Ennore Port, India's first corporatised
major port, was dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee on February 1, 2001. In the first phase,
the port will operate through two captive berths of Tamil Nadu
Electricity Board (TNEB) built at a cost of Rs.10.58 billion for
handling of 16 million tonnes of thermal coal annually. The wharf
area of the port is designed to accommodate two 77,000 DWT coal
carriers at a time. The second phase of the port project will
include construction of three coal berths, one LNG terminal, two
POL berths and a chemical berth at an estimated cost of Rs.40
billion and is expected to get completed by March 2004. Being
a corporate entity, the Ennore port will not come under the Major
Port Trust Act, 1963 and the Tariff Authority for Major Ports
(TAMP). Thus the services rendered by the port would be negotiable
between the port and the service providers at the port.
Kandla Port Trust authorities have taken decision to resume
commercial operations at the cargo jetties six to nine,
which were temporarily suspended due to the severe earthquake
in Gujarat. However, the port would not to take any responsibility
in event of any damage to the users property. It is expected that
other jetties would soon become operational, of which jetties
2 and 5 are having problems with their fire fighting pumps while
jetty 4 has damaged pipeline which will take some time to become
operational.
Gujarat Adani Port Limited and Gujarat
Maritime Board have geared up their facilities at Mundra,
Porbandar and other minor ports in Gujarat to handle additional
traffic being diverted from the ports of Kandla and Navlakhi,
damaged due to earthquake.
Meanwhile Mundra Port, promoted by Gujarat Adani Port Limited
has completed its first year of operations on January 23, 2001.
The port has handled 3 million tonnes of cargo in the first year
of the operation and expected to handle 119 MT cargo a year from
a berthing length of 4000 metre in the next 25 years.
Cargo handled by 11 major ports
of India has increased by 3.3 per cent to 183.6 million tonnes
during the first eight months of the current fiscal year (April-November),
as against 177.7 million tonnes handled during the corresponding
period of the previous year. However, this is lower than the targeted
throughput of 189.8 million tonnes fixed for April-November 2000-01
period owing to less POL and fertiliser traffic.
Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) recorded an all-time-high
cargo throughput of 44.51 lakh tonnes in January 2001, the highest
handled by any major port in a month so far. It is better than
its previous best of 44.36 lakh tonnes, handled in May 2000. Further,
the VPT proposal to set up a full-fledged container terminal on
BOT basis at an estimated cost of Rs.1.5 billion has generated
considerable interest among major foreign port operators.
Indo Gulf Corporation Limited has planned to convert its
existing 1.0 million tonnes capacity captive jetty at Dahej (recently
transferred into a 100 per cent subsidiary, Dahej Harbour and
Infrastructure, DHIL) into a port with a capacity of 6 to 7 million
tonnes per annum. The company is exploring the possibility of
either having a collaboration with Petronet LNG or forming a joint
venture with a port management company, since it lacks the necessary
expertise to develop the port infrastructure.
Dahej Chemical Port, India's first chemical port and terminal
built by Gujarat Chemical Port Terminal Company at a cost of Rs.8.50
billion, was dedicated to the nation by the Union Minister of
Law, Justice, Company Affairs and Water Transport, Arun Jaitley
on January 26, 2001.
Petronet LNG terminal at Kochi has received environmental
clearance after the Gas Authority of India Limited entered into
a Gasco-opereration agreement with KSIDC to develop a gas pipeline
network between Kochi to Kasaragod and Kochi to Kanyamkulam. The
terminal is expected to be commissioned by June 2004.
Calcutta Dock Labour Board has incurred
a loss of Rs.20 million due to wage revision of the board employees
and the delay on its part to revise the realisation charges from
the stevedores.
The Shipping
Corporation of India has recorded
a massive growth in net profit amounting to Rs.1291.8 million
during the third quarter of 2000-01 as against Rs. 98.7 million
in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. The high
growth rate is due to boom in the tanker market. The total revenue
for the quarter grew by 44 per cent amounting to Rs.8,421.5 million
from Rs.5,836.6 million in the corresponding quarter of the previous
year.
The Great Eastern Shipping Company has
posted a growth in net profit by 123.3 per cent to Rs.415.4 million
in the third quarter ended December 31, 2000 against Rs.186.0
million in the same quarter of the previous year. The total income
of the company has decreased to Rs. 2516.4 million from Rs.2730.3
million on account of less marine construction activities during
the quarter under consideration.
Essar Shipping Limited has
recorded a net profit of Rs.200.3 million in the quarter ended
December 31, 2000 against Rs.35.6 million in the same quarter
of the previous year. The total income of the company has gone
upto Rs. 1172.3 million from Rs.1045.4 million in the corresponding
quarter of the previous year.
Varun Shipping Company Limited has
posted a net profit of Rs.30 million in the quarter ended December
31, 2000 against Rs.18.4 million in the same quarter of the previous
year. The total income of the company has gone upto Rs. 510.4
million from Rs.426.7 million.
Shahi Shipping Limited has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Capstan Shipping to float
a joint venture company namely "Royal Bengal Containers Limited"
for the movement of containers between Calcutta Dock System and
Haldia Dock Complex. The new company is expected to start operation
by the end of February, 2001. Shahi Shipping has planned to deploy
two of its vessels namely Royal Yamuna and Royal Shravati for
undertaking operations along the Hooghly river.
