Chennai, Ennore & Kattupalli Ports - Projects Updates

[arun82]

Originally Posted by krishnancv

Ok. Now that coal and Iron handling has been stopped completely at Chennai port, why can't the railway sidings used for the iron ore berth be used for container handling. This would reduce the congestion on the roads leading to entrance reduce a lot. If an ICD is established on the outskirts of Chennai, then a railway connection between the ICD and the container terminal would reduce the traffic congestion outside the port.

There is a ICD coming up in srpd. But there is no railway track near them. The nearest track is Avadi.

The railway siding already used to load and unload containers from other ICD's.

[krishnancv]

Originally Posted by sridhar_n

Good idea. But are the railway siding in the berths which are exclusive to container handling or just limited to the ones which handle bulk cargo? Even if this is the case, they can still rehandle the containers and put the railway siding to use.

The ion ore berth is adjacent to the DP World container terminal. So it can be easily used for container loading.

Originally Posted by arun82

There is a ICD coming up in srpd. But there is no railway track near them. The nearest track is Avadi.

The railway siding already used to load and unload containers from other ICD's.

The ICD that you are telling is the famed Dry Port that is being planned and planned and planned. It becomes useless without the elevated expressway. So to reduce the dependence on roadway atleast within the city limits, we need to have a railway based ICD apart from the one at Tondiarpet. Its main job is to move containers to and from the yard at the port to the city outskirts asap. The elevated highway I strongly and sadly believe is gonna take the MRTS life cycle.

[arun82]

Originally Posted by krishnancv

The ion ore berth is adjacent to the DP World container terminal. So it can be easily used for container loading.



The ICD that you are telling is the famed Dry Port that is being planned and planned and planned. It becomes useless without the elevated expressway. So to reduce the dependence on roadway atleast within the city limits, we need to have a railway based ICD apart from the one at Tondiarpet. Its main job is to move containers to and from the yard at the port to the city outskirts asap. The elevated highway I strongly and sadly believe is gonna take the MRTS life cycle.

I think that CONCOR ICD is already done . I have seen container trucks with specific marking in it.

Koreans, japanese, german's and whole world having factory in the busiest industrial area cry for a railway line .but SG and SR two sleeping giants will care a gas out of their back.

[murlee]

Short deadlines set to expedite EMRI Project

The decade-old Ennore-Manali Road Improvement Project (EMRIP) received a fillip on Wednesday with major stakeholders fixing short deadlines to expedite the Rs.600-crore venture.

The meeting, lasting over 90 minutes, was held under the chairmanship of Speaker D. Jayakumar to thrash out issues such as relocating fish stalls and the Bhavani Amman temple that comes in the way of widening 1.6 km from S.N. Chetty Street to Chennai Port Trust zero gate; shifting and construction of the Kasimedu (N4) police station; providing alternative dwelling units for tenement owners of Cherian Nagar and NTO Kuppam, shifting of electric poles, transformers, water and sewer lines and laying underground cables on the stretches of Manali Oil Refinery Road and the Tiruvottiyur-Ponneri-Panchetti Road.

Representatives of the Chennai Port Trust (ChPT), Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation, National Highways Authority of India, City Traffic Police, Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board, Fisheries Department, Tamil Nadu Road Development Company (TNRDC) and other officials attended the meeting.

Joint inspection

It was decided to hold joint inspection on Thursday to finalise the spots for shifting electric poles, transformers, water and sewerage lines.

The officials have been given time till April-end to complete the task.

The next review meeting will be co-ordinated by the TNRDC Managing Director in the second week of April for analysing the progress made by the stakeholders.

For relocating fishing stalls dotting the 1.6-km stretch near the port main gate, ChPT officials have been asked to issue allotment letters to the fishermen by March 31 and complete the formalities by April 14.

When the fishermen sought 42 more stalls, Mr. Jayakumar, who is also the local MLA, asked the ChPT to complete the civil works within four months.

It was also resolved to shift the Bhavani Amman temple and N4 police station to a nearby place with ChPT officials agreeing to do the needful.

On Friday, a meeting has been convened with the residents of Cherian Nagar who have sought 20 more dwelling units.

Alternative units

The issue of providing alternative residing units to 474 NTO Kuppam residents has been kept pending for the time being.

Talking to The Hindu, Chennai Trade Co-ordination Committee representatives said,

“This is for the first time in a decade, we are having a meeting of this magnitude with all the stakeholders and representative of chambers of commerce and industry due to the efforts of Mr. Jayakumar.

The stakeholders gave a definite timeline and we feel that this project is on track and, on completion, will ease congestion.”

