revenue stood at Rs. 74.18 crore, and in 2007-08 it rose to Rs. 431.26 crore.

State Planning Commission Vice-Chairman M. Naganathan said that in the past five years, Rs. 1 lakh crore was spent on improving roads and the shipping sector in the State.

He distributed sports kit to schoolchildren of Kalanchi.

A marine liquid terminal, a deepened port basin and a newly laid road in the port, all created at the cost of Rs. 350 crore, were dedicated to the nation.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/21/stor...2152980500.htm

[Rasnaboy]

Chennai, Feb. 23 The Shipping Ministry plans to delegate financial powers to major port trusts by nearly 10 times to around Rs 500 crore to speed up implementation of various projects at the ports, according to Mr Rakesh Srivastava, Joint Secretary (Ports), Department of Shipping.

The Ministry’s move will help ports speed up smaller projects to enhance the port capacity.

However, the port trusts still need to get first the environment clearance for projects, he told Business Line.

According to the National Maritime Development Programme, the country’s major ports will increase the handling capacity to around 1,500 million tonnes from the current 532 mt. Currently, the port trusts have powers to decide on projects worth up to Rs 50 crore. Above this amount, the project goes to the Centre, then to the inter-Ministerial Group and the Planning Commission for clearance. “At each stage there is a delay,” he said.

According to Mr Srivastava, despite the current recession, the Ministry has not reduced its annual target of handling 576 mt at major ports for the fiscal ending March 2009.

“Though it will be difficult to achieve, we are still growing and hopefully meet the target.”

Till January of the current fiscal, the country’s major ports handled 436 mt of cargo, a three per cent increase over the corresponding period of previous year.

Mr Srivasatava said the Ministry is likely to give the security clearance shortly to Ennore Port Ltd for the Rs 1,300-crore container terminal.

The terminal will have a quay length of 1,000 m and a capacity to handle around 1.50 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units).

Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...2450421200.htm

[Elango1984]

There has been a robust growth in the global sea borne containerized trade which has grown at a rate of 11.43% for the last 5 years. In Indian context Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of container cargo has been 16.10%. The need for capacity augmentation in Indian Ports for handling containerized cargo has thus assumed significance. In this scenario, development of a world class container terminal at Ennore Port in Tamil Nadu as part of the National Maritime Development Programme is an important step towards capacity augmentation in Southern Indian Ports.

The proposed container terminal project at Ennore Port has world class features. It has a continuous quay length of 1000 metres and will have an area of 5 lakh sq.mts. for the terminal. The terminal will have the alongside depth of 16m. The container terminal at Ennore Port will be designed so as to accommodate container vessels of 14,500 TEUs. The project is estimated to cost Rs.1407 crores.

The container terminal at Ennore Port is being developed through Public Private Partnership on BOT basis under a concession agreement with a concession period of 30 years. The development of the terminal, its operation, maintenance etc. would be done by a Concessionaire who would be selected through global competitive bidding process. Revenue share offered by eligible bidders is the criteria for selection of the Concessionaire. The concession agreement to be signed between by the Port and the selected Concessionaire will be based on the model and the guidelines given by the Government of India in this regard.

The commercial operationalisation of the project is expected to happen in 36 months from the date of award of concession. It is expected that the project would become operational by 2012-2013. After commissioning of this project, a long pending demand of trade and industry in the region would get fulfilled.

http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=48107

[Arul Murugan]

Foundation laid for India's longest container terminal



malarmalar

[kg4129]

Kudu's to T.R. Balu...
Done a great job for TN in last 5 Years...

[Rasnaboy]

The Rs.1,407-crore facility can handle three mainline vessels simultaneously

CHENNAI: The foundation stone for a new container terminal at the Ennore port was laid at a function here on Saturday.

The new terminal will be constructed at a cost of Rs.1,407 crore. It will have a continuous quay to a length of 1,000 metres and alongside depth of 16 metres. It can handle 1.5 million twenty feet equivalent units (TEUs).

It is also designed to handle even the largest container ship in the world up to the size of 14,500 TEUs.

It can handle three mainline vessels simultaneously.

T. R. Baalu, Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, said the capacity of Ennore Port Limited (EPL) had increased by 36 per cent in the last four years. The port would help in a major way for importing coal.

Speaking after laying the foundation stone, N. Veeraswami, Electricity Minister, said at present the nearly 90 lakh tonnes of coal was imported through the port.

This would increase to 3.5 crore tonnes in 2013-14.

Similarly, the EPL had earned good revenue by exporting iron ore mined from Karnataka.

