Container Handled

Container Handling

as on 04/05/2015 06:00

Containers HandledImportExportTotal

BoxTEUSBoxTEUSBoxTEUS

CCTL - Day606791934132315402114

CCTL - Month212228692928395550506824

CCTL - Year309744240826429366345740379042

CITPL - Day2431407540431571

CITPL - Month199924182374319443735612

CITPL - Year286683802323774333665244271389

Yard PositionGate In/Out Movements From Container Terminal

TypeBoxesTEUS

Import28273828

Export38795295

Total67069123

TypeBoxes

Gate In1337

Gate Out2334

To CFS0

Cargo Handling

Graphical View

Cargo Handling

as on 04/05/2015 06:00(all quantities are in terms of '000 Tons)

CargoTarget As On DateAs On Date Last YearPerformance for the DayThroughput Achieved As On DateVariation Over Last Year

POL140111928120614

IORE00000

FERT21001616

FERT( R)37004444

N.C.COAL00000

C.COAL00000

CONTAINER32952567522908341

O.CARGO1024106832770-298

Total57784827924944117

Performance IndicatorsArchives...

Average Ship Berth day Output - In Tons

Vessels Handled In Numbers

Average Turnaround Time of Vessels Cargo wise (In Days)

Average Pre Berthing Detention (In Hours)

Average Ship Berth day Output - In TonsCommodity2011 - 20122012-20132013 - 20142014-2015 (UptoMar15)

Liquid Bulk12910134091499613962

Dry Bulk7139702983118797

Break Bulk2026231430043043

Overall10888124621495715419

Vessels Handled In NumbersCommodity2011-20122012-20132013-20142014-2015(UptoMar2015)

Liquid Bulk507460429427

Dry Bulk223183165175

Break Bulk524499429426

Containers789786781762

Total2043192818041790

Average Turnaround Time of Vessels Cargo wise (In Days)Commodity2011-20122012-20132013-20142014-2015(Upto Mar 2015)

Port AccountNon Port AccountPort AccountNon Port AccountPort AccountNon Port AccountPort AccountNon Port Account

Liquid Bulk1.912.732.032.451.891.482.011.55

Dry Bulk4.132.253.981.753.511.273.291.26

Break Bulk2.192.141.851.531.571.171.521.09

Overall2.171.741.931.311.660.801.630.91

Average Pre Berthing Detention (In Hours)Commodity2011-20122012-20132013-20142014-2015(Upto Mar 2015)

Port AccountNon Port AccountPort AccountNon Port AccountPort AccountNon Port AccountPort AccountNon Port Account

Liquid Bulk1.0753.561.0245.221.2124.260.9224.79

Dry Bulk1.5022.581.3814.861.368.151.207.90

Break Bulk0.8519.980.8511.130.835.220.787.12

Overall0.9426.910.8918.230.909.050.819.00

Cargo Wise Performance IndicatorsArchives...

Traffic Handled During March 2015 and up to March 2015(IN '000' Tonnes)