Issues include relocation of stalls, shifting of police stations, alternative dwelling units

ChPT asked to issue allotment letters to fishermen by March 31 for relocation

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/...cle2995766.ece

[Leo_r]

How many of you do remember this post by Arul on November 17th, 2011, 07:15 AM..

Link road from Chennai Port to be ready by April

The four-lane 1.6-km link road from Chennai Port (ChPT) zero gate to Kasimedu N4 police station would be ready April 2012, said Speaker D. Jayakumar on Wednesday.

A three-member team representing Chennai Trade Co-ordination Committee (CTCC) called on him to know the progress about the road that had missed two deadlines (October 2011 and January 2012). Earlier, it was decided to commence and complete the work before the onset of North East Monsoon, but it was deferred due to flash strike by truck and trailer operators and local body elections.

Elected from Royapuram constituency, Mr. Jayakumar has asked the officials concerned to expedite the project in time to minimise the hazard posed by the stranded vehicles on the S.N. Chetty Road. While promising it would be a toll-free road at a recent logistics conference, he said it would be inaugurated by the Chief Minister on January 14. However, going by the progress, it might miss the second deadline too, said one of the team members.

Talking to The Hindu , Mr. Jayakumar said “there is some progress and it would be inaugurated by April. I will be conducting one more review meeting with the CTCC members in the next few days.”

According to CTCC members, the implementation of Rs.600 crore Ennore Manali Road Improvement Project is being done in five parts – from zero gate to Kasimedu N4 police station; Ernavur junction; Manali Oil Refinery Inner Ring Road; Thiruvottiyur-Ponneri- Panchetti road; and Ennore junction. Though the work has started, the progress was slow in all the sections and the members sought the help of the Speaker.

Mr. Jayakumar asked the CTCC members to give him a weekly update about the project so that it could be completed well before the deadline..

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=605

Now he is talking of LA,shifting of cables/pipes,relocating people,preliminary discussion about cherian nagar,removing temple etc... when will they finish this and start work on the project? No hopes at all.

How on earth this whole group is lying without any conscience?

Reporters of media never question these guys!!!!

[karkal]

Chennai Port Trust comes up with 20 project proposals

At a time when port users have been complaining about the Chennai Port Trust (ChPT)'s alleged lack of interest in providing improved facilities to the trade, the port has come up with proposals for 20 projects for facilities on its premises and in the common area.

Talking to The Hindu, ChPT chairman Atulya Misra said: “We are having several ongoing projects at the port and these 20 projects seem to have come up in one stroke. These proposals have been mooted by the two-member expert committee of Capt P.C.K Mohan, Chairman, National Shipping Board, and G.J. Rao, chairman, Paradip Port Trust, who were asked to suggest ways to improve ChPT. Right now, we can't say how many of them will be implemented.”

Another official said: “For the first time, we have mooted 20 proposals and invited expressions of interest (EoI) for 16 projects through public-private-partnership mode and rest through consultancy services. Besides, there are other four schemes for which we had already obtained EoIs. These new proposals can be broadly divided into three categories – improved facilities for the port users; putting the port land for better use; and corporate social responsibility.”

Interested persons have been told to submit proposals by April 11.

[karkal]

IOC to set up Rs 4,500 cr LNG terminal

In a move to address shortage of liquified natural gas (LNG) supply, state-run Indian
Oil Corporation (IOC) today signed an agreement with the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation for setting up a Rs 4,500-crore LNG terminal near here.

IOC Chairman and Managing Director RS Butola and TIDCO Managing Director and State Industries department Principal Secretary N Sundaradevan exchanged documents in the presence of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at a function.

"We [Indian Oil] signed an agreement with TIDCO for the LNG terminal, whereby we will be importing the LNG and selling it in domestic market wherever it is required. It will entail an investment of Rs 4,500 crore, which has been sanctioned by Indian Oil board," Butola said.

Stating that the project would initially have a capacity of about 5 million tonne, he said the plant may be scaled up to 10 million tonne whenever there is an increase in demand.

He said the project was coming up on a 132 acre land at Kattupalli near Chennai. "Since we will also be setting up joint venture, TIDCO will be taking small equity stake, which is about 5%," he said.

For importing the LNG, he said IOC would either go for a long term contract and the other possibility is to buy through on the spot basis. "We have kept the options wide open", he said, adding, the project was expected to be completed by December 2015 or early 2016.

Besides IOC, TIDCO also signed an MoU with the Engineers India for upgrading the infrastructure of Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) of Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts.

Engineers India Chairman and Managing Director AK Purwaha exchanged documents with TIDCO CMD and State Industries deparment Principal Secretary N Sundaradevan on the occasion.

