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MAY 2019

KRISHNAPATNAM

The magazine for employees, customers and stakeholders

Interview with Mr Dhanunjayalu Divisional Railway Manager South Central Railway

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BUSINESS

Improved cargo mobility

PROJECT CARGO: WIND MILL BLADES

Mind Blowing Volume Surges

TRANSSHIPMENT

LIQUID CARGO

IN CONVERSATION

DARE TO DREAM KPCL group companies take an

introspective journey to review the progress and plan for scaling new heights

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CONTENTSMAY 2019

10TRANSSHIPMENT Volume SurgesIn keeping with the exim trade’s increasing clamour for Indian cargoes to be handled at Indian ports instead of being transshipped at the neighbouring ports of Colombo, Singapore, Port Kelang, etc, Krishnapatnam Port has been offering shipping lines efficient transshipment services since 2017.

11INFRASTRUCTURE Zero Downtime!Recently commissioned Automatic Rapid Wagon Loading System at port will make loading fast and efficient.

12IN CONVERSATION Improved Cargo MobilitySouth Central Railways is implementing a slew of projects to improve connectivity to ports and the hinterland. Mr Dhanunjayalu, Divisional Railway Manager, South Central Railway details on the infrastructure upgrade that has helped them in handling 50% more cargo over the previous year.

08AWARDS Krishnapatnam Port Bags Two AwardsKrishnapatnam Port has bagged the ‘Bulk Port of the Year’ award for the second consecutive year in 2018. The port raised the performance bar higher recording a throughput of 34.83 million tonnes of dry bulk, 1.28 million tonnes of break bulk and 1.63 million tonnes of liquid cargo in FY-2017-18.

KPCL group companies take an introspective journey to review the progress and plan for scaling new heights.

STARTREK35

14LIQUID CARGOSolid Infra for Fluid BusinessIndia’s dependence on liquid bulk cargoes is forecasted to increase in the next five years, particularly petroleum, oils, edible oils and other petrochemicals.

28 TECH TALK New Era of Intelligent Port In the broadest sense, the term IoT encompasses everything connected to the internet, but it is increasingly being used to define objects that “talk” to each other.

33 GROUP PROJECTSPolavaram Project enters Guiness World RecordsNavayuga Engineering Company created two Guiness World Records - one for the ‘most concrete continuously poured’ and second for the ‘largest continuous pour’.

45 KPCL GOLDEN EAGLES ANOTHER AMAZING SEASON

26EDUCATION

NWS The FountainheadA new era of education – a new dawn of learning arrives at Nellore as the Navayuga World School (NWS)! The first of its kind in the region, the Navayuga World School is promoted by the Krishnapatnam Port.

22CUSTOMER STORY: BULKPaving the Way to Smart LogisticsFlyash based grinding unit set-up by Penna Cements at Krishnapatnam Port is another testimony to how the port-based industrial units can hugely contribute to the savings in time and cost there by increasing the market competitiveness.

20INVESTMENTBoosting Rail ConnectivitySagarmala investment in Krishnapatnam Rail Company helps in faster development of Rail corridor connecting Obulavaripalli and Krishnapatnam Port.

18 PROJECT CARGO: WIND MILL BLADESMind BlowingWind is a clean source of renewable energy that produces no air or water pollution. And since the wind is free, input costs are nearly zero once a turbine is erected.

DARE TO DREAM

KRISHNAPATNAM PORT OFFICEMr Anil YendluriDirector & CEOP.O. Bag No. 1, Muthukur, Dist. Nellore - 524 344Andhra Pradesh, IndiaT: +91 861 2377 999, +91 970 4123 987 / 989F: +91 861 2377 046E: secretarytoceo@ krishnapatnamport.com

MUMBAIMr Ajish SomanAssistant General Manager 603, 6th Floor, Universal MajesticGhatkopar-Mankhurd Link RoadChembur (W), Mumbai - 400 043Maharashtra, India.T: +91 22 2551 5789M: +91 98332 11976E: ajishsoman@ krishnapatnamport.com

KOLKATAMr Pallab ChatterjeeManager - MarketingNavayuga Engineering Co. LtdMatrix Tower, DN-24, 5th floor Salt Lake, Sector V Land Mark: College More Kolkata - 700091T: +91 33 40044060/61/62 F:+91 33 40044069, M: +9190002 33436E: [email protected]

CHENNAIMr Mohammed ImranParamount Plaza, 2nd Floor, No.47 Mahatma Gandhi RoadNungambakam High RoadNungambakkam, Chennai - 600 034T: +9144-43561232, F: +91 44 4356 1207M: +91 96185 73789E: [email protected]

BRAND COMMUNICATIONSMr Johnson Martis ManagerM: +91 77389 89161 E: [email protected]

HYDERABAD & BANGALOREMr Santhosh P KumarSenior Manager - Marketing 4th floor, Divine Banjara AMNRoad No. 12, Venkateshwara Colony,Banjara Hills Hyderabad 500 034 Telangana, India.T: +91 040 6799 6799M +91 95387 44255E: [email protected]

DELHIMr Ghanshyam SoniManager - MarketingA-9, Qutab Institutional AreaU.S.O Road , Jeet Sing Marg New Delhi, Delhi 110067T: +91 11 4989 6789M: +91 99711 13969E: [email protected]

CHENNAIMr Vivek NairGM - MarketingParamount Plaza, 2nd Floor, No.47 Mahatma Gandhi RoadNungambakam High RoadNungambakkam, Chennai - 600 034T: +9144-43561232, F: +91 44 4356 1207M: +91 87544 10789E: [email protected]

HYDERABADMr Mohan GavirneniDGM - MarketingPlot No. 379, Road No. 10 Jubliee Hills, Hyderabad - 500 033 Telangana, IndiaT: +91 40 4455 7789, F: +91 40 2355 7789M: +91 90002 19789E: [email protected]

BENGALURUMr Tom JosephDGM - Marketing212, Domlur 2nd Stage,1st Main Road Next to Hotel Bhagini PalaceESI Hospital Road, IndiranagarBangalore - 560 071, Karnataka, IndiaT: +91 80 4668 9789, M: +91 98450 84254E: tom.j@ krishanpatnamport.com

VISAKHAPATNAM & KAKINADACapt Bijay ShekharGeneral Manager - Marketing1st Floor, 48-9-17, DwarakanagarVisakhapatnam - 530 016Andhra Pradesh, IndiaM: +91 91006 24455E: [email protected]

NAGPURMr Kirtiraj Narendra DhawunjewarExecutive - MarketingShirji House, Plot No.392nd Floor, Kotwal Nagar, Nagpur - 440 022M: +91 99237 98771E: [email protected]

SEOULMr Harsha Ravi+82 [email protected]

SHANGHAIMr Sathwik Gummadi+86 [email protected]

HONG KONGMr Vertika Samar+852 [email protected]

DUBAI Ms Gabrijela NikolicManager - Marketing, UAE Sharaf Building, P.O. Box 576, Bur DubaiDubai - United Arab EmiratesM (UAE): +971 55 3569437E: [email protected]

CUSTOMER SERVICE - CONTAINERMr M Chandra Sekhar BabuAsst GM - Customer RelationsP.O. Bag No. 1, Muthukur Dist. Nellore - 524 344, Andhra Pradesh M: +91 80085 00610E: [email protected]

SINGAPORETaylor RamseyManager - MarketingKrishnaptnam Port Pvt Ltd20 Cecil Street, #12-04 Equity PlazaSingapore - 049 705T: +65 6438 4390, F: +65 6438 1790M: +65 9239 5946 E: [email protected]

GUNTURMr Praveen SAGM - MarketingFlat No. 102, Vignan TowersRamannapeta, 1st Lane, Guntur - 522 007 Andhra Pradesh, IndiaT: +91 863 224 7789, M: +91 91009 07236E: [email protected]

DELHIMr Amit Dhawan General Manager - MarketingM-3, 3rd floor, Hauz Khas,Sri. Aurobindo MargNew Delhi - 110 016, IndiaT: +91 11 4949 6789 M: +91 98113 13689E: [email protected]

MUMBAIMr Vaibhav Joshi Manager - Marketing603, 6th floor, Universal Majestic Ghatkopar - Mankhund Link RoadChembur (W), Mumbai - 400 043Maharashtra, IndiaT: +91 22 2551 5165, M: +9198194 96313 E: [email protected]

CORPORATE OFFICEPlot No. 379, Road No. 10, Jubilee HillsHyderabad - 500 033, Telangana, IndiaT: +91 40 4455 7789F: +91 40 2355 7789

Mr P MaheshHead - Marketing, M: +91 80082 35235E: [email protected]

REGISTERED OFFICE1st Floor, 48-9-17, DwarakanagarVisakhapatnam - 530 016, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaT: +91 891 2754 602 / 2747 335 / 2748 084F: +91 891 2747 362E: [email protected]: U45203AP1996PLC023529

BULK CARGO MARKETING CONTAINERS

24/7 CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM - BULK+91 80081 [email protected]

Did you know that you can contact us 24 hours a day x 7 days a week?P.O. Bag No. 1, Muthukur, Dist. Nellore - 524 344 Andhra Pradesh, IndiaTel: +91 861 2377 999 / 970 4123 987 / 989 Fax: +91 861 2377 046

24/7 CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM - CONTAINERS +91 80086 12345 [email protected]

CONTACT US

04 PORTFOLIO / MAY 2019

LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD

With so much happening at our port, first quarter of this year flew by too fast. Of all the events organised, the most noteworthy and personally for me most satisfying was Startrek. This annual congregation of all our group

companies, a dream project of mine, was catapulted into a different orbit this year with the kind support of our Managing Director Sri Sasidhar.

I always believed that an ever-growing and vibrant organisation like Krishnapatnam Port should focus on building human capital and nurture the entrepreneurial qualities to build the leaders and prepare them for future. With this objective in mind, in 2017 the first edition of StarTrek took off at the port. This year when Managing Director decided to hold the second edition in Dubai, the entire event has taken a different spin and ended as the most fruitful, enjoyable and memorable event. You will read more about this two-day extravaganza which has seen a series of serious presentations, interactions among group companies, site visits and lots of fun. This exercise has undoubtedly ignited the spirits of both participants and non-participants.

Another significant development is commencement of Navayuga World School, yet another noble and passionate initiative of our Managing Director. This school will herald a new era in education with integrated curriculum to empower each child to maximise his/her potential.

From bringing this first ship after 18 months of laying foundation to building the largest breakwaters, Our Chairman’s vision was turned into reality by our Managing Director Sri Sasidhar Chinta, making this as the largest gateway port on the east coast of India in the shortest time. We have spent the past 10 years with a focused, well designed plan to grow, adding infrastructure ahead of demand, setting innovative business practices, improving the service quality and creating livelihoods for the communities around. We take pride in not only creating a vibrant regional economy, but also in contributing to the state’s and nation’s economy.

While we certainly enjoyed what we have accomplished, we thrive in the excitement of moving forward and seeing all our employees, customers and stakeholders enjoy what we’re creating. We don’t often take time to reflect on how far we have come. Once one project is complete, there is always something new to tackle.

It is indeed a fulfilling journey of 10 years to be part of a Port that redefined India’s maritime landscape!

