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 126

years of glorious service to the nation’s 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.

India’s 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 port’s 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 country’s 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 developing its Second Container Terminal with a capacity to handle 1

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 32% of the

total volume of the cargo, 5343 rakes (292776 wagons) during 2007-08.

The port with three Docks, 23 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 57.15 Million tonnes of cargo registering an

increase of 7% over previous year. An increase of 20% in handling of cars from

137971 Units in the year 2007-08 when compared with 114756 Units in the year

2006-07 and an increase of 27% in handling of containers from 1128108 TEUs in

the year 2007-08 when compared with 885422 TEUs in the year 2006-07. The

long term plan for Chennai Port envisages that the Port will mainly handle 4C’s

i.e. Containers, Cars, Cruise and Clean Cargo.

Future Plans

Second Container terminal with a capacity of 1 miilion TEU’s per annum,

developed by PSA-SICAL.

Master plan for Port Railway, Realigning Rail and Road network.

Mechanized conveyor system for Coal to handle 9 MT.

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 TEU’s.

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

Vessel Productivity

  Graphical view 

Vessel PerformanceFrom 9/2/2010 06:00 to 10/2/2010 06:00

Berth VesselCommodit

y TypeQuantity in Tons On Date

Norms Reasons ETDM.Q / B.Q

Bal Upto Date

I II III Total

NQCGEO MILEV SPIPE I 1031 0 1031 346 0 0 346 2000

Vessel completed at 1230 hrs. on 09/02/10 and sailed.

WQ1 CAPE HUDSON

Proj I 2690 897 1793 381 583 258 1222 1200- 10/02/2010

WQ2 LENA Proj I 783 39 744 166 0 0 166 1200

Vessel completed at 0800 hrs. on 09/02/10 and sailed.

CQ0 EMERALD St.BAR I 4972 4057 915 0 396 519 915 2000Vessel 10/02/2010

SEA

was berthed only at 1235 hrs. on 09/02/10.

WQ3 KASHI ARROW

SUGAR I 49085 20129 28956 1744 1336 1936 5016 2000- 14/02/2010

SQ1 JAG VIKRAM

T.COAL I 27000 505 26495 4000 3000 1000 8000 12000Want of lorries.

10/02/2010

SQ2 OCEAN CONCORD

S.Coil I 7359 1439 5920 1216 1138 664 3018 2000- 15/02/2010

JD1HENG SHUN MEN

SULP I 4400 2950 1450 250 400 700 1350 2400Want of lorries. 11/02/2010

JD3 OSM ARENA

Dolomite I 42220 3520 38700 1500 2000 2500 6000 5500- 10/02/2010

JD5 NASCO GEM(BRS)

SCoal I 35000 16000 19000 5000 5000 5000 15000 10000- 12/02/2010

JD4 UBT GULF C.POIL I 3500 0 3500 800 1200 1100 3100 3000-

BD1JAG PRAGATI FOIL I 10089 0 10089 0 1789 0 1789 6000

Vessel completed at 2015 hrs. on 09/02/10 and sailed.

BD1 JAG PRAGATI

LSHS I 7524 0 7524 0 3524 0 3524 6000

BD3 JAG PAHEL

MSO I 20400 1400 19000 0 0 5700 5700 6000

Due to slow pumping rate.

10/02/2010

mission & Vision

OUR MISSION

Achieve 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. 

OUR VISION

To be recognized as a futuristic Port with foresight.

QUALITY POLICY

Provide 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 of the and 

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

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, India’s 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/products

In 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.

Facilities @ Port

Oil Terminals (BD1 & BD3)

Oil berth at Bharathi Dock-I commissioned in 1972 can handle tankers up to

100,000 DWT

Another one commissioned in 1986 at Bharathi Dock-III 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.

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 Terminals (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 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 )

General Cargo Terminal

BERTH NO. OF CRANES CAPACITY

WEST QUAY11 10 T

WEST QUAY21 15 T

CENTER BERTH1 15 T

WEST QUAY 31 15 T

WEST QUAY 41 15 T

SOUTH QUAY 12 10 T-1No. 50 T-1 No

SOUTH QUAY 2-- --

SOUTH QUAY 3-- --

JAWAHAR DOCK 11 10 T

JAWAHAR DOCK 3 3 10 T

JAWAHAR DOCK 5 (PRIVATISED BERTH) BRS BRS

JAWAHAR DOCK 4 & 6-- --

Other Facilities

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT

SL.NO. EQUIPMENT NUMBERS

CAPACITY

1 FLOATING CRANE 1150 TONS

2 MOBILE CRANE 3 10 TONS. 

3 LOW CAPACITY DIESEL FORK-LIFT TRUCK 103 TONS

4 HIGH CAPACITY DIESEL FORK-LIFT TRUCK 10 10 TONS - 3 Nos 15 TONS - 5 Nos.2 TONS - 2 Nos.

5 PAYLOADER 23  TONS

6 DIESEL ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE 14 700HP - 12 Nos.1400HP - 2 Nos.

Coal Conveyor (JD IV and JD VI)

Semi mechanized closed conveyor system for coal handling comprises of two streams.