[murlee]

It's Adani vs. Essar for Chennai Port's mega container terminal project

Adani Ports and Essar Ports will fight it out for the mega container terminal project at Chennai port.

It will be the biggest port project outside Gujarat for the winner.

While Adani's base is in Mundra, the Essar group has a strong presence in Vadinar and Paradip ports.

The two Indian conglomerates were the only bidders for the Rs 3,700-crore project, designed to handle four million 20-foot containers annually.

Both companies now await security clearance from the Centre, as they had changed names (Mundra Port became Adani Group, while Essar separated its shipping and ports businesses), said Mr Atulya Mishra, Chairman, Chennai Port Trust.

The clearance is expected in a fortnight, he said. After that the bids will be opened and the project will go to the one offering the highest revenue share, he said.

The Chennai Port Trust had rejected Adani's bid, saying its offer of five per cent revenue share was too low.

Adani was then the sole bidder; fresh bidding was opened to invite the seven companies that were active during the qualification stage.

For the proposed ‘build, own and transfer' project, the cost of dredging, floating crafts and navigational aids — estimated at Rs 561 crore — will be borne by the port trust.

The private operator will invest on berth and breakwater construction, reclamation of backup area, handling equipment and other landside infrastructure at a cost of Rs 3,125 crore.

The terminal is to be developed north of the existing Bharathi Dock.

It will have two new breakwaters (total length 4.5 km), and a continuous quay length of 2 km, which will ultimately have 22-metre alongside depth to handle ultra-large container ships of over 15,000 20-foot equivalent unit capacity and 400 metres long.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...ue&ref=wl_home

[murlee]

New scanner to curb smuggling at port soon



http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Defau...&ViewMode=HTML

[Vicvin86]

Shot today..





On December 16th



Trucks are parked on the old road and traffic is diverted through newly laid one. New road is laid for around 2.5 km and land is cleared till Royapuram cemetery.

[TShyam]

Originally Posted by murlee

New scanner to curb smuggling at port soon



http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Defau...&ViewMode=HTML

Cool! I have seen these scanners being used in Hong Kong and Singapore ports in NGC mega structures.

Vicvin: Finally!! great progress!

[murlee]

Port road to be widened before monsoon

The widening of the 1.6-km stretch from S.N. Chetty Street to the zero gate of the Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) at Kasimedu fishing harbour will be completed before the onset of monsoon, said Speaker D. Jayakumar on Thursday.

Addressing a closed-door meeting with the members of the Chennai Trade Co-ordination Committee (CTCC), he said that things were moving in the right direction after the first review meeting held at the Secretariat on March 14 with the stakeholders, in which he had listed the hurdles and asked them to come out with a time-bound action plan.

Talking to The Hindu, Mr. Jayakumar said, “We will be holding review meetings once in 15 days to ensure that the 1.6-km road will be ready by July-end. As a first step, the N4 Fishing Harbour police station has been moved temporarily to the fishing harbour area. ChPT will construct a building for the station.

The local residents have been asked to identify a place to relocate the Bhavani Amman temple within the fishing harbour. Allotment order for 188 fishing stalls will be issued on March 27. Forty-two new stalls will be constructed by the ChPT within four months.

When CTCC members highlighted the difficulties faced by them in transporting containers from various parts of the city through the Ennore-Manali stretch, Mr. Jayakumar said that he was aware of the problem. A joint inspection was carried out by officials of the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation and the Tamil Nadu Road Development Company for shifting transformers, electric poles, water and sewerage lines and laying underground cables on Manali Oil Refinery Road and the Tiruvottiyur-Ponneri-Panchetti sectors.

Talks held

Mr. Jayakumar said that even before the first review meeting, he had held discussions with the local fishermen on March 13 to clear their doubts.

“When the idea was suggested to the Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in 2004, ChPT was handling three lakh containers per annum and now it has crossed 16 lakh. The project cost has escalated nearly four-fold from Rs.160 crore to Rs.600 crore. However, the port infrastructure remains the same. In the last eight years, the project moved at snail's pace owing to the indifferent attitude of the previous government…”

After the first review meeting, CTCC officials said that it had instilled confidence in them that the project would see the light of the day.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/...cle3220735.ece

[Vicvin86]

Till 6:30 there were no trucks but minutes later they started coming in hundreds

Trucks rush to take slot near Sivagami nagar. Late ones have to take U turn
and park their trucks below the RoB.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENqAExi1wAg

Queue in Ennore expressway..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5QVGT9QX1M

[Vicvin86]

From Manali to Ennore port road. At first thought it might be window dressing for Toshiba inaguration but work is going on in everywhere except for Nappalayam bridge.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ih_gbcSCgY



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YC8v1XE81k

[Vicvin86]

[Vicvin86]

[Vicvin86]

First video recorded at 09:19 and last at 09:54. This is the fastest time I took to cross this area since 2006.