Best wishes,

ANIL YENDLURIDirector & CEO

[email protected]

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Republic Day Celebrations at Port

Navaneeta Homeopathy Clinic at Port Navaneetha Homeopathy clinic was inaugurated inside the CVR Complex. This treats people with chronic illnesses particularly those that cannot be treated by any other form of medicines. The programme was launched by Dr. Ramesh, a deeply passionate and dedicated human being who has been providing similar service to lakhs of patients at his clinic near Visakhapatnam. Here, at port he will be treating the rural communities in the vicinity of port along with port employees and students. He is assisted by a well-trained team. Dr. Suresh and Dr. Anusha can treat about 20 to 50 patients everyday which includes health check-up, treatment, providing free medicines. This clinic in future will be taking up follow-up medical advice to patients and conduct awareness programmes in schools and villages.

Eye CampsHR department recently orgnaised an eye-camp for the employees of Navayuga Container Terminal where a specialised team of renowned ophthalmologists and eye-surgeons from Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospitals checked employees for eye-related disorders and counselled the participants on eye-care. About 295 members were examined by Dr Mamatha D and supervised by Eye Specialists and Refractionists from Agarwal’s group in the two-day camp.

In another camp, organised in association with Vasan Eye Care Hospitals, over 130 employees from NCT were examined. Eye Specialist Dr Ramakrishna sensitised the patients about the importance of regular eye check-up, and offered tips on care and protection of eyes. They also advised the participants about the special care required while spending long hours in front of computers and long exposure to sun.

Health initiatives at Port


With an aim to spread joy and happiness, The HR department organised first ever Dandiya event during Dussera at admin building. All the employees were invited to the event. The celebrations started by offering prayers to Goddess Durga and then performing Dandiya. A group of women employees danced the rhythmic manner to mark the dandiya celebrations. Food and game stalls were orgnaised by Daspalla and Hampi teams. The event was filled with fun and frolic. Prizes were given under different categories to the participants.

New National FlagHampi on Wheels

MAA KPCL

“Dancing with feet is one thing but dancing with the heart is another”

DandiyaEmployee Engagement

MAA KPCL EVENTs are guided by the saying “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation” The events are initiated by top management and hosted by HR Department. Maa KPCL events are innovative, fun filled entertainment evenings engaging employees with music, dance and games to re-energise and reconnect them as team.

So, what makes this year’s – event season different? In addition to fun and entertainment “Employee Suggestion System” was included. Under this an half hour session is given to participants make suggestions relating to their work. Best suggestions would be rewarded and acted upon.

Recently two MAA KPCL events were organised for group companies – East Coast Logistics Pvt Ltd and Equinox.

As a symbol of strength and unity a New National Flag was hoisted on a 60 ft height poll at the port by Sri Vinod Joshi, Zonal Head of Punjab National Bank.

Hampi Foods started innovative mobile canteen outlets which move around the port at regular intervals and supply snacks and sell food items. This food truck equipped to cook and serve food. Some of the items sold on this truck are ice cream, soft beverages, bakery products, frozen and packaged food; cakes, samosa, tea, puffs, sandwiches, hamburgers, french fries etc.

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HR Department taking suggestion from an employee

KRISHNAPATNAM PORT BAGS TWO AWARDSKrishnapatnam Port has bagged the ‘Bulk Port of the Year’ award

for the second consecutive year in 2018. The port raised the performance bar higher recording a throughput of 34.83 million tonnes of dry bulk, 1.28 million tonnes of break bulk and 1.63 million tonnes of liquid cargo in FY-2017-18. With a capacity utilisation of 52.48 per cent, Krishnapatnam Port has recorded performance indicators which prove it to be better than the best. The port has managed to maintain average turnaround time of 4 days and average pre-berthing detention time of 2 days. The port has recorded 20 per cent growth in average output per ship berth day in FY2017-18 over FY 2016-17 in million tonnes.

Navayuga Container Terminal (Formerly Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal) bagged the ‘Container Terminal of the Year’ award in the ‘below 0.6 million TEUs’ category. The terminal handled a remarkable 2,23,000 TEUs in imports and 2,56,552 TEUs in exports, including transhipment, during the assessment period. The terminal leads in moving transhipment cargo on the east coast with volumes of 2,12,466 TEUs transhipped in FY2017-18. With an installed capacity of 1.2 million TEUs the terminal has always been in the forefront for promoting the government’s vision to increase movement of cargo through the coastal route. During FY2017-18 the terminal had handled 19,518 TEUs of coastal cargo.

Sri C Sasidhar, Managing Director, Krishnapatnam Port receiving Indian Sub Continent Maritime Award at the Seatrade Maritime Awards, Dubai.

AWARDS

Mr Anil Yendluri, Director & CEO, Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd receiving the award from Sanjay Bandopadhyaya, Addl Secretary, Ministry of Shipping Govt of India; Capt Sunil Thapar, CEO - Shipping Services, Allcargo Logistics Ltd is also seen in the picture

(L to R) Vivek Kele, Director, Teamglobal Logistics; Sanjay Bandopadhyaya, Addl Secretary, Ministry of Shipping Govt of India; Capt Bijoy, Mr Vivek Nair, Mr Mohan G and Mr jithendra Nimmagadda, COO, NCT


CONTRIBUTION TO KERALA RELIEF FUND

NAVAYUGA CONTAINER TERMINAL CROSSES 500,000 TEU MILESTONE

Kerala was severely affected by floods last year.

During the month of August 2018, the state of Kerala suffered its worst monsoon flooding in a century, with more than one million people displaced, and more than 400 reported deaths in two weeks time. Aid agencies and government groups had set up more than 4,000 relief camps, while rescue personnel made their way to submerged villages in helicopters and boats, bringing supplies, and evacuating those they can find. Weeks of heavy rainfall had caused dams to open their floodgates, triggered landslides in the mountains, and swamped the coastal regions of Kerala.We, the employees of Krishnapatnam Port and Associate Companies thought of extending a small helping hand towards Kerala.

A Demand Draft of `25,00,000/- was presented to Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala Shri P. Vijayan towards “KERALA CM DISTRESS RELIEF FUND”. This amount was donated by our employees and we are thankful to all.

Navayuga Container Terminal (NCT) reached an important milestone on

27th March 2019, by handling 500,000 TEU for the first time in a Financial Year 18-19. The half-millionth TEU was handled on vessel M.V. SSL Kutch.

NCT witnessed stellar volume growth of almost 9-fold increase in the 5-year period starting from a modest 58,577 TEUs in FY 2013-14.

Commenting on the development, Mr. Anil Yendluri, Director & CEO, Krishnapatnam Port Co. Ltd. said, “NCT has taken giant strides in getting established as a Transshipment Hub on the East Coast of India and we are working towards making it the Hub port in the Bay of Bengal.”

Draft being handed over to the Hon’le Chief Minister of Kerala – Shri P Vijayan by our Dy General Manager (HR) – Mr Anurag Mishra & Mr Rajeev R on September 28, 2018.

With the objective of creating awareness of NCT’s commitment

to the Hyderabad Trade and its successful run of weekly train service between ‘ICD Sanathnagar’ and ‘Krishnapatnam Port’, NCT had organised a joint meeting with CONCOR in Hyderabad.

Mr Azhar Shams, Group General Manager (International Marketing), Mr Ravi, Chief General Manager, CONCOR, addressed the queries of the shippers/liners and assured the trade that CONCOR will be running a weekly rail from ‘ICD SNF’ to NCT irrespective of the volumes.

NCT is the closest terminal to ICD Sanathnagar and the CONCOR rail tariff to Krishnapatnam is lower than ICD SNF to JNPT. Customers will benefit from lower cost and faster transit to Krishnapatnam.

As Maersk has a direct eastbound product as well as the Salalah shuttle deployed at NCT and other East bound (China) services are provided by ZIM & Hyundai, many Hyd Shippers are keen to use NCT.

The meeting evoked a positive response from the trade.

NCT FOR EAST BOUND CARGO


Mr. Jithendra Nimmagadda, Chief Operating Officer, NCT commented “Reaching this milestone would not have been possible without the strong partnerships forged with Shipping Lines wherein by working together we assure the speed, transparency, and fluidity our Shippers have come to expect from NCT.” He further added, “We are further expanding our terminal capacity from 1.2 Million TEUs to 2 Million TEUs by the end of 2019 to be ahead of the demand.”

Commenting on this milestone, Ms. Vinita Venkatesh, Director, NCT said “This milestone paves the way to achieve One million TEUs in the near future by providing customer-centric services”.


Volume Surges

he global container shipping company, Maersk Line, was quick to take up this new initiative and began

transshipping its containers from China / Korea / Far East at Krishnapatnam for final destination Kolkata and Haldia. Other liners followed suit and soon Hyundai Merchant Marine, Zim / Goldstar, SCI and many NVOCCs began transshipment operations at Krishnapatnam.

Shreyas Shipping was encouraged by the response and expanded its range of services and is today running no less than 3 feeder loops from NCT (Navayuga Container Terminal) at Krishnapatnam to connect with Kolkata, Haldia, Vizag, Pradeep, Kakinada, Tuticorin on the East coast as well as Cochin, Mangalore, Mundra, Kandla, Hazira and Nhava Sheva on the west coast. With this network, Shreyas Shipping and NCT can provide transhipment services to mainline vessels calling at Krishnapatnam.

The pioneering initiative of waiver of cabotage restrictions on exim cargo along the Indian coast, at once opened to foreign flag operators the opportunity to ply their vessels between two Indian ports, facilitating transhipment

operations. The decision of the Govt of India to waive cabotage restrictions has added a fillip to the transhipment volume handled by NCT, Krishnapatnam Port.

NCT at Krishnapatnam Port was the first terminal on the east coast of India chosen by the foreign flag carrier Xpress Feeders of Singapore to deploy a transhipment feeder under the new relaxed regime for transhipment. Xpress now operates 3 vessels from NCT to Kolkata which are specially made to suit the low water depth at Kolkata port.

All the transhipment feeders together offer 5 feeder services per week at NCT, Krishnapatnam. Due to this, transhipment volume at the terminal has grown steadily from 13000 TEUs average transhipment volume per month in the first quarter of current financial year to 17, 200 TEUs by second quarter, and in the third quarter to an average of 21,300 TEUs per month. In the month of January 2019 the transhipment volumes were 25,362 TEUs the transhipment volume at NCT, Krishnapatnam accounts for 55.13 pct of total throughput which is the industry norm for transhipment cargo handling ports in the south east asia region.

In keeping with the exim trade’s increasing clamour for Indian cargoes to be handled at Indian ports instead of being transshipped at the neighbouring ports of Colombo, Singapore, Port Kelang, etc, Krishnapatnam Port has been offering shipping lines efficient transshipment services since 2017.

In response to the trade need for transhipment facilities, Krishnapatnam port extended its quay length at the container terminal by 150 m to provide an exclusive coastal berth where coastal vessels can berth without window timings and use the ship’s gear to load / discharge in addition to the handling by the shore -based MHC.

Going forward, the port has announced a total extended quay length of 900m with 3 new SPP quay cranes, thus bringing the total number of QCs to 8. The expansion will be complete by the 4th quarter of 2018-19. With the enhanced infrastructure, the terminal capacity will increase from the current 1.2m TEU to a capacity of 2m TEU.

Although the current volume at NCT, Krishnapatnam is at 0.6m TEU and sufficient capacity for growth is already available, the decision to invest additional CAPEX ahead of demand is with the objective of ensuring that sufficient quay length and handling infrastructure is available for the numerous mainline services and coastal feeder operators looking to hub transhipment operations at NCT, Krishnapatnam.