M.Naganathan, vice-chairman, State Planning Commission, K.Suresh, Chennai Port Trust Chairman, P.Vijayan, Vice-Chancellor, Indian Maritime University, were among those who spoke.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/01/stor...0159290500.htm

[Elango1984]

The Cochin Port will soon have gama ray scanners installed in its premises to screen the containers for any arms and radioactive substances.

The move to install scanners was taken after all the ports in the country submitted a detailed proposal with the Union Government to enhance the monitoring system in the wake of the Mumbai terrorist episode and intelligence inputs that there were chances of shipment of nuclear arms to India in containers.

“We have submitted a proposal to the Union Government for installing the scanners at the Port and the government has started the procedures for the same,” said Port Trust chairman N Ramachandran.

Sources in the Customs Department said the gama ray scanners would be installed at all major ports, including Mumbai, Chennai, Tuticorin, Cochin and Kandla.

“The government has invited final bids for acquiring container scanners, which included mobile gama ray container scanners and fixed container scanners,” the official said. Nava Sheva in Mumbai has gama ray scanners already installed at its premises.

A senior official with the Customs Department said that a lot of containers go undetected and there were incidents of smuggling of unshredded scrap, containing parts of guns and other arms.

“The proposal to install high-end container scanners is not new. In October 2006, the government has sanctioned Rs 175 crore for this purpose. The process of acquiring scanners has gained speed after the 26/11 attack on Mumbai,” the official said.

Unofficial figures with the revenue intelligence state that over 10,000 tonnes of iron scrap enter the country on a daily basis through the ports and the Customs department had seized over 30 tonne of shells from the scrap.

http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/s...e=gUhH3Holuas=

[Kewl Batty]

CHENNAI: The global economical meltdown seems to have had little impact at the Chennai Port. The authorities are overwhelmed by the response they
got from bidders to build, operate and transfer the country's first mega container terminal at the port. Nine companies submitted their request for qualification (RFQ) to get themselves qualified for the Rs 3686-crore project, termed Chennai Port's most ambitious project till date.

All the applications will be evaluated on the basis of the eligibility criteria stipulated in the bid document and the shortlist of pre-qualified applicants who will be eligible to participate in the request for project bid stage will be drawn up after receipt of security clearance from the central government.

"The enthusiasm, despite the recession, shows that Chennai has a lot of business prospects to offer in the coming years. The mega container terminal, the first of its kind in the country, will have a quay length of 2 km and will have the deepest berth, 22 metres, in the country. It will bring Chennai port on a par with other international ports in Western countries," Chennai Port Trust chief engineer Srinivas Kannan told The Times Of India.

The terminal will enable Chennai port to handle ultra large container ships of 18,000 twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs).

Chennai Port Trust, whose share in the Rs 3686-crore project will be Rs 561 crore, will also maintain the berth depth.

"Building and operating the container terminal will be done by the selected company for a period of 30 years. However, maintaining the depth of the berth will be our responsibility. We will also provide the navigation guides," said Kannan.

At present the port has two container terminals handling more than 1.2 million TEUs per annum, accounting for 60% of the container traffic handled at the four container terminals in South India.

Kannan said the container traffic in Chennai would go up considerably after the mega container terminal was commissioned. Many ultra large container ships can be brought to Chennai port and it promises an excellent business opportunity for the companies who are bidding for the project.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/C...ow/4251507.cms

[Kewl Batty]

Is the Ship building yard at Kattupalli @ 3000 crore still on?? I heard its juzz 5 km from Ennore port. So, chennai with twin port will become triple port city?!?
L&T is building it or the project is put on hold?

[die4chennai]

Its very much on... just last month they got te approval from the center..
We can expect physical work very soon

Here is the source
http://www.blonnet.com/2009/02/24/st...2451471000.htm

[chennaidesi]

1) Michellin
2) Toshiba boiler plate
3) Ashok-Nissan
4) Daimler-Hero JV

any updates

[Arul Murugan]

Cars ready for export at Chennai Port



Tamilmurasu

[Elango1984]

Expansion planned for world’s two fastest growing economies

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), Japan's largest shipping firm by group sales, said on March 30 that it plans to build and expand car-shipping terminals at Indian and Chinese ports.

NYK Line boasts a fleet of over 100 automobile carriers, the world's largest. The investment plans reflect the Tokyo-based company's belief that China and India -- the world's two most populous and fastest-growing countries -- will become major automobile export bases in the future.

In India, NYK Line plans to construct a new car-export terminal at the Port of Mundra in the western province of Gujarat jointly with a local company in 2011, a company official said, requesting not to be named.

