(a) whether large quantities of scrap are lying at major ports;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, port-wise;
(c) whether due to this scrap the work of ports is being hampered; and
(d) if so, the details thereof alongwith the steps taken by the Government to address the situation?
MINISTER OF SHIPPING (SHRI G.K. VASAN)
(a) & (b): Port-wise details of scrap lying at Major Ports is enclosed at Annexure-A.
(c): No, Madam.
(d): Does not arise.
Annexure A
Name of Port Scrap lying at Ports
Kolkata At HDC approximately 165 MTS of scrap in seven load containers is lying undelivered, the details of which are as under :
No. of Date of Remarks containers Landing
6x20 ft. Load 13.2.2006 Detained by Customs on 18.8.2006 1x40 ft. Load 25.4.2010 Recently landed. Awaiting Delivery.
Paradip Nil
Chennai Only 36.349 Tonnes of scrap is lying. The same is also being moved out gradually through trucks by road.
Jawaharlal Nehru Around 150 containers carrying heavy metal scrap destined for Ludhiana are lying at the Port.
Mumbai Only 455.68 MTS of scrap is lying in one of the container Freight stations away from the docks.
Detail is as under:
- 376.23 MTS of Scrap ( 355.62 MTS in open area and 20.61 in one container) is lying since December,2004 and is under customs action as the scrap was found with arms & ammunition and unserviceable shells. - 20.57 MTS of scrap in one container lying since 2005 and is under customs action. - 58.88 MTS of scrap in three containers lying since April 2004 and is at customs action.
Tuticorin Nil
Cochin 16221 MTS of shredded scrap, an import cargo, is lying at the cargo storage area inside Ernakulam wharf and will be taken delivery by the consignee in due course. Cochin Port’s average annual import of shredded scrap during the past three years has been less than one lakh tonnes. Cargo is fully taken delivery by the importer within a period of about 2 months from landing.
New Mangalore Nil
Mormugao Nil
Ennore Nil
Kandla At Kandla Port 49726 MTS of H.M.S./S.S. scrap is lying inside the port in rented plot out of which about 1890 MTS is disputed and the remaining is under delivery to the concerned.
Visakhapatnam Nil