QUICK FACTS

27,428 TEUs Transshipment volume in January 2019

XPress feeders operating three vessel from NCT to Kolkata

Five feeder services per week

Transshipment is 55.13 per cent of total throughput

TRANSSHIPMENT

wagon loading system is devised for fast and efficient loading of the material

into the waiting wagons. Wagon loading system is a critical point in the value chain of the operations, and as such there is no room for downtime as this can lead to significant revenue loss. This system is designed to load safely, efficiently and accurately while maximising the use of the capacity in each wagon.

Rapid wagon loading system is a mechanised system which discharges coal into wagons when the train is in motion. The rake of wagons is hauled at a uniform creep speed of 0.67 km/hr below the wagon loading station by means of a diesel loco, during the loading operation. The method of discharge into the wagons is through a swing chute, with which the feed rate and discharge angle can be adjusted.

The system is capable of loading a rake of 59 wagons

in One Hour. Each wagon in the rake can be loaded up to a pay load of 67 T. Therefore, the total rake can be loaded up to a capacity of ~3900T.

In addition to the Automatic Wagon Loading Station, the following allied infrastructure have also been successfully commissioned.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Recently commissioned Automatic Rapid Wagon Loading System at port will make loading fast and efficient.

HOW DOES IT WORK?The Cargo, essentially coal in this context, is received through Vessels and is unloaded by means of two Ship Unloaders at Berth 7/8. Each Ship Unloader can unload at a maximum capacity of 2000 Tonnes per hour. Therefore, effectively, coal is unloaded from the vessel at 4000 Tonnes per hour. These Ship Unloaders in turn feed the unloaded coal into a mechanised stream of belt conveyors.

The belt conveyors carry cargo at 4000 tons per hour as received from the Ship Unloaders. The conveyed coal is then stacked in coal stockpiles through use of stacker-cum-reclaimers or by-passed and is discharged into coal silos. The total capacity of the stockpiles is 0.75 million metric tonnes.

Coal is reclaimed from the stockpiles by means of Stacker cum Reclaimers or Reclaimers or both each with reclaiming capacity of 2500 Tonnes per Hour. The conveyors after the stockpiles can convey the reclaimed coal at a rate of 5000 Tonnes per hour. The reclaimed coal is then fed into silos of capacity 2500 T. There are two such silos, both connected to the conveyor network. Below each Silo lies the rapid wagon loading system which discharges coal into a moving rake.

ZERD WNTIME!

ADVANTAGES OF AWLS

Loading Operation is much faster. A complete rake (~3900 T) can be loaded in 1 hr.

Better accuracy and uniform loading.

Dust nuisance is substantially reduced.

Reduced number of operators and attendants for loading the rake.

Operating cost when compared to conventional handling of wagons will be approx. 60% lesser.

• 3.75 km length of conveyor system of 4000 TPH

• One stacker cum reclaimer of 4000 TPH stacking & 2500 TPH reclaiming

• One reclaimer of 2500 TPH

• Stock yard of 0.75 million metric tonnes capacity.


Q. How was the year 2018-19, compared to previous year?

Our growth rate has been quite substantial in the current financial year. Vijayawada division is doing very well and caters to two important ports – Krishnapatnam Port and Kakinada Port. Last year we did 13.452 million tonnes and this year we did 20.521 million tonnes, which indicates more than 50 per cent growth in terms of physical volumes. Even in earnings our growth is almost 58 per cent. Last year from April to October period, in freight business we earned `1,435 crores and this year we have earned `2,269 crores, during the same period. This is spectacular growth facilitated by Krishnapatnam Port’s growing volumes. One of the customers operating a steel plant has increased the imports of iron ore and coal through Krishnapatnam Port. Through coastal shipping we are getting coal which moves by rail-sea-rail route. Coal is coming from Mahanadi Coal Fields through Paradip to

Krishnapatnam Port and we are feeding Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd that has two plants – one at Kurthiri and other at Raichur. We also have a APGENCO plant getting its coal at Krishnapatnam Port.

The fertilizer imports are also continuing through Krishnapatnam Port. Though Krishnapatnam Port is trying to improve their containerised trade, but the rail bound volumes of container traffic at the port is yet to pick up substantially.

At Kakinada Port we are increasing our trade business, essentially it is imported coal for industrial users in Odisha and two other hinterland states. We are also handling other industrial cargo like Gypsum and Bauxite at Kakinada Port. Very good growth in fertilizer imports through this port has been recorded. These have been the reasons for spectacular growth in trade business of Vijayawada division.

IN CONVERSATION

Improved cargo mobility

South Central Railways is implementing a slew of projects to improve connectivity to ports and the hinterland. Mr Dhanunjayalu, Divisional Railway Manager, South Central Railway details on the infrastructure upgrade that has helped them in handling 50% more cargo over the previous year


Q. In terms of rake movement how was the business performance?

We have improved our mobility across the division substantially. Compared to last year we are handling more than 50 per cent growth in terms of originating loading, plus we also have 5-10 per cent growth depending on the months in terms of transit freight movement. We are able to handle both because we have upgraded our infrastructure and we have also improved our operational protocols. The line capacity is one of the major constraints of the Indian railways, so we have improved line capacity in critical locations by bringing in some improvements in signalling and by debottlenecking some of the congested yards like Vijayawada. This has helped us in improving the mobility across the division. We have also improved certain operational protocols like we have rationalised the train operations by rationalising some of our day-to-day operational

practices – reducing the speed restrictions and improving the track maintenance. These things have helped us in a substantial way in handling increase in originating traffic and also increase in transit traffic. In terms of operational efficiency we have got certain set of parameters and all of these parameters have shown healthy improvement this year.

Q. Do you face any challenges in this division and what are your plans to overcome them?

We have brought in some improvements which are able to cater to year-on-year growth in near future. We also have plans on how to handle growth in business both in terms of freight and passengers in the long-term. In this regard some projects are already sanctioned and works have started. For instance, on the Vijayawada to Gudur route, third line development is in progress and major yard remodelling work is also in progress at Gudur. These developments will decongest Gudur junction.

Then RVNL through Krishnapatnam Rail Company Ltd is constructing a 95 km new line from Venkatachalam to Obulavaripalli. Once this is completed cargo originating or destined to Krishnapatnam will sail 60 km of tranship distance, as compared to the present route via Gudur. We hope this new route will be operational by March 2019 and will be able to handle the expected growth in trade business at Krishnapatnam. The third line from Gudur to Krishna Canal Junction is another game changer as it adds capacity to important routes connecting key hinterlands. We will debottleneck Gudur yard in the next couple of months and these things will help us handle more business in this area. This is not only for traffic originating at Krishnapatnam Port but also for the transit traffic we are handling.

We are also doubling and electrifying Vijayawada, Gudiwada, Bhimawaram, Narsapuram, Machlipatnam – the entire branch line of 220km, with the help of RVNL. They will start commissioning in phases, starting from this financial year itself and by 2021 or 2022 the project will be accomplished. Once this is done we will be getting an alternative route from Vijayawada to Nidvanda. We can either run the trains Eluru, Tadepalligudem, or we can go via Gudiwada, Bhimavaram branch. This will also cater to the anticipated growth in freight activity as a result of construction of Machilipatnam Port in future, as Machilipatnam is currently a single line section.

The capacity to handle more trains will go up substantially once this doubling and electrification happens. There are plans for adding a third line from

Vijayawada to Visakhapatnam route as well, perhaps in the years to come that will also materialise depending upon the sanctioning of the project. On the Vijayawada to Warangal and Kazipet route also works for third line are in progress. That means the entire north-south route, i.e., Gudur, Vijayawada to Warangal and Warangal to balharshah, the entire route will get tripled in phases. So the capacity will go up substantially.

Line on Vijayawada to Guntur is already doubled and electrified. From Vijayawada towards Rayalaseema area, Guntur to Guntakal route electrification is complete and will soon be doubled. Guntur to Secunderabad via Nadipudi route is being electrified. Guntur Tenali single line electrified route is being doubled.

Q. What is your experience with Krishnapatnam Port? How do you see it perform in terms of management and cargo handling?

Krishnapatnam is a growing port with immense potential for growth and they are quite good in getting traffic from their customers. They have been doing pretty well in attracting new businesses and retaining existing businesses. Going by the way they are operating we see lot of potential for the port in the years to come. Since the issues with hinterland connectivity by rail have been resolved by way of anticipated commissioning of this new line from Venkatachalam to Obulavaripalli. This will add substantially to the advantages of the port, because it is going to reduce the rail distance by about 60 km between Krishnapatnam Port and its prime hinterland locations. I am sure it will improve the cost advantage of the port further.

QUICK FACTS

Volume handled 20,521 million tonnes

50% growth in Volumes

`2269 crores Revenue

58% growth in Revenue

Upgraded infrastructure and improved operations protocols

contributed to growth


India’s dependence on liquid bulk cargoes is forecasted to increase in the next five years, particularly petroleum, oils, edible oils and other

petrochemicals. With increase in liquid bulk volumes, liquid bulk trade will be a significant contributor to the Customs and Port revenues. Given the enormous volume, the country requires mammoth infrastructure at sea and land to keep the economy well oiled. Krishnapatnam Liquid

Cargo Terminal will be bridging this infrastructure gap.


LIQUID CARGO

lobal oil trade routes are moving East, as China and India replace the United States as top

oil importers. When it comes to consumption of petroleum products, India is an oil guzzling nation, and the country’s per capita consumption is only next to the US, EU and China.

With a Y-o-Y growth of 5.3 per cent in FY2017-18, and as high as 11.6 per

cent in FY2015-16, the demand is not going to subside any time soon. India fulfils almost all of its crude oil requirement through imports, and with consumption of 4.14 million barrels per day, its share is more than 4 per cent of the total world consumption and is the second largest importer of oil in the world after China.

Note: This picture is for representation purpose and not the actual facility

QUICK FACTS

873 acres earmarked for Liquid Cargo

Storage facilities are within 5 kms access to jetties

Two dedicated Rail sidings

North Liquid Terminal will have 6 mmt and South Liquid Terminal 12-18 mmt capacity


LIQUID CARGO

While the majority of oil refining capacity, and oil and LNG imports are located on the west coast but many of them are fast aging leading to slower discharge resulting in congestion and delays.

Significant increase in bulk chemical (including petrochemical) trade has placed substantial pressure on port infrastructure which lacks capacity, including for storage. Utilisation rates for infrastructure in major ports (mainly storage) is 80-90 per cent as opposed to a more normal 50-70 per cent. There is a need for additional capacity. In general, this includes specialist berths which usually have far lower utilisation rates and specialised handling equipment and storage. The major gap is integrated berth and storage capacity, and this gap is often caused as the owner and operator of the storage are different. Chemicals and specialty chemicals are particularly affected.

Moreover, in a bid to ensure energy security, national gas grids are under execution at various locations, and doubling of pipeline network from 15,000km to 30,000km is under implementation. While western parts of India have made significant progress in piped gas distribution, the next wave of growth in consumption will be from the east, south and northern parts of India.