CommodityFor the Month ofMarch 2015From April 2014-March 2015

ImportsExportsTotalTargetImportsExportsTotalTarget

P.O.L845182102711871109416421273614250

IRON ORE--00---0

Fertilizer24-2418197-197200

Fertilizer(RAW)38-3820344-344240

NON COKING COAL0-000-00

COKING COAL---00-00

CONT. CARGO134212542596259015591143542994531070

OTHER CARGO4972657626876462285793198240

TOTAL274617014447450233688188535254154000

Container in TEU's1345141551549

Port Profile

Chennai Port, the third oldest port among the 12 major ports, is an emerging hub port in the East Coast of India. This gateway port for all cargo has completed 128 years of glorious service to the nations maritime trade.Maritime trade started way back in 1639 on the sea shore Chennai. It was an open road -stead and exposed sandy coast till 1815. The initial piers were built in 1861, but the storms of 1868 and 1872 made them inoperative. So an artificial harbour was built and the operations were started in 1881.The cargo operations were carried out on the northern pier, located on the northeastern side of Fort St. George in Chennai. In the first couple of years the port registered traffic of 3 lakh tonnes of cargo handling 600 ships.Being an artificial harbour, the port was vulnerable to the cyclones, accretion of sand inside the basin due to underwater currents, which reduced the draft. Sir Francis Spring a visionary skillfully drew a long-term plan to charter the course of the port in a scientific manner, overcoming both man-made and natural challenges. The shifting of the entrance of the port from eastern side to the North Eastern side protected the port to a large extent from the natural vulnerabilities. By the end of 1920 the port was equipped with a dock consisting of four berths in the West Quays, one each in the East & South Quay along with the transit sheds, warehouses and a marshalling yard to facilitate the transfer of cargo from land to sea and vice versa. Additional berths were added with a berth at South Quay and another between WQ2 & WQ3 in the forties.Indias Independence saw the port gathering development, momentum. The topography of the Port changed in 1964 when the Jawahar dock with capacity to berth 6 vessels to handle Dry Bulk cargoes such as Coal, Iron ore, Fertilizer and non hazardous liquid cargoes was carved out on the southern side.In tune with the international maritime developments, the port developed the Outer Harbour, named Bharathi Dock for handling Petroleum in 1972 and for mechanized handling of Iron Ore in 1974. The Iron ore terminal is equipped with Mechanized ore handling plant, one of the three such facility in the country, with a capacity of handling 8 million tonnes. The Chennai ports share of Iron ore export from India is 12%. The dedicated facility for oil led to the development of oil refinery in the hinterland. This oil terminal is capable of handling Suezmax vessels.In 1983, the port heralded the countrys first dedicated container terminal facility commissioned by the then prime minister Smt.Indira Gandhi on 18th December 1983. The Port privatized this terminal and is operated by Chennai Container Terminal Private Limited. Having the capability of handling fourth generation vessels, the terminal is ranked in the top 100 container ports in the world. Witnessing a phenomenal growth in container handling year after year the port is added with the Second Container Terminal with a capacity to handle 1.5 M TEUs to meet the demand. To cater to the latest generation of vessels and to exploit the steep increase in containerized cargo the port is planning to welcome the future with a Mega Container Terminal, capable of handling 5 Million TEUs expected to be operational from 2013.The Chennai port is one among the major ports having Terminal Shunting Yard and running their own Railway operations inside the harbour on the East Coast. The port is having railway lines running up to 68 kms and handles 25% of the total volume of the cargo, 4360 rakes (239412 wagons) during 2009-10.The port with three Docks, 24 berths and draft ranging from 12m to 16.5m has become a hub port for Containers, Cars and Project Cargo in the East Coast. The port has handled an all time high of 61.06 Million tonnes of cargo registering an increase of 6.2% over previous year. An increase of 10.14% in handling of cars from 273917 Units in the year 2009-10 when compared with 248697 Units in the year 2008-09 and an increase of 6.39% in handling of containers from 1143373 TEUs in the year 2008-09 to 1216438 TEUs in the year 2009-10. The long term plan for Chennai Port envisages that the Port will mainly handle 4Cs i.e. Containers, Cars, Cruise and Clean Cargo.Future PlansMaster plan for Port Railway, Realigning Rail and Road network.

Dedicated Elevated Expressway from Chennai Port to Maduravoyal upto NH4 has been approved by the Government to enhance the hinterland connectivity.

Development of Ro-Ro Terminal and a Multi level car parking facility with a capacity of 5000 cars.

Chennai Mega Container Terminal with a continuous quay length of 2 km with 18-22m side along draft. Capable of handling ultra large container ships carrying over 15000 TEUs.

The break water extension from existing outer arm will be utilized to develop deep draft oil berth for handling VLCCs.