One stream commissioned on 07.02.2009.

Other stream erection work completed - Likely to be commissioned by end of July 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/Tipper cars - Equipped with Belt Weigher.

 

Highlights

Chennai Port is a ISPS Compliant Port

Chennai Port Trust awarded with Certification of ISO 14001 : 2004

21 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 0.9 Hrs

Average turnover 2.4 Days

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 activity  under process.

Excellent Rail Connectivity

Excellent Road Connectivity

 

Organizational Structure

Chairman's Office

Vigilance Department

General Administration Department

  Mechanical And Electrical Engineering Department

Traffic Department

Stores Department

Engineering Department

Marine Department

Finance Department

Medical Department

 

Office of the Chairman/Dy. Chairman of Chennai Port Trust

Name &Designation Email Address

Telephone Details

OfficeDock 

Exchange (Internal)

Residence

Number Exttn

Capt. Subhash Kumar,Chairman cpt@chennaiport.gov.in

25361086,25362201 2500 3222

Deputy Chairman          dycpt@chennaiport.gov.in

25361720,25362201 2501 3246  

Shri.S.P.Rajalakshmi,P.S to Chairman

  25362201 2500 3222

Shri.C.L.Dhanasekaran,P.A to Chairman

  25362201 2500 3222

Shri.V.K.Mahendra  BabuP.A to Dy.Chairman

  25362201 2500 3246 25385846

Shri.N.Balaji,Steno to Dy. Chairman

  25362201 2501 3246  22234923

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Vigilance Department

Name &Designation Email Address

Telephone Details

OfficeDock 

Exchange

(Internal)

Residence

NumberExtt

n

Shri. B.S.Raghunathan,I.C.A.SChief Vigilance Officer

cvo@chennaiport.gov.in 

 25392259,

25362201

2644

3944 22473518

Shri. S.Arulalan,Deputy Chief Vigilance Officer

dycvo@chennaiport.gov.in

25362201,

25384213

2515

3364 25382850

Commercial Advantages

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 cranes

A 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 cargoes

C & F Levy for bulk cargoes, ore & timeber logs reduced to 3.75/MT

C & F Levy will be collected through Import Applicaton when actual deployment

of labour for C & F operations are there

The TERMINAL HANDLING CHARGES at Chennai Port’s 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 Port’s 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 Exporters

This has significant bearing on the Port’s 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 basis

Demurrage 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 thereof

100% waiver of heavy lift charges on Export of Raw Granite Blocks

Preferential allotment of space for storage of export cargo

For 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

charged

The 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 thereof

Heavy lift charges on export of Raw Granite Blocks is waived

Preferential allotment of space for storage of export cargo

To attract agricultural products, Port has introduced a reduced Tariff of Rs. 7.50/-

per tonne for the Export of bagged Sugar, Wheat and Rice

When 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/delivered

To facilitate export of iron ore through Chennai Port, Iron Ore Pellets & Lumps are

being allowed to be exported through Jawahar Dock.

Facilities for Importers

Import Counters for filing Import Applications are kept open on all Board Holidays

except on Board’s 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 CARGOES

When 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.

Major Ongoing Projects

Chennai-Ennore Port road connectivity project (formerly EMRIP) (on going scheme)

Current estimated cost - Rs.600 Crores

Project road network covering 30.1 km.

o Ennore Expressway – 6.0 kms

o Thiruvotriyur Ponneri Pancheti Road – 9 Km.

o Manali Oil Refinery Road – 5.4 kms.

o Northern segment of Inner Ring Road – 8.1 Km.

o ChPT Fishing Harbour Road - 1.6 km

o Shore protection measures along the Ennore coast. (groin field comprising 13 groins of which 10 completed)

o R&R Structures for 1824 Project Affected Families to be allotted shortly.

SPV comprising NHAI , ChPT, EPL and GOTN constituted for project execution.

Current status

o Contract for shore protection work (10 Nos of Groins) have been completed.

o Contract to be awarded shortly for TPP Road four laning, MOR road, northern segment of Inner Ring Road, 1.6 Km stretch from Chennai Port Gate No.1 to Ennore Expressway (inside Fishing Harbour) and 3 additional groins.

Project completion by early 2012.