However, sufficient infrastructure is still not available on either coasts of India to handle, store and distribute liquid cargo. Bridging this infrastructure gap is the Krishnapatnam Liquid Cargo Terminal, equipped with dedicated berths that have sufficient draft to handle Panamax size vessels and beyond. In fact, 873 acres out of 6800 acres of port area is earmarked for liquid business portfolio and additional land will be allocated for liquid storage based on demand. The terminal has exclusive liquid storage facilities within 5 km access to the jetties with excellent road and rail connectivity. To further streamline liquid cargo movement, the port has planned 2 dedicated rail sidings for liquid cargo in addition to the 16 existing full length rail sidings with access to CTOs for rake placement and without any congestion.

north liquid terminals


North Liquid Terminal Phase – I

The terminal has a total available land of 408.24 acres, of which 100.34 acres is currently used by the terminal and the remaining 307.90 acres is

readily available for future expansion of operations. With one operational jetty the terminal has the capacity to handle 6 million metric tonnes of liquid cargo, primarily POL, petrochemicals, LPG, chemicals and other approved liquid cargo. Ample truck parking space is provided to ensure swift movement of cargo.

South Liquid Terminal Phase – II

Spread on 464.30 acres, this terminal operates through three jetties and has the capacity to handle 12 to 18

million metric tonnes of liquid cargo, primarily LNG, LPG, crude oil, petrochemicals, and other approved liquid cargo.

Krishnapatnam Liquid Cargo Terminals offers its customers with two options of operating models. The customer can choose the best suitable option.

Under the first option Land will be leased for the remaining concession period. The development of storage tanks, pipelines, unloading and loading arms and other required infrastructure in the terminal site will be in the customer’s scope. In the second option the required infrastructure for storage and handling will be provided by the Krishnapatnam Port to the customer on long term agreements and volume assurance along with suitable terms and conditions.

south liquid terminals


Mind Blowing


PROJECT CARGO: WIND MILL BLADES

he wind energy industry is booming. Thanks to global efforts to combat climate change, such as the Paris Agreement, renewable energy

is seeing a boom in growth, with wind energy leading the way. From 2000 to 2015, cumulative wind capacity around the world increased from 17,000 megawatts to more than 430,000 megawatts. In 2015, China also surpassed the EU in the number of installed wind turbines and continues to lead installation efforts.

Latin America, and Africa and the Middle East experienced fastest growth in installed capacity during 2018, at 20.1% and 52.3%, respectively, due to their small installed base. Asia is responsible for 58% of the total capacity growth in 2018. The Government of India has released its roadmap to achieve 175 GW capacity in renewable energy by 2022, which includes 100 GW of solar power and 60 GW of wind

Mind BlowingAt Port in 2018, windmill blades were loaded on 10 vessels.

62 Meters Blade by Acconia was the longest of all.


Wind is a clean source of renewable energy that produces no air or water pollution. And since the wind is free, input costs are nearly zero once a turbine is erected. Mass production and technology advances are making turbines cheaper, and many governments offer tax incentives to spur wind-energy development.

power. Electricity demand in the country has increased rapidly and is expected to rise further in the years to come. In order to meet the increasing demand for electricity in the country, massive addition to the installed generating capacity is required. In May 2018, India ranked 4th in the Asia Pacific region out of 25 nations on an index that measures their overall power.

Acconia and Siemens Gamesa are the two leading players in the windmill energy domain. Both the companies have been exporting windmill blades through Krishnapatnam port. Siemens Gamesa has grown to be a global leader in offshore power generation offering full-scope solutions and services. One of Siemens Gamesa’s biggest advantages is that they are successfully engaged in all areas of the wind power business globally – Onshore, Offshore and Service. In offshore, Siemens Gamesa is the number one player in the market, with the largest installed base and the

largest order book in the industry, with more than 70% of market share. All this is backed by validated and recognized products, with more than 35 years of experience and over 83 GW installed across the globe.

ACCIONA Energy on the other hand is the biggest global energy company operating exclusively in the renewable energy sector, present in over 20 countries on five continents. It works significantly with five technologies: wind, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, hydroelectricity and biomass.

Wind mill blades are massive in size structures thus requiring lot of care during their transportation and handling. A complete survey is done ahead of the arrival of cargo to ensure no obstacles for movement of cargo. All the concerned stake holders in the port engage their key resources for this activity. Security personnel of port escort the vehicle carrying windmill blades until it reaches the jetty /storage space.

Krishnapatnam Port is equipped to handle Over dimensional project cargoes of all sizes and types. The port has an advantage due to its strategic location, which helps in easy import and export of such huge cargo.

INVESTMENT

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CONNECTIVITY

BOOSTING

Sagarmala investment in Krishnapatnam Rail Company helps in faster development of Rail corridor connecting Obulavaripalli and Krishnapatnam Port.

rishnapatnam Railway Company Ltd (KRCL), has received an investment of `125 crore from Sagarmala

Development Company Ltd for the development of the rail corridor connecting Obulavaripalli and Krishnapatnam Port.

Krishnapatnam Railway Company Ltd is a SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) Joint Venture (JV) by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited for connecting 114 kms Obulavaripalli (Kadapa district) and Krishnapatnam (Nellore) in Andhra Pradesh. The total project cost is estimated at `1850 cr. The initiative will connect Kr ishnapatnam Port on the east coast with the network of Indian Railways at Venkatachalam at one point and Obulavaripalli on the other.

RAIL


RAIL BUSINESS AT PORT

QUICK FACTS

Highest number of rakes handled in a day: 29 rakes on

23.07.2018 as against previous record of 25 rakes dealt on

22.11.2014

Highest number of rakes loaded in a month: 592 rakes in August

2018 as against previous record of 568 rakes dealt on

December 2014

Highest quantity of cargo handled in a month: 2.04 Million Tons in August 2018 as against

the previous record of 2.03 Million tons dealt on January

2015

Highest number of fertilizer rake handled in a day: 9 rakes on

31.8.2013

Highest number of fertilizer rakes loaded in a month 128 in

August 2013

Highest number of coal rakes handled in a day: 18 rakes on

6.7.2014

Highest number of coal rakes loaded in a month: 365 rakes in

June 2014

Highest number of Iron-ore rakes handled in a day: 13 rakes

on 26.2.2015

A 21 KM Section of the project line from Krishnapatnam to Venkatachalam is fully in operation since July 2009 in single line and was converted to double line since March 2014. 21 KM Section of the project line from Krishnapatnam to Venkatachalam is fully in operational since July 2009 in single line and was converted to double line since March 2014.

Commenting on the occasion Anil Yendluri, Managing Director, Krishnapatnam Railway Company Limited, said, “This is an extremely exciting project for KRCL. The new’ rail corridor connecting Kadapa city with Krishnapatnam Port will help optimise costs, accelerate growth whilst enhancing the city’s EXIM competitiveness. This would result in huge savings both in freight costs and time to help develop Kadapa into

a discrete trading cluster through multi-modal logistics solutions.” India’s hinterland connectivity is mainly based on surface transport i.e. road and rail The 114 km long rail corridor is expected to revolutionise the EXIM trade dynamics for the hinterland district of Kadapa It is well poised to reduce transit time drastically by offering a direct entry into the port.

The shareholding pattern in KRCL is RVNL 30 per cent, Krishnapatnam Port Co. Ltd. 30 per cent, NMDC Ltd 15 per cent, Govt of AP 13 per cent and BIL 12 per cent. Under phase II from Obulavaripalle to Venkatachalam (94 Km.) the progress of rail construction work is in full swing. Track linking of the entire length has already been completed. Overhead equipments and signal & telecommunications works are in the advanced stage of completion.


ounded in 1991, Penna Cement has established itself as one of the most trusted cement brands, with significant footprints

in southern and western India. Over last two decades, they have increased their installed capacity to ten million tons, making them one of the largest privately held cement companies in the country.

Fly ash is a fine powder that is a byproduct of burning pulverised coal in electric generation power plants. Fly ash is a pozzolan, a substance containing aluminous and siliceous material that forms cement in the presence of water. When mixed with lime and water, fly ash forms a compound similar to Portland cement. This makes fly ash suitable as a prime material in blended cement, mosaic tiles, and hollow blocks, among other building materials. When used in concrete mixes, fly ash improves

PAVING THE WAY TO SMART LOGISTICS

CUSTOMER STORY: BULK

Flyash based grinding unit set-up by Penna Cements at Krishnapatnam Port is another testimony to how the port-based industrial units can hugely contribute to the savings in time and cost there by increasing the market competitiveness.


the strength and segregation of the concrete and makes it easier to pump.

The power projects in the vicinity of Krishnapatnam Port, APGENCO and TPCIL produce lot of fly ash which can be used as raw-material for cement. Sensing this opportunity, in 2018 Penna Cement had set up a 2.0 million tonnes per annum capacity fly ash-based cement grinding station at Krishnapatnam Port. Apart from the strategic location of the port, the port-based logistics infrastructure is another factor for this move.

The location is advantageous for ease of distribution with access to the coastal markets in east and west India including Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Cochin, Pune and Mumbai.

With an investment of `250 crores, this unit was set up in an area of 6.08 ha. The unit is located approximately 270 kms from Talaricheruvu, 287 kms from Boyareddypalli and 322 kms from Ganeshpahad which are Penna’s integrated manufacturing facilities.

Primarily there are two types of cements namely Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) and Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC). OPC, produced mainly by grinding

clinker and gypsum, is manufactured in two varieties at Penna Cement plants. This Premium OPC 53 Grade Cement is used for pre-cast concrete items such as paving blocks, tiles and building blocks, pre-stressed concrete components and major construction projects with special requirements such as bridges, runways, high-rise buildings and concrete roads.

Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC) is a special blended cement as per BIS specification, IS: 1489, and is produced by inter-grinding Ordinary Portland Cement clinker with high quality processed fly ash along with gypsum. Due to its inherent characteristics, PPC aids in creating corrosion resistant concrete that is far superior to concrete made with OPC. The use of blended cement in concrete reduces crack formation, improves workability, inhibits sulphate attacks and reduces the heat of hydration.

Clinker is transported by railway wagons or trucks from major clinkerisation units of MHIL situated near to the grinding unit and also from the clinkerisation units of Penna Cements in Tadipatri, in Andhra Pradesh. For this grinding unit annually 0.60 Million Tonnes of fly

ash is required which is being sourced from the nearby power plants of TPCIL/APGENCO. Gypsum requirement per annum is about 0.10 Million Tonnes and is sourced form Coromandel Fertilizers, Vishakapatnam 1330 Mts of gypsum supplied by Abja Power is moved by Vishwasamudra Shipping from south yard to Penna plant using port logistics.

Resource Optimisation/Recycling and Reuse:

Since the plant is manufacturing blended cement, there is substantial reduction in use of clinker in the cement which leads to savings of 1.0 MTPA of Limestone. The 80m3 of water consumed every day is sourced from port. Another interesting feature of this plant is that no solid waste is generated except some waste water which is about 8m3 Per day and the same is treated through septic tank and soak pits.

When it comes to transportation logistics, currently one vessel MV.PENNA SURAKSHA owned by Penna is being used to transport cement in bulk for its coastal movement. Penna Cements has plans to purchase five vessels with each vessel at a cost of `145 Crores.

30 Bulkers are readily deployed for loading the cargo on to the vessel.

Four Bulkers can operate simultaneously loading cargo via hose pipes with each bulker loading at 24 Minutes. Each bulker capacity is 40 Tonnes. Complete loading of the vessel takes about 8 Days.

WB2 is the dedicated berth to Penna Cements. As the entire activity from vessel loading to interacting being taken care by Penna Cements there are very minimal port operational issues including security issues while gate in & Out of bulkers when procuring fly ash from APGENCO/ TPCIL.

Since the plant is making blended cement, substantial reduction in clinker consumption in the cement in turn saves 1.0 MTPA of Limestone.