Container Handled

Container Handling

as on 04/05/2015 06:00

Containers HandledImportExportTotal

BoxTEUSBoxTEUSBoxTEUS

CCTL - Day606791934132315402114

CCTL - Month212228692928395550506824

CCTL - Year309744240826429366345740379042

CITPL - Day2431407540431571

CITPL - Month199924182374319443735612

CITPL - Year286683802323774333665244271389

Yard PositionGate In/Out Movements From Container Terminal

TypeBoxesTEUS

Import28273828

Export38795295

Total67069123

TypeBoxes

Gate In1337

Gate Out2334

To CFS0

Chennai-Ennore Port road connectivity project (formerly EMRIP) Current estimated cost -`600 Crores Project road network covering 30.1 km. Ennore Expressway 6.0 kms Thiruvotriyur Ponneri Pancheti Road 9 Km. Manali Oil Refinery Road 5.4 kms. Northern segment of Inner Ring Road 8.1 Km. ChPT Fishing Harbour Road - 1.6 km Shore protection measures comprising 13 groins along the Ennore coast. R&R for 1824 Project Affected Families. Contract for shore protection work (10 Nos of Groins) have been completed. SPV-CEPRCL comprising NHAI , ChPT, EPL and GoTN constituted for the project. Revised Equity contribution of ChPT is`139.80 Cr. and Debt contribution is`110.68 Cr. MoS accord approval for the enhanced equity of`139.80 crores and loan/debt contribution of`110.68 crores vide letter No.28025/4/2006-PLN dated 12.06.2012 ChPT has paid the entire equity amount of`139.80 Crores. Status of the Project Contract awarded for the following works on 303.06.2011 to M/s Coastal - SPL (JV) by NHAI. Contract value`253.47 Crores. Duration of contract: 24 months & Schedule date of completion is 02.06.2013 and extended upto 31.12.2013. However, the extension time has been recommended by NHAI upto 31.05.2014, 31.07.2014 & 30.09.2014. Now, the contractor requested to extend the contract period for completing the project upto January 2015. The delay in completion of the project is mainly due to non-shifting of Project Affected Families (PAF's) from the alignment of road in two small stretches by Government of Tamil Nadu, for which Chennai Port and NHAI is pursuing for early completion. A review meeting was convened by Chairman, Chennai Port Trust on 13.02.15 wherein it was decided to sort out the pending issues by conducting meeting with Officials of State Govt. and CPCL. Physical Progress as on 31.01.2015 is 91%.Development of a Ro-Ro cum multi purpose berth and multi level car parking facility. PPP Proposal Dropped. As resolved by the Board Multilevel Car Parking facility alone is under proposal with the internal resources of Chennai Port. Subsequently, the board has resolved to defer the proposal for construction of Multilevel Car parking Facility near North Quay till finalization of the proposal of BD II.Development of Chennai Mega Terminal at Chennai Port has been re-structured as Development of New Outer Harbour to the north of the Bharathi Dock on BOT basis Estimated Cost `5100 crores.(to be developed under PPP mode) Capacity: 35 MTPA Development of Outer Harbour Terminal includes 6 berths of 1.5 km long quay and an ultimate alongside depth of 15 m sheltered by a breakwater system of about 4.75 km length. Present Status of the Project: In the Board meeting held on 27.06.2013, the Board approved to initiate action for restructuring the project as per the present market conditions. During the Board Meeting held on 30.12.2013, the Board renamed the project "Development of Mega Container Terminal" as "Development of Outer Harbour Project" The Board vide its Resolution No. 114, dtd.28.08.2014, resolved to adopt the Project for implementing without any funding ie No Funding Option for implementation and finalize financial analysis by incorporating the suggestion on capital cost and IDC etc., Ernst & Young LLP, TA has prepared the RFQ document based on the factors in financial analysis and phasing of implementation as directed by the Board. The sale of RFQ Document was extended from 13.11.2014 to 27.11.2014 and further extended upto 26.12.2014. On the Bid Due Date 29.12.2014, no bids were received. Based on the instructions of the Port, the Transaction Adviser, Ernst & Young Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad (E&Y) in their letter dt 30th December 2014 for deliberation and