After building the terminal at the Port of Mundra, NYK Line also plans to construct another car-export terminal near the Port of Chennai in the southeastern province of Tamil Nadu, the official said. Chennai, formerly called Madras, is the capital city of the province.

In China, NYK Line already operates automobile terminals at the Ports of Dalian, Tianjin and Shanghai jointly with local companies.

The Japanese shipping firm plans to expand the capacity of both the Tianjin and Shanghai facilities about 3-fold between this year and next year, the company official said.

In addition, NYK Line is considering securing an automobile terminal in Guangzhou, possibly by the end of this year, by acquiring an equity stake in a local company, the official said. In Guangzhou, Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and other automakers have factories.

The NYK Line official did not disclose how much the car terminal investments in India and China will cost.

NYK Line handled a total of about 2 million automobiles at its car terminals worldwide in fiscal 2008, which ended on March 31, 2008. Through the investments in India and China, the company aims to boost the number by 25% to about 2.5 million, the official said.

http://www.joc.com/node/410412

[sridhar_n]

Thanks Elango. A dedicated Car Terminal is a must for Chennai to bag more Automobile projects...And the Sriperumbudur/Oragadam - Port connectivity (dedicated expressway) is also very important...

[Kewl Batty]

Chennai port’s 2nd pvt terminal to begin operations by month-end

– Bijoy Ghosh

The newly acquired Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes lined up at the second container terminal to be operated by Chennai International Terminals Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between Port of Singapore Authority and Sical Logistics.

Our Bureau

Chennai, April 3 The second private container terminal at the Chennai port will commence operations from this month end.

The Chennai International Terminals Pvt Ltd (CITPL), a joint venture between Port of Singapore Authority and Sical Logistics, will start operations with quay length of 400 metres, according to Mr K. Suresh, Chairman, Chennai Port Trust (ChPT).

When fully commissioned by August, the new terminal, built at a cost of Rs 495 crore at East Quay and South Quay III, will have a quay length of 832 metres and 15.5 metres alongside berth. There will be a back-up area of 35 hectares, including 7.8 hectares to be reclaimed by the ChPT. The terminal’s designed capacity is to handle 1.5 million TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units), he said.

The new terminal has already imported 10 new RTGs (rubber tyred gantry) cranes from ZPMC, China which arrived at the Chennai port on March 28 and were discharged into the newly constructed quay. The cranes are capable of stacking 5+1 high containers and have a span of 6+1. They will be deployed for yard operations after the commissioning, he told newspersons.

According to Capt Suresh N. Amirapu, General Manager, CITPL, the terminal is designed to accommodate deep-draft vessels of 8,000 TEUs. Its connectivity to Inland Container Depot (ICD) destinations is enhanced by a railway connection and a growing number of rail logistics operators.
performance

Mr Suresh said that during 2008-09, the Chennai port handled 57.49 million tonnes (mt) of cargo, surpassing the previous year’s 57.15 mt by 0.59 per cent. The port, however, could not meet the Shipping Ministry’s target of 64 mt for the fiscal, mainly due to a decline in iron ore handling, he said.

The port handled 8.25 mt of iron ore in 2008-09, as against 10.82 mt over the previous year. This also resulted in a decline in the number of railway wagons handled during the year to 2,65,058 (2,92,736), a decline of 9.45 per cent, he said.
Car export

Car export (mainly Hyundai) increased by 80.25 per cent to touch 2,48,697 during 2008-09 as against 1,37,971 in the previous year. The port handled 65 car carriers compared with 40 in the previous year. The port is now the number one ro-ro car terminal in the country, he said.

The container traffic reached an all-time high of 1.14 million TEUs, an increase of 1.35 per cent over the previous year, he said.

Source: http://www.blonnet.com/2009/04/04/st...0450501100.htm

[chennaidesi]

Originally Posted by sridhar_n

Thanks Elango. A dedicated Car Terminal is a must for Chennai to bag more Automobile projects...And the Sriperumbudur/Oragadam - Port connectivity (dedicated expressway) is also very important...

Couple of months back there was talks that Hyundai is looking for one more site. If this comes up then Hyundai will have a capacity to build Million cars.

[chennaidesi]

Cities like Singapore and Shanghai are 7-8 times bigger than chennai

[Elango1984]

A second private container terminal at India’s Chennai port will start operations at the end of this month, reports said.

The Chennai International Terminals Pvt Ltd (CITPL), a joint venture between Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) and Sical Logistics, will start operations with a quay length of 400 metres (m), according to K Suresh, chairman of Chennai Port Trust. Source

http://www.supplychain.cn/en/art/2826/