(a) the details of amount of dry bulk commodities and percentage thereof handled by non-mechanised facilities at various ports in the country;
(b) the steps taken by the Government to shift to mechanized or optimized facilities;
(c) the details of availability and utilisation of port owned equipments at various ports in the country; and
(d) whether these are as per the latest norms prescribed in this regard and if not, the reasons therefor and the steps taken in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING
(SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)
(a) Madam, the amount of dry bulk cargo and percentage thereof handled by non-mechanised facilities at various major ports in the country is enclosed at Annexure.
(b) The Government has taken up mechanisation projects in major ports for mechanised handling of cargo to bring efficiency in port operations.
(c)&(d):Major Ports mostly have equipments provided through outsourcing andthese equipments are as per prescribed norms.
ANNEXURE
DRY BULK COMMODITIES AND PERCENTAGE
(2013-2014 to 2014-2015)
PORT DRY BULK - NON-MECHANISED
(In 000 Tonnes) TRAFFIC TOTAL
(In 000 Tonnes) PERCENTAGE SHARE OF DB(Non-Mechanised) OUT OF TOTAL TRAFFIC HANDLED BY PORTS
2014-15 2013-14 2014-15 2013-14 2014-15 2013-14
Kolkata 2723 1143 15283 12874 17.82 8.88
Haldia 14721 11024 31010 28511 47.47 38.67
Paradip 24508 24631 71011 68003 34.51 36.22
Visakhapatnam 20374 21870 58004 58503 35.13 37.38
Kamarajar 0 0 30251 27337 0.00 0.00
Chennai 6134 5966 52541 51105 11.67 11.67
V.O.Chidambaranar 11666 9611 32414 28642 35.99 33.56
Cochin 434 218 21595 20887 2.01 1.04
New Mangalore 7747 8069 36566 39365 21.19 20.50
Mormugao 1664 1503 14711 11739 11.31 12.80
Mumbai 15023 14125 61660 59184 24.36 23.87
J.N.P.T. 653 701 63801 62333 1.02 1.12
Kandla 25030 21659 92497 87004 27.06 24.89
All Ports 130677 120520 581344 555487 22.48 21.70
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