Multi-purpose Berths at Major Ports

The Government of India aims to develop multi-purpose berths thereby enhancing the cargo handling capacity at various major ports in the country. These projects will enable major Ports to handle a variety of cargoes reduce the pre-berthing detention time and turn round time of vessels. List of such projects are as follows:

Port	Multi-purpose berth	Capacity (in MTPA/TEUs)	Estimated cost (in crore)	Likely to be completed
Paradip Port	Construction of Multi-Purpose Berth to Handle Clean cargo including containers on BOT basis	5 MTPA	430.78	March, 2018
Visakhapatnam Port	Development of WQ-6 berth for handling multi cargo in the inner harbour on DBFOT basis	2.08 MTPA	114.50	Completed
Kamarajar Port	Development of multi cargo terminal on DBFOT basis	2 MTPA	151	May, 2017
New Mangalore Port	Deep draft multi-purpose general cargo berth No. 12 in the western dock arm.	3 MTPA	1.47	March, 2016
Mormugao Port	Conversion of the existing Mechanical Ore Handling Plant (MOHP), Berth No. 8, Berth No. 9 and Barge Berths to Multipurpose Cargo Berths	9 MTPA	525	January, 2019
Kandla Port	Development of dry cargo berth No. 14	2 MTPA	200	October, 2018
	Development of dry cargo berth No. 16	2 MTPA	200	July, 2018

TRAFFIC HANDLED AT MAJOR PORTS
(DURING APRIL TO MARCH, 2015* VIS-A-VIS APRIL TO MARCH, 2014)
(*) TENTATIVE				(IN ‘ 000 TONNES)
	PORTS	APRIL TO MARCH		% VARIATION
		TRAFFIC		AGAINST PREV.
		2015*	2014	YEAR TRAFFIC
	1	2	3	4
	KOLKATA
	Kolkata Dock System	15282	12874	18.70
	Haldia Dock Complex	31010	28511	8.77
	TOTAL: KOLKATA	46292	41385	11.86
	PARADIP	71011	68003	4.42
	VISAKHAPATNAM	58004	58503	-0.85
	KAMARAJAR (ENNORE)	30251	27337	10.66
	CHENNAI	52541	51105	2.81
	V.O. CHIDAMBARANAR	32414	28642	13.17
	COCHIN	21595	20887	3.39
	NEW MANGALORE	36566	39365	-7.11
	MORMUGAO	14711	11739	25.32
	MUMBAI	61660	59184	4.18
	JNPT	63802	62333	2.36
	KANDLA	92497	87004	6.31
	TOTAL:	581344	555487	4.65