[murlee]

Better infrastructure can boost productivity at container freight stations

Chennai has the maximum number of container freight stations (CFSs). There are 28 in operation with three more to be set up soon. The CFSs are located in North Chennai, especially near the industrial zone of Manali, serving both Chennai and Ennore ports.

But the moot questions are: Does Chennai really need so many CFSs and is there enough business for them all? Or have the operators set up the facilities anticipating ‘mega' growth in container traffic in and around Chennai in the next five years?

Talking to a cross-section of people in the shipping industry revealed that the players feel there will be enough business for the many CFSs. However, if the anticipated projects, including the Rs 3,800-crore mega container terminal in Chennai port, are delayed, then the CFS operators may be in big trouble.

The CFS operators are confident that business will remain ‘bullish' for the next ten years. “We have take a big gamble by creating the facilities, keeping in mind the long-term container growth at various ports,” said an official of a large CFS.

As per the business plans, the combined container traffic from Chennai, Ennore and L&T's Katupalli ports will increase by about four times, to around 8 million TEUs from the present 1.6 million TEUs in the next five years. The annual handling capacity of Chennai port's mega container terminal is expected to be 4 million TEUs; the Ennore container terminal will handle 2.4 million TEUs a year and the Katupalli port developed by L&T will have a capacity 1.8 million. The Katupalli project is almost ready (much of the equipment has been installed); and the bidder for Ennore has been identified, while the Chennai terminal is still at the bidding stage.

Import/ export goods are stored in the CFS area till they are examined and cleared by the Customs, thus reducing congestion in the actual port area.

Clearance of goods for delivery, warehousing, temporary admissions, re-export, temporary storage for onward transit, outright export and transhipments take place from such stations.

CFS CLEARANCE

Clearance of goods from a CFS is an important activity for the trade in respect of export/ import cargo as it is the final Customs contact point. In Chennai, the 28 freight stations handle 1.6 million TEUs. However, in Mumbai, only 18 box freight stations cater to traffic of over 3 million TEUs. In Chennai, it costs nearly Rs 25 crore to put up a CFS, which is typically put up over 5-10 acres. In Mumbai, however, the CFSs are spread across 20-30 acres and are better equipped than the stations in Chennai, said an industry source.

Says V. Upendran, president, National Association of Container Freight Stations, the growth or decline of a CFS depends purely on efficient container handling at the port. At the Chennai port, container handling by private players improved by 20 per cent last year. This was reflected in the higher number of containers handled.

HUGE POTENTIAL

The market size for container logistics in the country is estimated at Rs 10,000 crore, of which business at inland container depots and container freight stations accounted for one-third. “There is huge potential for growth,” said Mr Upendran.

The present CFS capacity in Chennai is 11,500 ground-slots. This translates to storing around 150,000 TEUs (in three-high stacks). The average monthly import is 65,640 TEUs, with yard utilisation being 43 per cent, said an official of a leading CFS in Manali.

Of the 28 CFSs, the top 12, including Concor, Sanco, AllCargo and German Express, have ground-slots to store 9,000 TEUs. These 12 stations garner nearly 85 per cent of the imports. The monthly average of imports handled is 46,576 TEUs, leading to 44 per cent utilisation. The ideal capacity utilisation is 70-75 per cent for efficient operations. The top 12 CFSs will try to garner at least another 30 per cent of the market, putting pressure on the smaller players.

Traffic growth is expected to be sluggish. The emergence of Krishnapatnam port should also be taken into account, though with organic growth and higher containerisation, the demand situation could improve.

INFRASTRUCTURE

The Chennai shipping trade has borne the brunt of bad infrastructure for the last decade. Despite this, growth in container handling was around 20 per cent. The success of a CFS will depend not only on better port performance but also on good road infrastructure. This will speed up the movement of vehicles between the CFS and the port, said Mr Upendran.

Shortage of Customs' officers to be posted at the CFSs continues to be a major concern for the industry. Often, one officer needs to shuttle between the various CFSs. This delays the clearance of cargo. “If such delays are avoided, productivity at each CFS can improve by nearly 10 per cent,” said a freight station official.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...ue&ref=wl_home

[ranga]

when will this infrastructure bottlenecks are overcome.it is the usual complaint for more than a decade but the concerned authorities seems to be in no hurry.

[Vicvin86]

Originally Posted by ranga

when will this infrastructure bottlenecks are overcome.it is the usual complaint for more than a decade but the concerned authorities seems to be in no hurry.

I wonder who is your source for nothing happens in and around Chennai ports.