further decision. The Board resolved to explore the possibility of initiating action for inviting RFQ one more time and Port may also move the Govt. for financial assistance for reclamation in the proposed site. For reclamation of 60 Hectares of land near Gate No.1 to the north of Bharathi Dock adjacent to Eastern Breakwater, preparation of estimate is under progress. After finalizing the estimate, ChPT will approach Government for financial assistance for reclamation in the proposed site. SCZMA has recommended the proposal to MoEF vide letter NO.12962/EC3/2011-14 dt.23.11.12. MoEF considered the proposal during the meeting held on 28.02.2014 and the project clearance is still awaited.Development of Integrated Dry Port & Multi-modal Logistics Hub near Sriperambudur Estimated Cost `100 crs. Proposed to develop an Integrated Dry Port and Inter-Modal Logistics Hub including an Off Dock CFS/ICD with an estimated cost of`415.00 Cr. Off-dock CFS will have onsite Customs Clearance facility. Facility to be offered for development through PPP mode. Chennai Port has acquired a land measuring 121.74 acres from SIPCOT in two parcels at Mappedu village near Sriperumbudur on 99 years lease basis. Present Status: Due to non-receipt of bids for development of the facility under PPP mode, it is proposed to allot the land on Long Term Lease basis as per land policy guidelines. Tenders invited for all the three parcels of land viz., 14.96 acre, 34.17 acre and 72.96 acres for development of this facility on land lease model based on new land policy guidelines issued in 2014. However, offers received for the 14.96 acre land parcel only. As per the guidelines, auction was also conducted and the highest offer is from the bidder viz., Ennore Cargo Containers Pvt.Ltd, Chennai. After obtaining Competent Authority's approval, Letter of Intent issued to the successful bidder Ennore Cargo Container Terminal on 04.07.2014 subject to LoA will be issued on receipt of written consent from SIPCOT for sub-leasing. In this regard, SIPCOT forwarded their consent on 15.07.2014 subject to pay license fee of`1,79,52,000/- together with service tax of`.22,18,870/- As requested by SIPCOT, the terms and conditions to be entered with the Licensee was also forwarded and reply is awaited. Further, DO letter was also sent to SIPCOT on 16.12.14 to waive license fee for sub-lease. Meanwhile, the successful bidder of Ennore Cargo Container Terminal also requested to grant extension till March 2015 for decision about acceptance of LoI and making payment, due to decline in business trend in and around Sriperumbudur Industrial Belt. The above facts were placed in Board Meeting held on 19.11.14 and informed that further course of action will be decided either to re-invite tender for remaining parcels of land without license fee for sub-lease or surrendering the land to SIPCOT, after receipt of the decision of SIPCOT regarding the request of ChPT for waving the license fee for sub-lease. The Board resolved to accept the request of M/s Ennore Cargo Container Terminal Pvt.Ltd for granting time till 31st March 2015 for accepting the LOI.Development of Barge Handling Facility. Estimated Cost -`26 crores. Development of Barge Handling facility in Bharathi Dock of Port. Facility to be offered for development through PPP mode. MoS accorded approval for the Project vide letter No.25021/5/2012-ChPT dt. 20.12.12 Letter of Award issued to the selected Bidder on 30.1.13. Concession Agreement signed with Chennai Bunkering Terminal Pvt.Ltd.,Chennai SPV formed by IMC Ltd., for the project on 30.03.2013 Present Status of the Project: On the extended deadline for fulfilling Conditions Precedent, the Concessionaire furnished Financing plan, Performance Guarantee and other relevant documents. The Board considered the submissions of the Concessionaire and resolved that the phasing of development proposed by the Concessionaire is not as per the Concession Agreemnet. Hence, one more extension is advised by the Board till 30.03.2015. Hence, the Concessionaire was informed to furnish fresh financing Plan and the deadline for fulfilling the Conditions Precedent was extended upto 28.02.2015. Environmental clearance has been accorded by MoE&F on 27.08.2014.