Photo: Penna cement plant at Talaricheruvu

QUICK FACTS

MV Penna Suraksha used for coastal transportation of

cement

Plans on the anvil to purchase 5 more ships

WB2 berth is dedicated to Penna Cements

Minimal Port operations with maximum savings in time and

cost

CUSTOMER STORY: BULK

he cement industry in India was still in its infancy, when Jailesh C. Dalal founded JAYCEE in 1986. The company started off as one of the first

few distributors of Ambuja Cement (now part of LafargeHolcim) when they commissioned their first manufacturing plant in Gujarat. Subsequently, JAYCEE entered trading and exports of cementitious materials for the construction industry

Three decades old, JAYCEE is the market leader in Fly Ash exports from India, and a strategic partner of LafargeHolcim Trading. As a solutions-based company with strong technical, infrastructural and logistical capabilities backed by

long-term sourcing agreements with multiple producers, JAYCEE specialises in the global trading of cementitious materials and cement, selling 500,000+ TPA of material overall in more than 10 countries across Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa.

JAYCEE is in the process of commissioning India’s largest Fly Ash processing and export facility at Krishnapatnam with a plant capacity of 1 million tons per annum - which will be a catalyst for ash exports from Krishnapatnam Port. The plant will produce world-class quality Fly Ash and uses the Port’s top-notch infrastructure to export in various modes worldwide with its industry-leading supply chain network.

Flying High


We have already shipped more than 1,300 containers from Krishnapatnam Port till date and are highly satisfied with the infrastructure/ services offered.

A New

SKILL BUILDING

Sail boatAs the port rises on the horizon to become India’s most strategic economic enterprise on the coastline, the window of opportunities opens up to the aspiring youth, who dare to dream and

reach the skies challenging the unimaginable.

Giving wings to the dreams of these young minds, Krishnapatnam Port through its skilling academy KSSPL, has introduced unique training programmes in association of DDU-GKY and SEEDAP.

During the previous quarter another exciting course “Yachting” has been introduced for the young fishermen who can be groomed in water sports, tourism, marine

police and patrolling and act as life guards and Quick Response team. Under the aegis of Yachting Association of India, a team of certified instructors from reputed professional institutions conduct the training course.

The course lays a strong foundation for Navayuga Sailing Academy which can promote talent in water sports. Navayuga Sailing Academy has already earned appreciation when it conducted India International Regatta 2017 at the Krishnapatnam Port in association with Yachting association of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu Sailing Academy and Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh.


EDUCATION


Navayuga World School takes pride in being a progressive school that offers an integrated curriculum with innovative project-based pedagogy. The school’s motto is to empower every child to dream big and to inspire them to embrace challenges and find joy in learning. The aim is to ensure that every NWS student will graduate with an unparalleled academic education infused with a true appreciation for co-curricular activities.Indispensable virtues of humanity are instilled in each student of NWS. Students are empowered to dream big and reach their goals. They are motivated and encouraged to be life-long learners. The drive is to advance students in every aspect of life-giving purpose beyond learning.Inducing the spirit of awareness and sensitivity is a part of NWS core value system. Differences are appreciated and celebrated in a larger perspective of humanity. NWS believes in creating a space where compassion and supporting others is as prized as personal achievements.Self-belief is the fountainhead of all motivation. A strong character and a firm foundation of self-respect are nurtured as they lay the foundation for a promising future.NWS will create a fearless learning space where everyone has the courage and conviction to dream and follow their dream. The school community has a global outlook that helps in creating a space where everyone is authentically and ethically engaged with one another.

A new era of education – a new dawn of learning arrives at Nellore as the Navayuga World School (NWS) ! The first of its kind in the region, the Navayuga World School is promoted by

the Krishnapatnam Port.

avayuga World School commences classes for grades Pre-nursery to grade 7 in April 2019 and

will offer an integrated curriculum aimed at empowering each student to maximise his potential and receive optimum support for working on the areas of development. The school aims to be a fountainhead of inspired teaching and learning. It will stand firm on the shoulders of happy students and motivated global citizens.

The Navayuga World School will deliver an enriching language programme supported by a world leading company providing an internationally acclaimed reading program for the students of NWS.

NWS has collaborated with learning partners who help implement research in teaching of mathematics conducted in Finland in classrooms. The partnership works towards better conceptual clarity and firm foundations of learning mathematics for students of primary grades.

The grand NWS building is on an 8-acre lush green campus and boasts of world-class sports and well-ventilated classroom infrastructure with special attention paid to the behavioural milestones of the various age group of students.

THE FOUNTAINHEAD

NWS

QUICK FACTS

Pre-nursery to grade 7 classes started

8-acre lush green campus

Specialised sports curriculum

Future affiliation to CBSE

Navayuga World School has joined hands with industry experts, leading the country in the field of sports curriculum development and will be supported by experienced and highly specialised trainers for the structured sports curriculum. Sports ranging from Badminton, Tennis, Football, Cricket and volleyball to specialised training in Sailing, Golf and horse riding will be made a part of the school curriculum.

A dedicated children’s play area and obstacle course for the pre-primary students will also be in focus. A multi-purpose hall and dining room will serve nutritious multi cuisine breakfast and lunch for all students to relish.

The continuous skill development programme for teacher empowerment to deliver their best and provide the most updated learning experience in the class rooms and beyond ensures a meaningful learning space at NWS.

With a view to affiliate with the CBSE course in future, NWS ensures that every child in its care is a happy, confident learner on all fronts and is prepared to face the upcoming challenges head-on.

www.navayugaworldschool.in


NEW ERA OF INTELLIGENT PORTIn the broadest sense, the term IoT encompasses everything connected to the internet, but it is increasingly being used to define objects that “talk” to each other. Simply, the Internet of Things is made up of devices – from simple sensors to smartphones and wearables – connected together.

TECH TALK


y combining these connected devices with automated systems, it is possible to “gather information, analyse

it and create an action” to help someone with a particular task, or learn from a process. It’s about networks, it’s about devices, and it’s about data.

IoT architecture varies from solution to solution, based on the type of solution which we intend to build. IoT as a technology majorly consists of four main components, over which an architecture is framed.

• Sensors

• Devices

• Gateway

• Cloud

The following is the basic 4 Stage Architecture of IoT example:

Many industries and businesses are struggling to grasp the possibilities of data-driven technology, but companies

in transport and logistics (T&L) are way ahead. By their very nature, the logistics providers that move objects by air, sea and on land have distributed networks which rely upon receiving rapid information to make decisions. So, logistics sector was quick to realise the benefits of sensors and networks and made a transition to the connected world.

With the advent of mobile technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT), enterprises can accelerate productivity, profitability and operations with solutions designed for specific processes. With the right IoT solution, enterprises can connect all devices across a centralized cloud network, and capture and share their mission-critical data which in turn allows them to gain real-time visibility of their operations.

How do you adopt IoT?

Business needs drive IoT applications

Deploying and expanding IoT capabilities requires more than just


technological breakthroughs—making a system work requires not only an understanding of the industry dynamics but also a strategic approach to the Information Value Loop.

Recommendations to ship smarter, not harder

Transportation and logistics industry players may have different goals and ambitions for IoT technology. Depending on their business strengths and strategic focus, the scope of the solution that is needed can vary widely. As scope varies, so do the difficulty of implementation and the potential benefit from IoT applications.

So while the IoT has revolutionized technology and how work gets done, the fundamentals of business strategy remain constant. As with any strategy, companies must define a goal, choose the business need that the goal will address, develop a solution, and build an action plan to implement that solution.

TECH TALK


RFID

RFID technology (RFID tag and reader), non-contact automatic identification and short-range wireless communications technology, is being used to automatically identify objects and access relevant data through RF signal.

Handheld Mobile Terminal

Handheld mobile terminals are used to access data from smart card port, smart yard, intelligent warehousing and to enter customs supervision, to acees remote video and monitor transport and cargo data.Vehicle Mount Terminal

The Vehicle Mount Terminal can be used for smart yard, intelligent warehouse, and large vehicles such as container trucks and forklifts. It can transmit RFID information of tools, vehicle or cargo to the monitoring centre by 3G or Wi-Fi short-range wireless communication, to achieve the purpose of real-time monitoring.Wireless Network Communication Technology

The network communication technology throughout sensor, divided into two categories: short-range communication (IEEE 502.15.4 and 2.4 GHz) and WAN communications (IPv6,2G/3G/4G mobile communications, satellite communications technology), can provide

transmission channel for IoT data. Especially, the next generation of Internet technology, IPv6, can assign an IP address for each sensor, to create a good foundation for the development of IoT.

Surveillance cameras

Various type of surveillance cameras (Indoor & outdoor, Fixed, PTZ, Thermal cameras) have been installed to monitor port operations

at several locations which include Breakwaters, Container terminals, Berth Areas, Coal Yards, Warehouses, traffic on port roads, Entry/Exit gates and Building premises.

Vehicle Barriers:Manned Entry/Exit gates in port premises for vehicles are being replaced with Automatic Boom Barriers with RFID based access cards/tags to all vehicles passing through the gates.

All lanes are integrated with RFID, Surveillance camera, Loop Sensors in one centralized database.

Pedestrian Barriers

Manned Entry/Exit gates for pedestrians in port premises are being replaced with Automatic Pedestrian Barriers with RFID/Barcode based access cards to all

pedestrians passing through the gates.

All pedestrian barriers are integrated with RFID readers(Ble,NFC,.etc) Barcode scanners, Surveillance cameras, in one centralized database.

These barriers are accessing by all Port Employees, Daily wage labour, Guests.

Access DoorsEvery individual entering the respective

office areas in the port administrative building is monitored through access doors control system and also through surveillance cameras. Centralized

database checks misuse and controls unauthorised access.

For senior management access is provided through mobile.

Command Control Centres

Round-the-clock surveillance is crucial for monitoring port operations. Hence a Command Control Centre

Was set-up with large display screens streaming live data from all security cameras.

In build applications analyse data department-wise and provide statistics.

KyTe Gadgets

All vehicles moving in port are fitted with Kyte instruments which provides trip data with GPS location, indicate any speed violation and fuel data to the respective supervisors.

They can access this data from anywhere through their mobile or laptop. This application including database design was developed entirely in-house and the port is willing to share this technology with any user outside the port.

Sensor

Sensor, a kind of detecting apparatus, can feel the information to be measured, and convert it into an electrical signal or other form

according to certain rules, to meet information transmission, processing, storage, display, record and control requirements. It can detect, feel the outside signal, the physical conditions (such as light, heat, humidity, pressure) or chemical composition (e.g., smoke), and transmit them the upper layer of IoT by the information communication technologies.

At our port, Fuel Sensors in KyTe gadgets, Loops Sensors in Boom Barriers, RFID Readers and Barcode readers in Access Doors are used.

Centralized Wi-Fi for internet users

Multiple ISPs and centralized Wi-Fi access points were created to provide internet facility to mobiles, laptops and tablets for port employees

as well as to guests with multiple ISPs and centralized Wi-Fi access points in different location. This allows allocation/deallocation of user sessions if required.

These hard-hitting technologies have transformed Krishnapatnam Port into Smart Port

TRANSFORMERS

in order to sustain profitability and viability.

However, to reach this level of performance, they need to make end-to-end improvements. Complete visibility facilitates more effective, timely decisions and reduces delays through quicker detection of issues.

