(a) the details of Major Ports in the country along with
the performance thereof, port-wise;
(b) whether their performance has improved over the
years and if so, the details thereof and if not, the
reasons therefor;
(c) whether some of the Major Ports are facing shortage
of manpower;
(d) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons
therefor; and
(e) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the
Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING
(SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)
(a) There are 12 Major Ports in the country. Port-wise Performance during 2016-17 is given as under:
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Sl.No Major Port Traffic
Handled
(In MT) Avg. Pre-berthing Time on Port A/c
(In Hrs.) Avg. Total Turn-round Time
(In Days) Avg. Output
Per Ship
Berthday
(Tonnes)
1 Kolkata Port Trust
- Kolkata Dock System* 16.17 0.79 4.73 4200
- Haldia Dock Complex* 34.14 21.11 3.45 7491
2 Paradip 88.96 13.85 4.99 23727
3 Visakhapatnam 61.02 0.41 3.75 13069
4 Kamarajar (Ennore) 30.02 0.02 2.70 22924
5 Chennai 50.21 0.84 2.51 15888
6 V.O. Chidambaranar 38.46 8.88 4.40 10456
7 Cochin 25.01 0.00 1.99 17450
8 New Mangalore 39.95 3.28 2.35 17094
9 Mormugao 33.18 9.57 4.51 13461
10 Mumbai 63.05 2.16 3.27 8413
11 JNPT 62.15 6.96 2.01 23316
12 Kandla 105.44 2.16 4.40 18464
Overall: 647.76 5.77 3.43 14576
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(*) Kolkata Dock System and Haldia Dock Complex are parts of Kolkata Port Trust
(b): The performance of Major Ports during 2012-13 and 2016-17 has been as under:
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Performance Parameters 2012-13 2016-17
Traffic Handled (In Million Tonnes) 545.79 647.76
Avg. Pre-berthing Time on Port A/c
(In Hrs.) 12.17 5.77
Avg. Total Turn-round Time
(In Days) 4.24 3.43
Avg. Output Per Ship Berthday
(Tonnes) 11800 14576
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(c)to(e):Due to sufficiency in staffing and increase in mechanization and automation, the Major Port Trusts were advised to keep their establishment expenditure in check and not to go for further recruitments. In order to rationalize the workforce some Major Port Trusts have adopted Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme (SVRS). A Committee was constituted in December, 2016, to assess the human resource requirements of the Major Ports. Based on the recommendations of the Committee, the Major Port Trusts have been advised to go for recruitment for filling up the essential posts identified by the Committee.
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