Maritime Directory

New Delhi, India

Port represents a collection of physical facilities and services designed to serve as an interchange point between land and sea transport. It is a single organizational unit with multi-dimensional activities integrated within the logistics chains for providing services to maritime trade. In India there are 12 major ports and around 181 minor and intermediate ports, which handles more than 300 million tonnes of cargo per annum. The port sector has witnessed large-scale investment through government and private sector for modernisation programme. In the new era of liberalisation and privatisation, functionality of ports is changing from their traditional role as an organisation in charge of all port activities to become a coordinator of these activities. High degree of competition has resulted into reduction of excess labour, aggravated by the trend towards intensive investment of capital at seaports through private sector participation.

Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP), the youngest and most modern major port of India, was commissioned in 1989 with a land area of 2,500 hectares. The port was initially envisaged to relieve traffic off the Mumbai port and serve as a hub port for the Western region. With highly automated operations and developed infrastructure for bulk and container traffic, JNPT has emerged as the gateway port to modern India and has become the most favoured port to the maritime trade of Western region. The all weather tidal port is located in between the islands of Nhava and Sheva on the West Coast of the country and shares the common harbour channel with Mumbai port and Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal. The vast back up area of the port is ideally suited for future maritime requirements. The water front infrastructure stretched over 54 sq. Kms, JNPT has strong potential to develop additional facilities as per demand. Future plan JNPT has already drawn up developmental projects and accordingly started working. The port has planned to become the first container transhipment hub of the country, attracting fourth or fifth generation mother vessels by deepening the approach channel at an estimated investment of Rs 6.0 billion within the next three years. Jawaharlal Nehru Port authority has earmarked Rs 4.8 billion for development of infrastructure facilities of 'B' and 'C' class chemicals in the tank farm area, additional port crafts, infrastructure facilities for vehicle exporters, warehouses for storage of dry bulk cargo, cold storage facility and container stacking yard. It is also contemplating the idea of developing additional berths for handling of agri-products, ores, vehicles, steel scrap and sponge iron products.

Mumbai, India

The Shahi Shipping Limited was incorporated in 1985 as a partnership firm promoted by Sarvesh Kumar Shahi and F. M. Koli. In 1990, the company was converted into a private limited company under the name "Shahi Shipping & Transport Private Limited". Later in 1993, it was made a Public Limited Company and its name changed to the present one. The present promoter of the company Sarvesh Kumar Shahi has a stake of 27 per cent in the company. The company is engaged in the following business activities namely: Supply operations Lighterage operations Container feeder services The company supplies fuel and potable drinking water to vessels anchored in Bombay harbor. Its lighterage operations involve handling of bulk chemicals at Bombay harbor and iron ore at Revedanda, South of Bombay. The company has also started container feeder services between Mumbai port and Jawaharlal Nehru port. The company owns a fleet of 27 vessels with a total deadweight tonnage of around 30,000 tonnes. The turnover of Shahi Shipping for FY1999-2000 was around Rs. 208 million. Future plan The future plans of Shahi Shipping Limited are: To set up shipbreaking unit for demolition of large vessels. To set up shipyard to build ships upto 10,000 DWT. The company has already acquired land for the shipyard at South of Mumbai. To develop minor ports on the East and West coast of India. The company is one of the short listed ones for building and operating Dighee port on the West Coast of Maharashtra. To purchase 10,000 containers over four year time period for using in the trading routes between India and Middle East, Far East and European continents.