Mobile devices, such as radio frequency identification (RFID), barcode scanners and mobile computers, have become a major influence in supply chain visibility and operations. Many transportation and logistics companies using RFID

today are reaching nearly 100 percent shipping and receiving accuracy, 99.5 percent inventory accuracy, 30 percent faster order processing and 30 percent reduction in labour costs.

Mobile technologies provide businesses line of sight into equipment, inventory and business processes. This asset intelligence allows organizations to increase their efficiency by providing them real-time data across their entire supply chain.

II. Warehouse and Yard Management

The warehouse and/or yard are at the core of transportation and logistics businesses. Their efficiency directly impacts the cost of doing business and the ability to compete. With IoT-enabled mobile devices designed to track inventory data, equipment and vehicles, enterprises can give their physical assets a digital voice.

By converting the physical to digital, transportation and logistics warehouses can capture and share their mission-critical data across the cloud, ensuring they have the right products in the right place at the right time.

By reducing human intervention and enabling more machine-to-machine information sharing, enterprises can greatly increase efficiency and accuracy.

III. Fleet Management

When it comes to transportation and logistics, fleet management plays a critical role in managing maintenance schedules, everyday vehicle usage and service routes. In order to maximize productivity and operational efficiency, fleet downtime must be minimized. With mobile scanners, computers and RFID systems alone, enterprises can gain visibility into their assets and better streamline operations to keep their fleet moving.

Advances in mobile technology and the IoT are dramatically improving the way transportation and logistics businesses operate. The Enterprise Asset Intelligence delivered through these solutions is what enables organizations to pinpoint inefficiencies in real time, improving throughput and helping them build progressive plans to move toward innovation.

Many businesses have already discovered the advantages of using mobile technologies; however, the unpredictable nature of fuel costs, rising labour rates, increased traffic and a changing regulatory environment, continue to make operations challenging.

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Such actionable insight is what provides organizations the Enterprise Asset Intelligence they need to make improvements. This enhanced business knowledge can be gained through a set of enabling technologies in the areas of asset management, cloud, mobile and Big Data.

By leveraging Enterprise Asset Intelligence, transportation and logistics can dramatically improve the following areas:

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Transportation and logistics businesses around the globe are focused on maximizing supply chain efficiency


MACHILIPATNAM PORT PROJECT KICKS OFF

GROUP PROJECTS

Navayuga Engineering Company begins the development of Machilipatnam Port, one of the most long-awaited deep sea ports on the east coast.

”The company has set up a world record in executing Polavaram project and I am sure the works on the port will also be completed with the same speed. A deep water port at Machilipatnam is the dream of the people of this region and at last it is coming true, after crossing many hurdles. This is a historic occasion,”

Having successfully undertaken several port development projects, we are poised to achieve the distinction of being the largest developer and operator of ports in India. Aim to develop the port in a record time of 18 months.

– N Chandrababu Naidu Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

– C Sridhar Managing Director, Navayuga Engineering Company

on. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Sri N Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation

stone for the green-field, all-weather multi-purpose Machilipatnam port on February 7th. Machilipatnam is one of the megaports and an ambitious project planned under the Sagarmala programme. The deep water sea port, centrally located on the coast of Bay of Bengal in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh is a grand project that is well poised to kick-start the local economy thereby uplifting the social eco-system of the area. Port based SEZs, power plants, industries, ancillary units etc. are also planned in the ports vicinity.

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Port is spread across 4800 acres

The port is expected to be complete and operational in a

record time of 18 months

Cargo handling capacity in first phase 40 million tonnes when complete 150 million tonnes

Project will generate 80,000 direct and indirect employment


Spread across 4800 acres, the first phase is expected to be complete and operational in record time of 18 months. With four berths to be operational after the first phase of construction, Machilipatnam will have 40 million tonnes cargo handling in the 1st phase when complete 150 million tonnes. The port will handle multiple cargo’s like container, bulk, dry bulk, liquid bulk,

general cargo and project cargo. The project is expected to generate employment opportunities entailing 80,000 direct jobs and indirect jobs.

Strategically located,

Machilipatnam will be the gateway for most international trading activities of central India. It will not only cater to Andhra Pradesh and Telengana but also extend the logistics benefits to Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh and Karnataka. It is well connected with roads and rail connectivity with national grid. The port enjoys shortest distance connectivity

with Inland Container Depots(ICDs) as compared to any other port on the east coast of India.

Navayuga Engineering Company Limited, bagged the project to develop the port on Build-Own-Operate-Transfer basis for a period of 50 years. Subsoil at the site of the port consists of very soft marine clay for nearly 18 metres. Navayuga has developed the design of a structural breakwater, which is a first in the world. Layout of the breakwaters and berths have been made to obtain absolute tranquillity in the port waters.

The Polavaram irrigation project, seen as the lifeline of Andhra

Pradesh, and Hyderabad-based infrastructure player Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd (NECL) on 7th January created a world record by pouring 32,315.5 cubic metres of concrete into the spillway channel of the project. With this they clinched two Guinness World Records — one for the ‘most concrete continuously poured in 24 hours’ and second for the ‘largest continuous concrete pour’.

The feat surpassed the Guinness World Record for continuous concrete pour of 21,580 cubic metres

achieved by Dubai’s Abdul Wahed Bin Shabib, RALS Contracting LLC and Alfa Engg Consultants at a project in Dubai between May 18 and 20, 2017.

Efforts to break the record kicked off at 8am on January 6 and ended at 8am on January 7. The feat was monitored

Navayuga Engineering Company created two Guiness World Records - one for the ‘most concrete continuously poured’ and second for the ‘largest continuous pour’

GROUP PROJECTS

polavaram project enters guiness world records

by officials of the Guinness World Records with drones and CCTV cameras.

NECL managing director Chinta Sridhar said that they are now making plans to break their own record by gunning for a 60,000 to 80,000 cubic metres continuous pour feat in

March 2019. AP chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu challenged the managers to achieve a record of 65,000 cubic metres by March.

Rishi Nath, official adjudicator, Guinness World Records, announced the two records set and described them as complex and big in scale.

“The feat will be a big morale-booster for the company and AP and is a significant step towards delivering the Polavaram project before the start of the monsoon season,” Sridhar said, pointing out that the spillway will have one of the highest discharge capacities in the world at 5 million cusecs, surpassing China’s 3 Gorges Dam that is one of the largest in the world with a discharge capacity of 4.7 million cusecs.

According to him, NECL will complete the spillway, spill channel and the two coffer dams by June 2019 and the total Rs 3,400 crore worth of work awarded to NECL at 2015 rates, including the earth-cum-rock filled dam, will be ready by March-April 2020.

The Polavaram mega project, which has been declared as a national project, will have 48 gates, each 90m high and 16m wide and will span 1.19km. It will require 36.7 lakh cubic metres of concrete, 50,000 tonnes of steel and 9,30,000 tonnes of cement. The project, which will have a 119 TMC water reservoir capacity, is expected to irrigate 42 lakh acres ayacut in two phases and supply water to all 13 districts of AP.


RFCL

CUSTOMER STORY

BRIDGING THE GAP


After a series of CCEA decisions regarding revival of FCIL, the Cabinet decided to revive Ramagundam Unit on ‘nomination basis’ by a consortium. In January 2015, Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCI) formed a joint venture with two other public sector undertakings, namely National Fertilizers (NFL) and Engineers India (EIL), to revive the The Ramagundam fertiliser plant at a cost of `5,600 crore.

A gas-based project, RFCL would produce 11.20 lakh tons of urea per annum.

NFL and EIL each hold 26 per cent interest in the JV, while FCIL will hold 11 per cent.

Eco-industrial development is a new paradigm for achieving excellence in business and environmental performance. The RFCL fertilizer plant facilities have been designed taking into account all applicable standards/ norms both for regulatory and safety purpose.

• It will have ETP of approximately 300 M3

Capacity. There will be no disposal of untreated effluent or sewage on land.

• Regular monitoring of levels of conventional pollutants as per SPCB guidelines.

• To mitigate sound pollution, Acoustical Enclosures with very high transmission loss rating are designed for Gas Turbine Generators and High Pressure Steam driven high efficiency Compressors.

• There will be Green Area in and around project site.

hemical fertilisers are key element of modern technology and have played an

important role in agricultural productivity growth in India. However, the demand-supply gap of fertilisers in India has widened in recent times thereby leading to increased dependency on imports.

In order to bridge the increasing gap between domestic production and demand of urea, Government of India, on the

recommendations of Board of Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises (BRPSE) in 2007-08, decided to revive the closed fertilizer units of FCIL and Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited (HFCL).

The Ramagundam fertiliser plant is in the Karimnagar District, which is located approximately 240km from the city of Hyderabad. Formerly owned by Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCIL), the plant was closed down in April 1999 due to technological and financial issues.

• The RFCL complex is designed to have 2200 MTPD Ammonia Plant by state-of-the art Steam Reforming process of Natural Gas on Process License of HTAS-Denmark and 3850MTPD single stream Urea Plant, Process Licensed by Saipem-Italy. The total annual installed capacity of the Company is 1.271MMT prilled Urea with lowest ever Guaranteed Global Specific Energy Utilization of 5.0 Gcal per tonne of Urea.

• It has its own Steam and Power Generation System (CPP).

• Water shall be supplied through approximately 29 KM new water pipeline, being laid by State Government of Telangana from Yellampalli Barrage (Godavari river source).

THE SALIENT FEATURES OF THE PROJECT

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reviewed the progress made and plans for future.

The mood was to aim high and collectively work to achieve our goals.

With a long-term vision, all KPCL entities are built and structured to support the flagship enterprise Krishnapatnam Port and also to explore and seek business in the market. To go places where no one has ever gone before.

Under the command of Managing Director Chinta Sasidhar these entities will be continuing their successful voyages and will last generations to come. Every company bearing the DNA of flagship enterprise, will continue to be recognized and respected in the corporate sector.

Dare to Dream! We will see our dreams come alive.

n a dynamically changing and challenging world, you need to be agile; introspect time to time; seize the opportunities and make course corrections.

StarTrek is a mission to seek out new life, to Survey unchartered areas, look for opportunities and defend our group territories. From humble beginnings at port in 2018 this event has evolved.

From March 1st to 3rd at the most seductive Jumeirah Beach Hotel, about 65 participants which included directors of group companies, key employees and few family members spent two and half days of intensive deliberations and fun filled networking moments.

Here, together participants had intensive self-assessment; shared organizational strengths; realized inherent potential;

KPCL group companies take an introspective journeyto review the progress and plan for scaling new heights

DARE TO DREAM

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PCN Menon, a college drop-out from Kerala in India went to Oman four decades ago and established a design studio on his better half’s name ‘Sobha

Hartland’. The company has a speciality of offering designing, detailing, contracting and manufacturing

solutions all at one place. Sobha has entered into the Indian market and will become a No1 brand in the

country in the next 10 years. However, the company’s headquarters is still in Oman. Half of company’s

wealth goes into the charity.

Mr Menon shared his amazing and inspiring journey and the lessons learned in life with Star Trekers

It is the passion which is the most important thing in my life. The more you have passion about anything you achieve much more than that. if you are passionate about your work, you don’t need Mr. Sasidhar. You need yourself to start believing in yourself. And when you start believing in yourself, I think you don’t need many people.

Today, you are not competing with India, you are competing with the world. When you are competing with the world then your thinking should be much broader. Open up your mind, start thinking big, only then we can achieve. You think small, you will get small goals. Think big, you will achieve everything. I suggest to everybody here, just start thinking and you can achieve the ultimate. Depend on yourself, that’s what I did in cricket. I know how much talent I have and I work on that. This is the way I lived my life.