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Chennai Port is working round -the-clock, 7 days a week, to facilitate more export & import through Port of Chennai.The Port also conducts PORT USERS MEETING periodically to ensure customer satisfaction by maintaining effective service quality to augment exports.Private equipment are allowed in certain Operational areas to augment rate of loading/discharging of dry bulk cargoes.50% F.C. VAIGAI Heavy Lifting Cranage Charges need not be paid upto 15 tons weight, if shipped by the vessels own cranesA rebate of 10% in wharfage on the quantity handled in excess of 10% over and above the previous year's throughput by an individual importer/exporter subject to a minimum handling of 50,000 MT per annum in the pervious year.Comprehensive stevedoring levy of 192% of actual wages for all types of cargoesC & F Levy for bulk cargoes, ore & timeber logs reduced to 3.75/MTC & F Levy will be collected through Import Applicaton when actual deployment of labour for C & F operations are thereThe TERMINAL HANDLING CHARGES at Chennai Ports Container Terminal are quite competitive even when compared to the Terminal Handling Charges collected at the Regional Ports viz. COLOMBO and SINGAPORE.For containers consigned to and from INLAND CONTAINER DEPOTS, the Port allows 30 free days including SUNDAYS and Ports HOLIDAYS and for ICD, NEW DELHI it is free upto the date of loading on flats.TRANSHIPMENT CONTAINERS are allowed 30 free days.Facilities For ExportersThis has significant bearing on the Ports performance making this port a trendsetter in export performance envisaging the following advantage for Port Users:The concept of single window clearance is adopted by Chennai Port and an Export Documentation Centre housing Customs, Chennai Clearing and Forwarding, Dock Labour Board, etc. is located inside the port complex;The palletised cargo is given 10% rebate on wharfage and the weight of the pallet is not taken into account for the purpose of calculating wharfage;30 days free day time is allowed for aggregating the export cargo on the wharf before the arrival of the vessel;Open space is made available in transit area for export cargo such as barytes, quartz, on rental basisDemurrage for export goods lying in transit shed beyond 30 days is charged on minimum flat rate basis of Rs.3 per wharfage unit per day or part thereof100% waiver of heavy lift charges on Export of Raw Granite BlocksPreferential allotment of space for storage of export cargoFor export of motor cars, jeeps and vans using the Ro-Ro system an export promotional wharfage rate on ad valorem basis of only 0.3% of FOB value is chargedThe Chennai Port offers Priority berthing facilities for Export Oriented vessels. In addition, a scheme called PRIORITY BERTH RESERVATION SCHEME approved by Government for berthing vessels on arrival on payment of BERTH RESERVATION FEE is being made popular among the trade.A Senior Traffic Officer has been re-designated as Export Promotion Cell Officer to co-ordinate with the HIGH POWER COMMITTEE constituted for the redressal of grievances faced by the Exporters.With the permission of the Commissioner of Customs there are 11 Container Freight Stations functioning outside the port limit but within the City limit to cater to the total stuffing requirement of export cargoes in containers. The Customs have also permitted some categories of cargoes to be HOUSE STUFFED.Almost 100% of the Export FCL containers are stuffed outside the Port and loaded containers are brought into the terminal for shipment.Only Less than Container Load (LCL) export cargoes are stuffed inside the Port for which a very modern EXPORT CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION, is functioning within the port where ON WHEEL LOADING facilities are available.Direct Shipment of Granite Blocks is permitted.The Export cargo shut out by the ship by act of God such as Cyclone, grounding of vessels, etc. are allowed TWO WORKING DAYS AS ADDITIONAL FREE DAYS next to the date of completion of taking in of export by the vessel.No DEMURRAGE CHARGES on the cargo stuffed in the container for export and lying in the container terminal. Only storage charges are collected.Priority berthing is given for export vessels (one vessel at a time)Demurrage for export goods lying in transit shed beyond 30 days is charged on minimum flat rate basis of 3.60 per wharfage unit per da or part thereofHeavy lift charges on export of Raw Granite Blocks is waivedPreferential allotment of space for storage of export cargoTo attract agricultural products, Port has introduced a reduced Tariff of Rs. 7.50/- per tonne for the Export of bagged Sugar, Wheat and RiceWhen direct delivery/direct loading is allowed, no C & F charges will be applicable. This gives substantial reduction in charges for Granite Blocks, Barytes in Bags, Steel etc., Wherever directly loaded/deliveredTo facilitate export of iron ore through Chennai Port, Iron Ore Pellets & Lumps are being allowed to be exported through Jawahar Dock.Facilities for ImportersImport Counters for filing Import Applications are kept open on all Board Holidays except on Boards Closed Holidays and Sundays.CRANAGE on Heavy Lift Packages has been reduced.STORAGE CHARGES on abandoned FCL containers is restricted upto 2 months.In case the Trust is unable to supply Mechanical Equipment, use of private equipment is permitted.Weighment is not at all required for DRY BULK CARGOESWhen the port is unable to trace the package at the time of delivery owing to congestion or wrong sorting or incorrect tally, ADDITIONAL FREE DAYS are allowed from the date of receipt of enquiry till the package are traced out and intimated.