Development of a Ro-Ro Car Terminal

Ro-Ro Berth (300 m. long , 30 m wide and 12 m. deep) at southern end of Container Terminal (BD) by Port. Estimated cost : Rs.50 crores

Multi-level car park over 10000 sq.m. of land and of capacity 5000 cars to be constructed by BOT operator – Est Cost Rs.80 crores.

Additional parking area (36000 sq,m.) to be developed at back-up areas of Timber Pond and Boat Basin by dismantling unused structures.

Project completion likely by end of 2012.

Chennai Mega Container Terminal

Estimated Cost – Rs.3686 crores.

Infrastructure to be developed north of existing Bharathi Dock

o Two new breakwaters (total length 4.5 Km.)

o Continuous quay length of 2 KM with 22 m. alongside depth (ultimate)

o Basin area 300 hectares and back up area 100 hectares.

Can handle ultra large container ships of capacity over 15000 TEUs and length 400 m.

Will be the first deep water terminal of its kind in India.

Project Development proposed on BOT basis with cost of dredging, floating crafts and navigational aids (Rs.561 cr) to be borne by Chennai Port. BOT operator will invest on berth & breakwater construction, reclamation of backup area, handling equipment and other landside infrastructure (Rs.3125 cr)

Rated capacity 4 million TEUs per annum.

RFQ offers opened in March, 09 and 9 offers were received. Short-listing of applicants after receipt of security clearance from Govt. of India.

Parallel action being taken up with Ministry for placing proposal before PPPAC.

Project to become operational by 2015.

Integrated Dry Port & Multi-modal Logistics Hub near SriperambudurSEZ

Estimated Cost – only after allotment of land and finalization of proposal

Proposed components – ICD / Off dock CFS, Container Yard, Rail & Road connectivity to National Rail & Road network, Trade Centre, warehouses for containerized cargos like leather garments, Textiles, Automotive components & Electronic hardware.

Discussions under way with GoTN for allotment of about 100 acres of land for developing the facility.

Off-dock CFS will have onsite Customs Clearance facility.

Facility to be offered for development through PPP route on 30 year concession

Off Dock facility at Tondiarpet Housing Colony

Estimated Cost - Rs.8.00 crores.

Development of facility with rail connectivity in an area of about 9 hectares after dismantling old units.

A railway link will be provided from Colony to Port .

Proposal under finalization through M/s. RITES.

National Maritime Development Scheme

Chennai Port is contemplating to carry out the following Major Projects. 

 Second Container Terminal at EQ and SQ III.

Estimated cost: Rs.495 crores.

License awarded to PSA - SICAL Consortium through open tender.

Operator to construct 832 m, long berth with 15.5 m.alongside depth.

Back up area 35 hectares (including 7.8 hectares to be reclaimed by ChPT)

Revenue share offered 45.801 % and 30 year license agreement signed on

7.3.07.

Project operational from June, 09.

Capacity of Terminal is 1 million TEUs per annum.

Dedicated Elevated Expressway from Chennai Port to Maduravoyal 

Estimated Cost - Rs.1655cr. (Civil Works–Rs.1345cr; & R&R– Rs.310 cr.) 

Starts from War Memorial gate of Chennai Port and runs upto Maduravoyal

for a length of 19.01 kms.

Runs along Cooum river bank upto Koyambedu and along NH 4 thereafter.

Project proponents are NHAI, ChPT and GoTN.

ChPT and GOTN will equally share the cost of LA and R&R

Proposal included under NHDP Phase VII and BOT tender awarded to Soma

Enterprise Ltd., Hyderabad in Jan, 2009.

Foundation Stone laid by the Hon’ble PM on 8.1.09.

Concession period – 15 years (incl. Construction period of 3 yrs.)

Project is likely to be commissioned in February 2012.

Modernisation Of Chennai Port

Estimated Cost – Rs.200 crores

Stage I work for realigning rail and road network inside the harbour in

progress.(estimated cost Rs.40 crores)

Mechanized coal conveyor system (Est. cost - Rs.43 crores) from JD to Coal

Yard commissioned in Feb. 09 and will improve productivity.

Railway Master Plan for Port being finalized by M/s.RITES.

Overall project completion by 2012.

Creation Of Additional Storage Open Area By Reclamation.

Estimated cost - Rs.200 crores

Stage I work behind EQ in progress (8 hectares).

Stage II work near gate No.1 (originally planned in 60 hectares) will be

taken up subsequently and will form part of the Mega Terminal. 

Deepening of Channels, Basins and Berths

Estimated Cost – Rs.143 crores.

Stage I work covering Modernization of JD Berths for deepening to –14 m

CD (Estimated Cost - Rs.38 crores) nearing completion.

Capital dredging initially at Ambedkar Dock; work at Jawahar Dock and

Bharathi Dock will follow.

Berths at S.Q I, II and N.Q. will be taken up for modernization shortly.

Overall project completion likely by 2011-12.