MR P.N.C. MENON FOUNDER CHAIRMAN OF SOBHA GROUP OF COMPANIES

MR KAPIL DEV CRICKET LEGEND



When Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister went to Japan, he had to introduce himself as “I am from the state

where Krishnapatnam Port is located.” This is the type of transformation that has been brought by the port, by the Navayuga Group and our MD, Mr Sasidhar, because

of the self-belief we have. From being a port we have evolved into a container terminal and further developed

into a large supply chain conglomerate. This growth is just the beginning of a very big thing that is going to

happen. Today, Navayuga Container Terminal is the fastest growing terminal in India, creating a lot of new business

opportunities and wealth for the state. This year Navayuga Container Terminal paid 7000 crores in tax revenue.

MR ANIL YENDLURI DIRECTOR & CEO, KRISHNAPATNAM PORT

I get inspired by Dubai because about 44 years ago there was nothing here and today you see everything here. Krishnapatnam Port when I first saw it was all like Dubai – sand dunes. But one advantage we have is better weather. I used to tell some fishermen groups to convince them, I am going to make this place like Dubai someday, but they never believed me, but I used to have that dream. Dreams have so much power, this is what I am saying to you all – “Dare to dream.”

We never dreamed of all these companies which we have formed, but today you all are like a great strength to me. You have developed these companies and now you need to dream more and try to make these companies the best ones in India or the Fortune 500 companies in the world.

MR C SASIDHAR MD, KRISHNAPATNAM PORT

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Krishnapatnam Port Company in his presentation focused on how one can achieve success. Dreams,

self-discipline, dedication, passion,

failure and commitment even temporary setbacks lead to success. His formula for success has made KPCL the 6th largest port and 2nd biggest private port in the country. StarTrek is a platform for all the associate companies to come together and share their ideas, experiences and seize the opportunities to grow.

East Coast Logistics Pvt Ltd was formed in 2012. ECL has opened Ballari, Nalgonda, Jaggayapeta, and

Vijayawada clusters. The

company has also engaged an employee to take care of air cargo in Hyderabad. It undertakes short haulage, fleet operations, cargo handling service, and container transportations. ECL had procured 53 new vehicles in the financial year 2018-19. It was recognised as container transporter of the year in 10th south east CEO Conclave and Awards. 2018.

NCT has been able to record a good show in the financial year 2018-19, in spite of major setback in

January 2018 when two cranes

and a berth at the terminal got damaged. NCT has implemented four disruptive innovative technologies including e-expressway, SDS dash board, kyte, and kwixee. It is offering the value-added on dock services for the first time in Indian container terminals. NCT received ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and 18001 certifications in 2019. NCT has found place in Limca book of record in terms of fastest crane productivity.

O2D is a revolutionary effort of trying to bring the traditional trillion dollar freight industry online by

offering transparency

in costs to importers and exporters. The customers of O2D include Tata, Furniture World, Seating World, Alliance, VSE, and Shapoorji Pallonji.

NTRUST offers tailor made insurance solutions to the customers. Ntrust received license for

reinsurance in December 2013. We

have got 100 plus clients. The major clients of the company include APSRTC, and Kerala police. NTRUST has claim settled over 300crore in the last four years. The company liaisons closely with Lloyyed insurance with regard to reinsurance market. It has launched another company NTRUST consultancy services.

MR ANIL YENDLURI DIRECTOR & CEO KRISHNAPATNAM PORT COMPANY LIMITED

MR SUBBA RAO MANAGING DIRECTOR EAST COAST LOGISTICS PVT LTD

MR JITHENDRA NIMMAGADDA COO, NAVAYUGA CONTAINER

TERMINAL PVT LTD

MS VINITA VENKATESH MANAGING DIRECTOR OCEAN 2 DOOR

MR MAHESH, CEO & DIRECTOR

MS SALONI, PRESIDENT VISHWA SAMUNDRA SHIPMENT SERVICES PVT LTD

MS SAILAJA VEMULAPALLI MANAGING DIRECTOR NTRUST INSURANCE BROKING SERVICES PVT LTD


Gateway Media (GM)’s

maritime gateway magazine has the

widest and largest

readership in maritime

sector. GM has organised the first South Asia Maritime and Logistics conference in Bangadesh. It has also handled Guinness-world record event with 360 degree media strategy. The series of smart logistics summit will now be extend to eight cities in India. The first liquid cargo summit was organised in Chennai. The liquid cargo summit for 2019 will be conducted in Mumbai. GM plans to conduct cargo-specific conferences.

The presentation has a clear understanding of the assests, liabilities, future plans, targets and areas of opportunities which can be

tapped into. He also focused on the

challenges involved and his point through a video which focused on how the company thrives to provide quality services and aims to taking the logistics and cargo movement to the next level.

Vishwa Samudra is end-to-end cargo solutions service provider. The company has handled bulk cargo of 5.05MMT in 2018-19, and container cargo of 1888 teus in the same year. The cargo volume handled by the company included 1.44MMt through road, 2.75MMt by rake, 12 shipments by air, and 9.15MMT through container movement. VS imported rocket fuel for ISRO from St. Petersburg to Kattupalli port.

KSSPL provides security services to corporates, government, and industrial bodies. KSSPL moved into academics

and skill building training in

specialised courses. It offers 15 categories of training prgrammes and PG courses in association with local Simhapuri University. KSSPL is planning to launch Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with port related subjects. KSSPL also plans to open a new Marine academy with due permissions from government. It also offers helipad services and dog training

MR RAMPRASAD RAVI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GATEWAY MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

MR BALA MURALI KRISHNA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEAPORT CARGO LOGISTICS PVT LTD

MR RAJENDRA PRASAD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KRISHNAPATNAM SECURITY SERVICES PVT LTD


VSE has introduced new technology based on which there is no need to use sand and other additives in the construction of roads. We don’t use outside material we only use cement and its additives to strengthen the road. VSE has completed construction of about 40km of road projects for AP, Telangana, and Punjab, Kerala governments. VSE is keen to enter into UP. VSE will work with Megaengineering and Infrastructure Limited (MIL) to construct about 400 kilometers stretch of roads in the next six to eight months period. VSE also will work for Adani ports in Orissa. VSE plans to enter into NHAI projects, and Africa.

MR SRINIVAS VALLABHANENI, CEO & DIRECTOR

MR BHARATH REDDY, DIRECTOR, VISHWA SAMUNDRA ENGINEERING PVT LTD

VISHWA SAMUDRA ENGINEERING

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KPCL’s major shareholders include Vishwa Samudra Engineeering with 51% stake, East Coast

Logistics with 23% stake and

Ghanta Venugapal holding 26% stake. KPCL has executed external construction project for NATCO, and Divis Laboratories. It is also involved in production and supply of RMC, bricks, fly ash bricks, pipe support blocks, kolos, and fencing material. It also undertakes consultancy services including land survey, soil investigation, and project management works.

Vishwesh Warehousing and Container Handling Services is planning to increase the capacity of

the existing empty container

yard by another five acres to accommodate more containers. The company plans to start metal scrap handling from April 2019. The company is prepared to start warehouse operations at Navayuga Machilipatnam port. A 10mt capacity forklift will be used for lift on or lift off or to place 20 empty containers at Navayuga Container Terminal.

MR CHAKRAVARTHI COO CVR FOUNDATION

MR SRINIVAS T DIRECTOR NELLORE WAREHOUSING COMPANY PVT LTD

MR UB RAJU DIRECTOR NAVAYUGA AVIATION PVT LTD


NWC has discharged highest ever cargo through IFHS (0.59MMT) in 2018. It has

handled total bagging cargo of

1.26MMT in 2018-19. The total agro cargo handled by NWC is 0.05MMT, and total cargo dispatches through rake is 1.12MMT, and cargo dispatches carried through road is 0.12MMT. The total cargo dispatch expected to be handled by the company in the financial year 2018-19 is expected to be 1.48MMT. NWC plans to venture into container stuffing and de-stuffing arena.

Navayuga Aviation Private Limited (NAPL) became operational in 2014. It offers

end-to-end travel services

to all the group companies. NAPL has started developing a mobile application for flight bookings and other services in association with Navayuga Infotech, which is expected to be completed this year. NAPL is likely to obtain Non Scheduled Operators (NSOP) license this year. The company plans to own cabs for operations at various metroploitan cities in India.

MS PUNEETA, DIRECTOR

MR HEMENDRA NAIDU HEAD - OPERATIONS KRISHNAPATNAM CONSTRUCTIONS PVT LTD

With remarkable knowledge of

Logistics, the presentation focused on new ideas, approach and techniques involved in

achieving future targets by not

compromising on quality, efficiency, safety and services. The strengths of the company like Manpower and Cost cutting initiatives are their future targets.

The Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited and Navayuga Group of companies undertake the corporate social responsibilities through CVR

Foundation. It emerged in 2008

under the Chairmanship of Shri. Chinta Visweswara Rao. The foundation offers women empowerment through Navyatha, community and employee welfare and talent management through Yuvatha, health sanitation and environment, old age homes through Bhadratha, community and local economy development, skill promotion and education through Bhavitha. CVR established NPS school for underprivileged children, and CVR English medium school.

MR BHAVANI PRASAD DIRECTOR KRISHNAPATNAM LOGISTICS PVT LTD

MS SALONI SHANTARAM PRESIDENT VISHWA SAMUNDRA SHIPMENT SERVICES PVT LTDKLPL

Krishnapatnam Logistics

Equinox MarineTech primarily offers services such as surveying, inspections, laboratory testing,

fumigation and pest control,

consulting, management, operations, and maintenance. The company plans to procure pilot boats for operating on charter. It plans to set up a plant obtaining NABL accreditation for coal analysis laboratories, and establishing a FSSAI laboratory which will cut down the time to get cargo clearance for edible product imports. It also plans to expand the general pest control and fumigation services both within the port and outside port.

KP Agriwarehousing Company’s shareholders include APIIC with 26% equity, and Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. The

all-weather operation warehouse

which is being built in 10 acres of land with a grant of 14.65 crore from central government. The warehouse will be constructed with a total funding of 29 crore. It will be equipped with sophisticated docking stations at few points covered with loading areas and will include state-of-the-art telescopic conveyor.

East Coast Maritime Services, established in 2012, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kriishnapatnam port. The company

initially provided fresh water supplies

and later diversified into ship chandling, bunkering, and steamer agency services for vessels calling at Krishnapatnam port and other ports in east coast. ECMS is partnering with international agency for ship chandling. The company is planning to diversify into handling liquid cargo at Krishnaptnam port. It is also planning to expand operations at Machilipatnam port. The company is planning to become largest bunker supplier and water supplier in the east coast.

Incorporated in the year 2008, KDCPL primarily carries out capital and maintenance dredging works at ports.

The vision of the company is to become

a well- known brand in dredging industry. It operates three trailer dredgers and three cutter dredgers. The unique selling proposition (USP) of the company is innovative dredging and specialisation in subsea pipeline laying works. The innovative methods used by the company for dredging works include jet pumping intensive focused dredging, and using cranes.

VVS Global Forwaders are custom brokers licensed under Customs Brokers Licensing

Regulations 2013. The primary

duty of VVS Global is to provide customs clearance services to the importers and exporters and to appear and transact business on behalf of them with customs and other nodal government agencies including Plant Quarantine, Spice Board, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, and FSSAI. The company has trained nine Customs House Agents (CHAs), and 250 G-card holders successfully.