Continental Warehousing Corporation
Limited has recently commissioned a Container Freight Station
(CFS) at Chennai. The CFS was inaugurated on January 29, 2001
by the Chennai Zone Customs Chief Commissioner, Mr. M. V. Reddy,
IRS.
Central Warehousing Corporation's container freight station
at Adalaj has registered a growth rate of 18 percent by handling
3143 TEUs during the year 2000 compared to 2670 in the year 1999.
Calcutta Port Trust has invited offers for
Global Tender
for: Capital dredging and shore disposal at Jiggerkhali flat
in the Balari region including construction of Dykes and trimming
of Western face of Nayachara Islands along the navigational channel
opposite the Haldia Dock Complex and disposal of dredging spoils,
under the River Regulatory Measures in the Hooghly estuary of
Calcutta Port Trust are invited in two cover system i:e cover-I
: commercial and technical bid, cover-II : Price bid.
Bid No. MRN/SDDS/CDE/GBL/CD I of 2001
Approximate cost of project: Rs.2.90 billion
Time of completion:14 months [including 10 months for construction
of Dyke]
Tenders may be obtained from: Director, Marine Department,
Calcutta Port Trust, 15 Strand Road, Calcutta - 700 001, India
. Fax : 033 220-4901. E-mail: cptcal@wb.nic.in and cptedi@giasc101.vsnl.net.in
from 12.02.01 to 23.02.01 between 10.30 hrs to 16.00 hrs. on all
working days on production of a cash receipt of Rs.10,000 issued
by the Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer, Calcutta
Port Trust to be paid in cash or by crossed demand draft drawn
on any Indian Bank in favour of Calcutta Port Trust.
EMD: Rs. 5 lacs
Last date for submission: March 16, 2001, 15.00 hours
Hindustan
Copper Limited has invited offers for
Tender for:
stevedoring, clearing, forwarding and other related work at Mumbai
or Jawaharlal Nehru port for imported copper concentrate, its
transportation and unloading at Khetri copper complex, Khetri
Nagar, Rajasthan are invited in two bid system.
Approx. Qty. in wmt: 10,000 + 10%
No. of ships load to be handled: One ship load
Contract period: Three months or completion
of the tender quantity which ever is earlier.
EMD: Rs.50,000
Tenders may be obtained from: Dy. General
Manager (Smelter), Khetri Copper Complex, Camp: Mumbai Regent
Chambers, Office No. 7, 4th Floor, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021
during working hours from 03-02-2001to 08-02-2001 on payment of
Rs.500 by cash or demand draft from a Nationalised bank in favour
of Hindustan Copper Limited payable at Kolkata.
Last date for submission: 08-02-2001 within 2.30 p.m.
Inland Waterways Authority of India has invited offers for
Global Tender
for: supply and delivery of (a) GRP Buoys 544 nos. and steel
structure 30 nos. for lighted beacons (b) light system 574
nos. for installations on buoys to be used for channels marking
for night navigation in Ganga (National Waterway No. 1) and the
West Coast Canal (National Waterway No. 3) are invited in two
cover system i:e cover-I : commercial and technical bid, cover-II
: Price bid.
EMD: Rs.1 lakh or US$2320 each for (a) and (b).
Tender No. IWAI/HY.WING/2000-01/5
Correspondence address: Inland Waterways Authority
of India (M/o. Surface Transport, Govt. of India), A-13, Sector-1,
Noida (U.P.) Pin code -201301
Non transferable tender document may
be obtained: by submitting non-refundable demand draft for
US$170 (in case of foreign bidders) or Rs.7000 (in case of Indian
bidder) in favour of IWAI FUND payable at New Delhi/ Noida from
January 30, 2001 to February 23, 2001 on any working day
from Monday to Friday the office of Hydrographic Chief in the
above address.
Last date for submission: February 27, 2001, 1500 hours
Inland
Waterways Authority of India has invited offers for
Tender for:
detailed hydrographic survey as per GIHS standards (which includes
bathymetric survey with the help of DGPS and Automatic Hydrographic
Survey System, topography, tidal observations, preparation of
chart and reports) in the following stretches of Sunderbans Waterways
(a) International Steamer Route from Namakhana to Raimangal River
Confluence (Bangladesh Border), 174 kms (b) Alternative Steamer
Route from Netiadhopani to Raimangal river confluence (Bangladesh
Border), 91 kms.
Tender No. IWAI/HY/2000/6
Period of completion:125 days
Estimated cost:Rs.51.95 lakhs
EMD: Rs.1 lakh
Correspondence address: Inland Waterways Authority
of India (M/o. Surface Transport, Govt. of India), A-13, Sector-1,
Noida (U.P.) Pin code -201301
Tender document may be obtained: from
Hydrographic Chief, IWAI, Noida on payment of Rs.1000 demand draft
(non-refundable) in favour of IWAI FUND payable at New Delhi/
Noida from January 30, 2001 to February 21, 2001 on any
working day from Monday to Friday.
Last date for submission: February 23, 2001,
1500 hours.