Ports News
Port Sector Major Achievements:
2006-07
Major
Berth Development
Projects Completed:
·
Oil Jetty and Single Point Mooring (SPM) of 12 million tonne
per annum (MTPA) capacity at an estimated cost of Rs. 750
crore at Vadinar, Kandla Port Trust (KPT);
·
Third container Terminal, JNPT of 15.6 MTPA capacity at an
estimated cost of Rs. 900 crore;
·
SPM, IOC of 15 MTPA capacity at an estimated cost of Rs. 1178
crore at Paradip Port;
Channel
Deepening Projects:
·
Navigational Channel Phase I, KPT at an estimated cost of
Rs. 29.41 crore'
·
Inner Harbour First Stage, Visakhapatnam Port Trust at an
estimated cost of Rs. 21.5 crore;
Rail
Connectivity:
·
Visakhapatnam road connectivity project completed at an estimated
cost of Rs. 94 crore;
·
Two rail connectivity projects commissioned at Kandla an JN
Port at an estimated cost of Rs. 550 crore and Rs. 69 crore
respectively;
Sethusamundram
Ship Channel Project:
·
12.8 million Cubic metres dredged;
IT
Infrastruture:
·
Port Community System being implemented in all major ports
and switchover to paperless transaction by December 2007;