Hampi started providing bakery and savory items in 2016, and started procuring its own raw materials

from 2018. It provides nutritious

food to Krishnapatnam port and group companies. Hampi plans venture into laundry service, establishing a new kitchen based food court, and setting up a new Hampi kitchen at Machilipatnam port.

MR KARUNENDRA JASTI DIRECTOR KP AGIWAREHOSING COMPANY PVT LTD

MR VIJAY BABU MANAGING PARTNER EAST COAST MARITIME SERVICES PVT LTD

MS E ANUSHREE REINSURANCE EXECUTIVE & LEGAL ANALYST NTRUST INSURANCE BROKING SERVICES PVT LTD

MR VVSN MURTHY MANAGING DIRECTOR VVS GLOBAL FORWARDERS PVT LTD

MS SAAHITHYA BUSINESS ANALYST KRISHNAPATNAM PORT COMPANY LIMITED


MR JITHENDRA NIMMAGADDA COO, NAVAYUGA CONTAINER

TERMINAL PVT LTD

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NWS is built on eight acre green campus. It offers education from pre-primary to 7th

grade. The school has

student-teacher ratio of 1:10, and equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities. It focuses on implementing thematic or project based experiential learning for better understanding and universal acceptance. NWS has tied up with Mumbai-based Kooh sports and edu sports from south India. NWS will go for affiliation of 9th standard in 2020.

Vishwas Samudra Homes is a new business entity which will provide end-to-end solutions for commercial and

residential construction. The

company will have a customer services team that will provide customer delight right from the project enquiry to occupancy and post occupancy. The company uses unique designs, latest technology, and security features. It plans to enter into the construction of townships at Krishnapatnam region, malls and multiplexes, and residential construction in Hyderabad.

VS Agricrown is promoted by Vishwa Samudra group of companies. The primary focus of the yet to be born company is to

cultivate butter mushrooms and

commercial farming. VS Agricrown visited Indonesia to study their Vintec mushroom plant which inspired the company to establish a similar plant in India near Krishnapatnam port. The company has chosen mushrooms because they are rich in proteins, and requires very less space to cultivate regardless of seasons.

MR SRINIVAS T DIRECTOR NELLORE WAREHOUSING COMPANY PVT LTD

MS NISHA BHAKAR DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL NAVAYUGA WORLD SCHOOL

MR SURESH YENDLURI DIRECTOR KP HORTICULTURE



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KPCL GOLDEN EAGLES

ANOTHER AMAZING SEASONStarted in 2015, the Krishnapatnam Port Golden Eagles Golf ChampionshipTM has grown bigger and better over the years to become the most glamorous golfing event tour that now covers four cities – Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad and Delhi. This exclusive, by-invitation-only tournament brings together our partners, customers and business associates for a memorable time of sportsmanship and camaraderie.

n its fourth edition, KPCL Golden Eagles Golf Championship saw more than 500 golfers from

India and internationally take part in the 4 events hosted each weekend in November across India – starting with Bengaluru, then on to Hyderabad, Pune and finally ending the exciting month with our last event in Delhi.

The vision of the Managing Director of Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited, Mr. Chinta Sasidhar has seen the Championship develop into the most sought after and prestigious corporate golf event in India, where it brings in

a tremendous dose of glamour into the sport and set new standards for combining sport and entertainment.

The exclusive invite-only Championship was a rendezvous of some of the KPCL’s partners and top clientele. And joining them were the likes of cricket legends Kapil Dev, Brian Lara and Venkatesh Prasad, actors R. Madhavan, Chitrangada Singh, Tamannaah Bhatia and Urvashi Rautela, reputed television presenters Mandira Bedi and Mayanti Langer, and renowned European entertainers Jimmy Sax and DJ Cruz to name a few.

Top women’s professionals Sharmila Nicollet and Ashlan Ramsey added to the already high Glam Quotient. The presence of dignitaries such as Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba, the President of India’s son Prashant Kovind and Hyderabad businessman P.P. Reddy further highlighted the stature of the event.



KPCL GOLDEN EAGLES

PORTFOLIO / MARCH 2019

– Brian Lara Cricket Legend

I am delighted to be associated with Krishnapatnam port. My experience of playing in Golden Eagles Golf Tournament has been excellent. It’s a great platform as it enables me to indulge while promoting a sport that I truly love besides cricket.


Krishnapatnam today commands more than 80% market share of the contatiner transhipment trade to and from South India. The deep draft capability of handling all size of vessels, all weather round the clock operations, fastest turnaround resulting in cutting down on waiting time and nil demurrages makes the Krishnapatnam Port the preferred port with amazing advantages like single window clearence with end-to-end services, huge backup area with excellent connectivity by both rail and road to hinterland locations.

Golf is emerging in a big way in India and it’s indeed the right time that we endorse and support young and talented golfers to pursue their passion. I admire Krishnapatnam port for their unwavering passion in promoting this sport.

– Kapil Dev Former Cricketer


SEOUL

BUSINESS OF GOLF

Navayuga Container Terminal Golf Championship in Seoul was an elite event hosting the top executives in the shipping industry. The event was hosted at the prestigious Sky 72 Golf Club which is home to HEB Bank LPGA Championship

NCT held the second season of Golf Tournament in Dubai during February 2019 where in the shipping professionals played along with stalwarts and celebrity cricketers

DUBAI


SOCIAL MEDIA

SOCIAL MEDIA BUZZKrishnapatnam Port is front runner when it comes to social media engagement. Thousands of friends across all platform simply love what we do and share whenever posts appear. Here are some of them


avyatha Training cum Production Centre (NTPC) was set up in response to the livelihood needs of economically backward

women to create purposeful, viable and sustainable skill development programmes to fulfill the local and regional skill gaps in the clothing industry.

at home, the earnings can go up to `10,000 per month by catering to the clothing needs of the Port and in the neighbourhood.

In addition to this, the women can look at Navyatha Production Centre as an employment option. Now around 60 women are working on regular basis on 42 machines. While some of the trained women work at the production centre, others work from home. The production centre accepts both bulk and single orders of VIP jackets, aprons and all kinds of uniforms.

So far, this centre produced 11000 units. Last year women were introduced to the system of assembly line stitching to increase the production of each individual. Navyatha believes that when women are given the right opportunities, sufficient encouragement and proper guidance their lives will acquire a new meaning and we are optimistic that these development initiatives are instrumental in impacting their lives for better.

Empowering women: the Real Architects

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Set up in 2011

Empowering women from fishermen community

Creating self-employment opportunities

5000 women trained so far

To achieve these objectives the approach adopted was to identify and focus on build their skillsets with in-house training and develop leadership ability. Under this programme, the activities include specialized training in tailoring and also basic as well as advanced courses in fashion design.

The production unit caters to the uniform and port clothing requirement of workmen and staff at Krishnapatnam Port. Due to the scarcity of skilled tailors, Navyatha makes sure it runs continuous courses. These are specifically targeted towards the women interested in pursuing tailoring and fashion designing as a means of their livelihood and a source of income.

Navyatha runs a 30-day Basic Fashion Designing Course for young women with approximately 20 participants in each batch. A good number from this group were able to acquire knowledge and skills of tailoring. After the successful completion of this course they would be able to earn about `5000 per month and with a sewing machine

CSR

PCL group company NTrust recently supported a sporting event in Hyderabad. The Late Sri L. Venkatram Reddy Memorial Volleyball Tournament was organized during 1st and 2nd of

February 2019 at LB Stadium. Ms Sailaja, MD & CEO, NTrust has lot of passion for this sport, organized the tournament in association with Ex Sports Hostel Women Fraternity.

Core objective of this tournament is to promote sports among the schools of Telangana and promote talent by picking the budding bright stars. Ms Sailaja an alumnus of sports hostel during 1984-1988, believes that this tournament creates good opportunity to hone the skills of the kids by organizing coaching camps and train them to represent the state.

The tournament was inaugurated on Friday, 1st February at 9 AM by Sri Allipuram Venkateshwar Reddy, Chairman, Sports Authority of Telangana. On the Saturday, 2nd February 6 PM, the event closing-in ceremony was graced

by the Chief Guest Sri A. Dinakar Babu, IAS, Vice Chairman & MD, Sports Authority of Telangana.

The Principal Sponsor of the Tournament is Navayuga Engineering Company Private Ltd. NTrust Insurance Broking had taken this tournament under the Corporate Social Responsibility activity.

The tournament received an overwhelming response from the Schools of Ranga Reddy District, Telangana with over 400 participants from 44 various schools. The tournament is categorized as Under-14 Inter-School Boys & Girls. Both the categories are won by Telangana Sports School, Hakimpet.

Late Sri L Venkatram Reddy, in whose name this tournament runs, is a legendary figure in the field of Volleyball. This inspiring and exemplary person dedicated his life to sports in general but particularly to Volleyball. This Tournament is a tribute to LVR for his contribution in promoting Volleyball in the State and the Country.


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A Recognitionthat is Well

DeservedNavaneeta Public School, the dream project

of our Managing Director Mr C Sasidhar

received CBSE affiliation which indeed

acknowledges the dedication and passion

that was put into this project.

avaneeta Public School is one of the few schools in Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh that focuses on the upliftment

and development of boys and girls from less fortunate backgrounds. Those who, like other children, have the potential to mould the future of the country with some guidance and education.

The local schools often have difficulty in providing the kind of education and environment that would make a significant impact. But at Navaneeta Public School, with our end to end facilities till high school the foundation has been laid to break the cycle of poverty.

NPS came up with a dream of creating a School which would provide World class education facilities along with a healthy and friendly home environment by providing all facilities free of cost thus fulfilling the school’s motto ‘Education, care and dignity’.

was granted CBSE board had run series of checks to ascertain the standards of the school. Officials of CBSE board have inspected the facilities at school like campus area, built up area, area allocated for playground, lab facilities and the quality of class rooms.

Why this affiliation is important?

Central Board of Secondary Education is a very old institution and popular too. The school board is famous for developing and implementing key educational policies in India. It is due to these policies that schools affiliated with CBSE have been able to produce great scholars and alumni in the last so many decades. Over the years CBSE schools have got branded as the best education providers in the secondary and higher secondary levels. The annual results have often showed CBSE schools as performing better than the schools affiliated with other education boards. Though there is no contest that directly puts the board in competition with the others, yet its performance and productivity is ascertained by the alumni who make it to the professional colleges and universities.

CBSE is also responsible for conducting some of the important professional examinations after higher secondary level. The syllabi approved by the board for higher secondary helps students in the coming admission and entrance tests in important institutes.

Getting the affiliation was possible due to the constant efforts of team under the able guidance of our CEO Mr. Anil Yendluri and with strong support and motivation from Managing Director Mr. C. Sasidhar. Now NPS can send the first batch of students to class Xth board exams in 2021.

NPS INFRASTRUCTURE

Area of Campus (in sq. Mtrs.) 226097.87

Area of Campus (in Acres.) 55.87

Built up Area in (in sq. Mtrs.) 1070.24

Area of Playground (in sq. Mtrs.) 5500.54

Computer Lab 32 Computers

Science Lab 3 labs

How it happened?

CBSE has its own laws regarding the affiliation of schools and the guiding principles, called affiliation byelaws. These byelaws are strictly pursued by the board and schools have to conform to these laws in order to get affiliated with the board. Getting the affiliation was not an easy task. Before affiliation

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