(a) whether the Port Policy has failed to attract investors;
(b) if so, the reasons therefor,
(c) whether 38 projects worth Rs.7640 crore have been identified by the Government but only 45 per cent of them have received commitments of Rs.3247 crore and the remaining 21 projects remain uncertain;
(d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
(e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI DILIPKUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI)
(a) No, Sir.
(b) Does not arise.
(c) to (e) Participation of the private sector in various port development projects is an ongoing process. As part of its policy to attract and encourage private sector investment in port development, the Government has issued comprehensive guidelines for private sector participation in the major ports. So far, Government has approved 17 private sector/captive port development projects involving an investment of Rs.3247 crore, as per list at Annexure-I. Further, 21 private sector/captive port development projects involving an investment of Rs.4394 crores are under consideration or for which bids have been invited, as per list at Annexure-II. The response to the Government’s efforts to increase private sector participation in port development is fairly satisfactory.
ANNEXURE-I
APPROVED PRIVATE SECTOR/CAPTIVE PORT PROJECTS
Sl. Project Name Port name Capacity (Million Project Cost No Tonnes (Rs. in Crores)
1 Container Terminal Jawaharlal Nehru 7.20 800.00 2 Liquid Cargo Berth Jawaharlal Nehru 5.50 200.00 3 Fifth Oil Jetty (Iffco Jetty) Kandla 2.00 21.50 4 Oil Jetty awarded to M/s IOCL. Kandla 2.00 20.70
5. Development of Container Freight Station Kandla 3.00 41.07 6. Oil Jetty and related facilities Vadinar(Kandla) 10.00 250.00
7 Container Terminal Tuticorin 3.60 100.00
8. Captive berth to Oswal Fertilisers Ltd Paradip 2.5 100.00
9. Construction of a berth at Pir Pau for handling inter-alia Mumbai 1.5 200.00 coal on BOOT basis 10(a) Container Terminal at Chennai Stage-I Chennai 5.6 490.50in 5 years 10(b) Container Terminal at Chennai Stage-II Chennai 285 Mtrs. Berth 11. Multipurpose General Cargo Berths 5A and 6A Mormugao 5.0 224.00 12. Multipurpose Berths at Visakhapatnam Vaizag 1.80 175.00 Port EQ8 & EQ 9 13. Container Terminal at Multipurpose Visakhapatnam 4.80 100.00 Berth Outer Harbour 14. Allotment of Multipurpose berth No. 12. Haldia Dock 0.5 million tonnes 30.00 Complex (HDC). in case of mixed cargo including 0.5 MT containers/35,000 TEUs in case of exclusive handling Of container.
15. Multipurpose Berth No. 4 A at Haldia. Haldia Dock 1.5 150.00 Complex (HDC). 16. Handling of LPG at No.8 Jetty of Budge Budge Petroleum Wharves KoPT 0.025 94.18 17. BOT Coal Berth at New Mangalore New Magalore 5.0 250.00
TOTAL 61.525 3246.95
ANNEXURE-II
PRIVATE SECTOR PORT PROJECTS UNDER CONSIDERATION OR BIDS INVITED
Project Port Name Capacity Project Cost (Million Tonnes) (Rs. in Crores)
1. Development of International Container Cochin Port. 5.0 600.00 Terminal at Vallarpadam.
2. International Bunkering Terminal Cochin Port 1.00 170.00
3. Redevelopment of existing Bulk JNPT 14.00 MTPA 900.00 Terminal into Container Terminal.
4. Development Operation, Maintenance & Management of 4 Container Terminals on BOT basis in Indira Dock. Mumbai Port 89.00
5. Construction of a Second liquid hemical/POL products berth at Pir Pau on BOT basis Mumbai Port 2.00 75.00 6. Development, Operation & Maintenance of 2 general cargo terminals in Indira Dock on B.O.T. basis Mumbai Port 15.00
7 Licensing of 2 Dry Docks for Operating nd Managing Ship Repair activities on commercial basis Mumbai Port 2.00
8. Developing a Container Freight Station (CFS) at Cotton Depot on BOT basis Mumbai Port 46.70
9. Licensing of Multipurpose cargo Mumbai Port - terminal in Victoria Dock 10. Construction of 2 New Off-shore Container berth and development of Container Terminal berth on BOT basis in Mumbai Harbour Mumbai Port 7.53/0.62 958.00 million TEUs
11. Development of Passenger Cruise Terminal at BPX Mumbai Port 12. onstruction of a berth for Clear Paradip Port 1.0 100.00 Cargo on BOT basis 13. Construction and license out berths at for handling captive cargoes on BOT basis - (a) M/s. Utkal Aluminia International Limited (WQ 6) 0.9 40.00 (b) M/s L&T (WQ7 berth) Visakhapat-nam Port. 0.9 33.13 14. Development & Operation of Container Terminal. Kandla Port. 3.36 175.00 15. Conversion of Oil Jetty into Dry Cargo Berth Kandla Port 0.80 20.00 16. Mechanization of 11th Cargo Berth Kandla Port - - 17. Construction of an Iron Ore Berth Ennore Port 12.00 350.00 (including equipment) 18. Construction of Liquefied Natural Ennore Port 2.5 200.00 Gas (LNG) Jetty 19. Construction of Coal Berth for Users other than TNEB (including equipments) Ennore Port 8.00 300.00 20. Construction of Jetty for Ennore Port 3.00 200.00 POL Products/Chemicals 21. Construction and Operation of Cruise Vessel-cum-Container Berth in Mormugao Port on BoT basis. Mormugao - 120.00
TOTAL 61.99 4393.83