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Milestones

HighlightsChennai Port is a ISPS Compliant Port

Chennai Port Trust awarded with Certification of ISO 14001 : 2004

24 deep drafted berths

All weather port

Round the clock operations

Handling multiple cargo, Third position among all Major Ports

Best efficiency indicators

Pre berthing detention of 0.98 Hrs (2009-10)

Average turnover 2.01 Days (2009-10)

Berthing on arrival

Passenger terminal of international standard

First of its kind in Indian Ports, Chennai Port has established the Marine Pollution Management to ensure Protection for Marine life

EDI connectivity with Customs, Bank, Online Port users Portal established and various port activities for the effective use of information technology under process.

Excellent Rail Connectivity

Excellent Road Connectivity

Facilities at Port

Oil Terminals (BD1 & BD3)First Oil berth at Bharathi Dock-I commissioned in 1972 can handle tankers up to 100,000 DWT

Second Oil Berth at Bharathi Dock-III commissioned in 1986 can handle tankers up to 140,000 DWT

Maximum LOA of Tankers Berthed at BD - I & BD - III - 280.4m (920 ft).

Minimum LOA of the ship so far Berthed at BD - I - 108.15m.

Minimum LOA of the ships berthed at BD - III - 149M. or 488 ft.

Capacity - 13 Million Tonnes Per Annum

Installed with 5 Marine Loading Arms at BD - I and 6 Marine Loading Arms at BD - III. Berths laid with 762 mm (30") dia pipelines for conveying Crude, 500 mm (20") dia pipeline for conveying White Oil Product and 350 mm (14") dia pipelines for conveying Furnace Oil.

Separate Pipelines for Crude, Furnace Oil, White Oil Products, Deballasting, Tower Monitor, Fire Hydrant and Fresh Water

Service Lines for LDO Bunker, Furnace Oil Bunker and Lubricant Oil Bunker

The facilities include pumping at the rate of 3000 Tonnes per hour for Crude oil and 1000 Tonnes per hour for Petroleum Products.

Provision of Oil reception facilities in accordance with MARPOL convention for receiving oily ballast, sludge and slop.

Both the jetties are equipped with fire monitors

There is a separate fire fighting pump house with diesel and electrically driven pumps to supply fire hydrant and tower monitors.

Iron ORE Terminal (BD2 )Mechanised Ore handling Plant commissioned in 1977 at Bharathi Dock-II

Can handle Ore carriers of maximum size 1,45,000 DWT and LOA of 280.4 metres

Capacity - 8 Million Tonnes Per Annum

Loading rate - 6000 Tonnes per hour

Capable of receiving, stockpiling, reclaiming, weighing, sampling and ship loading

Ore handling facilities consists of two rotary wagon tipplers, ten lines of conveyors, two rail-mounted stackers, two rail-mounted bucket-wheel reclaimers and two rail-mounted shiploaders.

Equipped with automatic belt weigher, sampling facilities, self-contained maintenance workshop and a service station

Separate receiving line and shipping line, which can also function as interconnected system

Availability of two control rooms for the automatic operation of various equipment and conveyors.

Well connected rail lines

Back-up of 33 KV receiving sub-station

Ore Stock Yard - Capacity - 6.4 Lakh tonnes

Rotary Wagon Tippler can handle 1200 MT/hr at the rate of 20 wagons per hour

Receiving Conveyors (4 Nos.) can handle 1500 MT/hr/stream of two conveyors.

Shipping Conveyors (6 Nos.) can handle 4000 MT/hr/stream of three conveyors.

Rated capacity of Stackers - 1500 MT/hr each

Rated capacity of the Reclaimer - 3000 MT/hr each

Rated capacity of Shiploaders - 3000 MT/hr each

Container Terminal (CTB 1, CTB 2, CTB 3, CTB 4 ) CCTPL (Terminal - I) ---- Quay Length - 885m, Depth - 13.4m, Ground Slots - 3942, Yard Capacity - 19710, Reefer Plugs - 240, Quay Cranes - 7, RTG's - 24, ICD Trains - Daily.Container Terminal - 2 (M/s Chennai International Terminal Pvt.Ltd)Berths - SCB1, SCB2, SCB3CITPL (Terminal - II) ----Quay Length - 832m, Depth - 15.5m, Ground Slots - 5424, Yard Capacity - 27120, Reefer Plugs - 120, Quay Cranes - 3, RTG's - 10, ICD Trains - Daily.General Cargo TerminalBERTHNO. OF CRANESCAPACITY

