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.

India

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.

Chennai, India

We are an infrastructural development company with our Corporate Office in Chennai, India. This infrastructure division of the KIRTILAL KALIDAS Group of Companies, who has over 60 years of experience in the field of manufacturing, retailing and export of cut and polished diamonds and studded gold jewellery. KIRTILAL KALIDAS &CO has made a reputation of impeccable service and integrity. The changing pace and trends of economic activity has rendered new areas to be viable business options. Technological progress links markets and resources creating ample scope for increased activity. The new Indian standpoint on business and trade has opened new frontiers for the world market. This constitutes a ergonomic storage & handling facilities at various Ports. The industrial belt is spread around the Ports since users find that storage facility inside the port lessens demurrage and enhances accessibility. These factors coupled with the groups experience in the field of service has given shape to storage & handling facilities at major Ports like JAWAHARLAL NEHRU PORT, in the state of Maharastra, NEW MANGALORE PORT, in the state of Karnataka, TUTICORIN PORT and CHENNAI PORT in the state of Tamilnadu, VISHAKAPATNAM PORT in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Tuticorin, India

Tuticorin Port was incorporated in 1974 as the tenth major port of the country. The port is situated about 540 Km South West of Chennai with Sri Lanka on the South-East direction and very close to the East-West International sea routes. Tuticorin port, developed as an artificial deep-sea harbour with 400 hectares of protected water area, has come up as one of the major centre for coastal shipping and serves to the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and parts of Kerala. Tuticorin port, which was the centre for maritime trade and pearl fishery for more than a century, had gone through the hands of Portuguese and Dutch before coming under the control of East India Company of Britain. The British company had developed the natural harbour port and connected it with the Railway. It was declared as a minor anchorage port in 1868. In the pre-independence era, the port had witnessed a sprouting trade by handling a wide range of cargo with the neighbouring countries as well as with other coastal ports of the country. With the changing scenario of maritime trade, the Union Government constructed a new harbour and the port had come up as the 10th Major Port on 11th July, 1974. In 1979, the erstwhile anchorage port / minor port was merged with the newly developed harbour to form an integrated port. The integrated Tuticorin Port presently comprises of two operational wings - 'Zone - A' representing the new Major Port while 'Zone - B' representing the old anchorage port. Future plan With the increasing use of containers in sea trade, Tuticorin Port, having the locational advantages, strives to become the container transhipment hub of South India and accordingly planned to develop the port infrastructure and other port facilities. Deepening of approach channel and harbour basin to accommodate 10.7 metres draught vessels, construction of cargo berth No.-7, augmentation of water supply facilities, construction of shallow water berth at 7.0 metres level are the major projects taken up by the port. The proposed 'Sethu Samudram Ship Canal Project', which envisages cutting a canal for passage of ships from Gulf of Mannar to Palk Straits, would connect the Tuticorin port to the other Indian ports on the East Coast directly. The project is likely to facilitate the development of Tuticorin as a regional hub for South Asia competing with Colombo Port.