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.

Nandanam, Chennai, India

The Poompuhar Shipping Corporation Limited, a Government of Tamil Nadu state enterprise, was incorporated in 1974. The state government holds 100 per cent stake in the company. The company owns 3 bulk carriers and has taken on charter another 17 bulk carriers. All the vessels of the company are engaged in the transportation of about 13 million tonnes of thermal coal per annum for the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board from Haldia, Paradip and Visakhapatnam to Chennai and Tuticorin. The turnover of Poompuhar Shipping Corporation Limited for FY1999-2000 was Rs. 2.75 billion.

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, India

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.