The
twelve major ports under the Ministry of Shipping handled a record 647.43 MT of
traffic in 2016-17, registering an annual growth rate of 6.79 percent, as
against 4.32 percent last year. With this, these ports have out- performed
private ports for the second consecutive year. The private ports have registered
a traffic growth rate of 4 percent this year.
The top position in
cargo handling was retained by Kandla Port that handled 105.44 Million Tonnes
of cargo, registering a growth of 5.39% over last year. This was followed by
Paradip Port with 88.95 Million Tonnes of cargo handled, and an impressive
growth rate of 16.45%. Mumbai Port holds the third position with 63.05 Million
Tonnes of cargo handled and growth rate of 3.17%.JNPT recorded highest ever handling of 4.50 million TEUs
during 2016-17. The port owned terminal, JNPCT, achieved highest ever handling
of 1.53 million TEUs during the year, registering a growth rate of 7.33%.
Iron-ore traffic attained
the highest growth rate of 163.67%. Other miscellaneous and general cargo grew
by 18.53% and POL products by 8.16%.
In terms of Operating Surplus
too, the Major Ports have shown highest ever achievement in 2016-17. JNPT
net surplus has crossed Rs. 1300 crores as against Rs. 1091 crores of 2015-16.
Kandla Port posted its highest
ever net surplus of Rs. 651 crores during 2016-17, an increase of 54.4% over
last year’s profit of Rs 422 crores.
For the first time
ever, JNPT raised Foreign Denominated Loan of US $400 million . It became the
first major port to raise foreign currency loans. Kamarajar Port Limited
(Ennore) is also in the process of raising USD $100 million foreign currency
loan. This mode of financing at low interest rates and natural hedging has been
followed in the Major ports for their infrastructure development for the first
time.
The
major ports have also recorded the highest ever capacity addition of 100.37
Million Tonnes (MT during 2016-17. The capacity of major ports during 2015-16
was 965.36 MTPA. This crossed 1065 MTPA during 2016-17.
In respect of
development of port infrastructure, 56 projects have been awarded with a
capacity of 103.52 MTPA against a target of 102 MTPA with an investment of Rs.
9490.51 crores during 2016-17.
The
efficiency indicators in major ports are also improving steadily. During
2016-17, total turn-around time came down to 3.44 days as against 3.64 days
during last year. Likewise, Average Output Per Ship Berthday has gone up to
14583 tonnes as against 13748 tonnes during last year.
Major Ports have been
benchmarked to international standards. 116 initiatives were identified. Out of
these, 70 initiatives have been implemented and remaining will be implemented
by 2019. This has resulted in unlocking 80 MTPA capacity. Implementation
of these initiatives would further improve the efficiency & productivity of
the Major Ports.
Mumbai
Port has become Home Port for cruise tourism. Asia’s largest passenger ship
‘Genting Dream’ with
a capacity of 3,400 guests anchored at Mumbai Port on 29th October,
2016. The ship also ferried 1,900 passengers from Mumbai to Singapore via
Colombo. 51 cruise vessels have called at Mumbai Port during 2016-17. A total
number of 158 Cruise vessels anchored at 5 Major Ports during 2016-17, registering
an increase of 23% over 2015-16.
In
addition to the outstanding performance of the ports, the Ministry has taken
several initiatives. The dredging of Mumbai Channel and JNPT Channel phase – II
has been awarded to increase draft upto 15 meters at an estimated cost of Rs.
1963.17 crore. Smart Port Industrial Cities are being developed at Paradip and
Kandla, Master Plans for which have been finalised. Multi Modal Logistic Park
is being set up in Paradip.
The
Ministry of Shipping has initiated several Policy during the year . The New
Captive Policy guidelines were issued in July, 2016 to ensure uniformity and
transparency in the procedure for awarding captive facilities in the ports.
This will allow concessionaire to handle non captive cargo upto 30% of the
designed capacity of the berth.
The New Berthing Policy came into effect from
August, 2016. This policy provides standardized framework for calculation of
norms, specific to the commodity handled and infrastructure available on the
berth. This will improve the efficiency at ports and productivity norms across
ports.
The New Stevedoring Policy has been implemented
since July, 2016. This will improve productivity, efficiency and safety in the
ports.
The existing Model Concession Agreement of 2008 is
under process of revision which will address the concerns of PPP projects and
prevent them from getting stressed.
The Major Port Authorities Bill has been introduced
in the Lok Sabha in December, 2016 to modernize the institutional structure of
the ports to usher in professional governance in the ports.
For
port-wise details and comparison of performance during 2015-16 and 2016-17
click the link below.
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