WEST QUAY1115 T

WEST QUAY2115 T

CENTER BERTH115 T

WEST QUAY 3115 T

WEST QUAY 4110 T

SOUTH QUAY 1210 T-1No. 40 T-1 No

SOUTH QUAY 2----

SOUTH QUAY 3----

JAWAHAR DOCK 1110 T

JAWAHAR DOCK 3215 T

JAWAHAR DOCK 5 (PRIVATISED BERTH)BRSBRS

JAWAHAR DOCK 4 & 6----

Other FacilitiesCARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENTSL.NO.EQUIPMENTNUMBERSCAPACITY

1FLOATING CRANE1150 TONS

2MOBILE CRANE310 TONS.

3LOW CAPACITY DIESEL FORK-LIFT TRUCK103 TONS

4HIGH CAPACITY DIESEL FORK-LIFT TRUCK1010 TONS - 3 Nos

15 TONS - 5 Nos.

25 TONS - 2 Nos.

5PAYLOADER23 TONS

6DIESEL ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE14700HP - 12 Nos.

1400HP - 2 Nos.

Coal Conveyor (JD IV and JD VI)Semi mechanized closed conveyor system for coal handling comprises of two streams.

Commissioned on November 2009.

Capacity - 15 million MT/annum

Handling rated capacity - 1500 MT/Hr/stream

Coal discharged into the Hoppers located at JD IV and JD VI is conveyed to coal plots through conveyors/Tripper cars - Equipped with Belt Weigher.

Port History

The little fishing village called Chenna Patnam, which was founded in 1639, became prominent during the early part of the 18th Century when the East India Company was active on the East Coast. In the absence of the Harbour, the Company ships were anchored about quarter mile offshore and the cargo to and from the ships were transported through small lighters called Masula boats. As the loss of cargo while transporting through Masula boats was high, it was proposed to build a pier to berth larger crafts and an Iron screw pile pier was built in 1861 to a length of 1,100 ft., perpendicular to the shore during November 1881, due to violent cyclone over half a mile of breakwater was breached and equipments and human lives lost. Though there was a demand for relocating the entrance, the restoration was resumed in 1885.Port of Chennai (Madras then!) until the year 1875, was simply an open roadstead on open sandy coast swept by storms and occasional monsoons.Sir Francis Spring, the then Chairman of Madras Port Trust in 1904 created a new North-Eastern Entrance after closing the original Eastern Entrance to control the siltation of the channel in front of the basin. Subsequently Quays were constructed at different periods (i.e) South Quay-I in 1913, the five West Quay berths in 1916 to 1920, North Quay in 1931 and South Quay II in 1936 in the Inner Harbour which was later, christened as Dr. Ambedkar Dock.The official inauguration of the wet dock was done on 6th November 1964 by Shri. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Prime Minister of India. The dock was christened Jawahar Dock in memory of Shri. Jawaharlal Nehru, Indias first Prime Minister.The Bharathi Dock was originally constructed as an outer Harbour to handle vessels upto (-)16.2 M draft. An Oil jetty to handle Crude Oil imported by the Manali Oil Refinery (presently Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd) was constructed initially during the year 1970. An Iron Ore berth was constructed in the same dock in 1974 for exporting Iron Ore to Japan and other Far East countries. Subsequently one more oil jetty was constructed during the year 1985 to meet the additional demand for crude/productsIn 1970s the Madras Port Trust started handling containers in Inner Harbour and as the container traffic was increasing, a Container Terminal of 380 M length was constructed at Bharathi Dock during the year 1983 as a first full-fledged Container Hub of the Country with Container Storage Yard of 51,000 sq.m and a Container Freight Station of 6000 sq.m. area. The terminal was provided with two shore cranes and other shore facilities required for Container Terminal.Subsequently the terminal was further extended by 220 M during the year 1991 with additional two shore cranes and other matching infrastructural facilities. As the container traffic was constantly increasing the terminal was further extended by 285 M, during July 2002. This Container Terminal of 885 M total berth length with backup area was privatized under concessional agreement with M/s. Chennai Container Terminal Private Ltd., on BOT basis for 30 years from November 2001.Consequent to the renaming of the city of Madras as Chennai with effect from 30.9.1996, the Madras Port Trust has been renamed as Chennai Port Trust.With the number of car manufacturing companies located around Chennai, potential exists for large-scale car exports through pure car carriers (PCC) shipment. In fact shippers have already started from July, 2000 onwards.

