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CHENNAI PORT
Over a century now, the Chennai Port has developed into one of the most modern ports in the country, matching
international standards, specially in container handling. The first modern
container terminal in India was set up at this Port and today, the Chennai
Port ranks third among the 11 major ports in the country in terms of the
volume of cargo handled.
With modernisation and technological advancements holding the key to the success of any organisation,
the Chennai Port today is fine tuning and upgrading its facilities to cater to
each and every need of its users and at the same time play a major role in the
economic development of the country as a whole.
Location
Chennai port is situated at a Latitude of 13o06’ North and Longitude of
80o18’ East, Chennai Port is an artificial harbour on the Coromandel coast in
South-East India.
Port Facilities
| Name |
Nos. |
| 1.Dr. Ambedkar Dock |
12 Berths |
| 2.Jawahar Dock |
6Berths |
| 3. Bharathi Dock |
3 Berths (for oil & I. Ore) |
| 4. Container Terminal |
3Berths |
| 5.Moorings |
1 Berth |
Warehousing And Storage Capacity
| a) |
Covered : |
No. |
Area |
| 1.
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Warehouses |
12 |
65,686 Sq.mtrs. |
| 2.
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Transit sheds |
8 |
36,000 Sq.mtrs. |
| 3.
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Covered area for FCI |
6 |
43,450 Sq.mtrs. |
| 4.
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Container Freight Stations |
2 |
12,600 Sq.mtrs |
| b) |
Open: |
| 1. |
Open space |
3,25,000 Sq. mtrs. |
| 2.
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Container Parking Area |
1,30,000 Sq. mtrs. |
| Port railways : Broad Guage |
68.8kms. |
Port Roads
| Road length |
27.5kms |
| Width(Min) |
6.0mtrs. |
| Width(max) |
26.0
mtrs. |
Floating Crafts
| Description |
1997-98 |
1998-99 |
| Dredgers |
2 |
2 |
| Tugs |
6 |
6 |
| Floating Cranes |
1 |
1 |
| Launches |
10 |
10 |
| Water Barges |
1 |
1 |
| Launch (Survey) |
2 |
2 |
Multi-Purpose Harbour Vessel
(Pollution control & buoy
tender) |
1 |
1 |
| Oil recovery vessel(pollution crontrol) |
1 |
1 |
Other Facilities Available
Bunkering of Oil, Supply of Fresh Water, Modern Navigational aids Telephone connection
to vessels, Insurance lightcrage. Round the Clock Communications on the Marine
VHF Channel
a)9 well lit channels marking buoys for the
7kms. long channel.
b)Recon and Sector lights and racon to assist
vessels in outer channel.
c)
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Light House located |
13°02.4 |
| NorthLatitude and East Longitude |
80°16.4' |
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High triangular tower |
57 metres |
Traffic Handled
Commoditywise Imports and Exports at Chennai Port during 1996-97 to 1999-2000 (April to Jan.
2000)
| (In Lakh Tonnes) |
| Commodity |
1996-97 |
1997-98 |
1998-99 |
1999-2000
(Apr. - Jan.) |
| A. Import |
| POL |
99.33 |
94.32 |
90.78 |
76.01 |
| Fertilizer (Raw) |
3.53 |
4.30 |
4.47 |
4.03 |
| Fertilizer |
5.42 |
9.44 |
6.79 |
6.03 |
| Thermal Coal |
65.88 |
86.15 |
95.57 |
72.65 |
| Coking coal |
3.34 |
3.70 |
3.52 |
3.70 |
| Container Cargo |
11.04 |
13.51 |
14.71 |
14.80 |
| Others |
30.60 |
28.87 |
35.06 |
40.66 |
| B. Export |
| POL |
21.44 |
21.64 |
17.06 |
10.26 |
| Iron Ore |
46.56 |
62.61 |
54.74 |
49.55 |
| Container Cargo |
14.58 |
16.50 |
14.70 |
14.67 |
| Other |
16.75 |
14.27 |
14.61 |
13.748 |
| Total Traffic |
318.47 |
355.31 |
352.01 |
306.14 |
| Containers handled (in TEUs) |
256503 |
292593 |
283796 |
262349 |
Future Plans / Privatisation
Some of the projects that are in progress at the Chennai Port include:
Bunkering of Oil, Supply of Fresh Water, Modern Navigational aids Telephone connection
to vessels, Insurance lightcrage. Round the Clock Communications on the Marine
VHF Channel
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Extension of container terminal by 290 m berth length, addition of 30,000 sq. m of
parking yard and one CFS;Additional equipment to be provided under
privatisation include two container quay cranes, two RTG cranes,other
infrastructure facilities like CFS, CPY etc. The total handling capacity on
completion will be 4,72,000 TEUs.
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Modernisation of West Quay and North Quay berths at an estimated cost of Rs 47.50
crore;
Capacity addition to the port will be 0.95 million tonne per annum
of general cargo. Project to be executed with Asian Development Bank (ADB)
assistance.
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Integrated scheme of extension of South Quay III about 73 m and modernisation of East
Quay about 452 m at a cost of Rs 46.10 crore The capacity addition to the
port will be 0.70 million tonne per annum of general cargo. Project to be
executed with ADB assistance.
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Modernisation of iron ore berth to handle general cargo vessels and
Construction of one multi-storeyed transitshed.
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Long term plan to handle containers and cars (four to five berths) by shifting
handling of thermal coal and iron ore to Ennore Port.
EDI
The Chennai Port has entered the area of electronic data interchange (EDI) with
port users. EDI connectivity has been established with 12 MLOs and Pilot project tested successfully.
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