Mission & Vision

MissionAchieve excellence in Port operations with State-of-the-Art technologies.

Enhance competence and enthuse workforce to maximize customer satisfaction.

Anticipate and adapt to the changing global scenario.

Act as a catalyst for sustained development of the Region.

VisionTo be recognized as a futuristic Port with foresight.

Quality PolicyProvide efficient, prompt, safe and timely services at optimum cost

Ensure quick turn round of vessels by providing facilities for efficient handling of cargo

Maintain total transparency in all our transaction.

Continually improve our services to meet the expectations of the port users, employees and the society

Port Details

Geographical LocationLatitude-13 06 N

Longitude-80 18 E

Climate-Tropical

Time-+5 Hrs. 30 Minutes

Temperature-30 C Max.18 C Min.

Annual Rainfall-About 125 Cms.

Spring Tides-1.2 Metres

Water Area-420.00 acres (169.97 hectares)

Land Area-586.96 acres (237.54 hectares)

Navigation ChannelEntrance ChannelSoil-Predominantly sandy and silt

Length of Channel-About 7 kilometres

Depth of Inner Channel-18.6m at chart datum

Depth of Outer Channel-19.2m at chart datum

Depth of Outer Channel-19.2m at chart datum

Swell Allowance-3.00 Metres.

Width of Channel-The width of channel gradually increases from 244m to 410m at the bent portion, then maintains a constant width of 305m

Total Length of BreakwaterInner HarbourEastern Breakwater-1325 m

Northern Breakwater-575 m

Outer HarbourEastern Breakwater-590 m

Northern Breakwater-460 m

Outer Arm-1000 m

Upper Pitch Revetment-950 m

Port EntrancesEntrance in Bharathi Dock-350 m

Entrance in Dr. Ambedkar Dock-125 m

Storage FacilitiesTransit Shed/over flow shed-7 Nos. - 30,693 sq.mts

Warehouse-5 Nos. - 30,138 sq.mts

Container Freight Station-3 Nos. - 40,644 sq.mts

Open space-3,84,611 sq.mts

Container parking Yard-2,50,600 sq.mts

Berth Details

Permissible Draft at Berthsason 18.01.2014Sl. No.Name of BerthPermissible Draft In MtrsRemarks

Dr. AMBEDKAR DOCK

1NQ8.50

2West Quay -111.00

3West Quay - 212.00

4Centre Berth12.00

5West Quay - III12.00

6West Quay - IV11.0011M upto 795 Mtrs.9.5M upto 810 mtrs.

7South Quay - 19.50

8South Quay - II9.50

92nd Container Terminal-I12.0

102nd Container Terminal-II12.0

112nd Container Terminal-III12.0

JAWAHAR DOCK

12J.D-111.50

13J.D-312.00

14J.D-512.00

15J.D-212.00

16J.D-411.00

17J.D-611.00

BHARATHI DOCK

18Bharathi Dock - 114.60

19Bharathi Dock - II16.50

20Bharathi Dock - III16.5017.0 M during HW

211st Container Terminal - I13.40

221st Container Terminal - II13.40

231st Container Terminal -III13.40

241st Container Terminal -IV13.40

Better infrastructure can boost productivity at container freight stationsT.E. RAJA SIMHANPRINTT+inShare1 Ads by GoogleIBPS Book PDF Download-Free Download IBPS Formulas, and Prepare Tips to Save Time in Examwww.talentsprint.com/BankCFS operators are confident that business will remain bullish' for the next ten years. But better facilities hold the key to their viability.April 1, 2012: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 theRs.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 CLEARANCEClearance 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 nearlyRs.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 POTENTIALThe market size for container logistics in the country is estimated atRs.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.INFRASTRUCTUREThe 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.raja@thehindu.co.in(This article was published on April 1, 2012)