Question : PERFORMANCE OF MAJOR PORTS

(a) whether the Government has recently reviewed the performance of major ports in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the standard monitoring norms adopted during the last three years port-wise and year-wise;

(c) the details of targets set for cargo handling for the current year, port- wise; and

(d) the details of additional capacity to be added at various major ports as a result of the ongoing modernisation/expansion programme?

MINISTER OF SHIPPING (SHRI G.K. VASAN)

(a)&(b): Government of India has recently reviewed the performance of Major Ports in the country with respect to the standard monitoring norms such as cargo traffic handled, vessels handled, average turnaround time, average pre-berthing time, average output per ship berth-day and operating ratio. Details of the performance of Major Ports during the last three years are at Annexure I.

(c) Port-wise detail target set for cargo handling for the current year is as follows:-

S.NO.	Name of Port	Target for the year 2013-14	(In Million Tonnes)
1.	Kolkata Port Trust	15.00
2.	Haldia Dock Complex	37.00
3.	Paradip Port Trust	63.00
4.	Visakhapatnam	70.00	Port Trust
5.	Ennore Port Trust	24.00
6.	Chennai Port Trust	60.00
7.	VOC Port Trust	30.00
8.	Cochin Port Trust	26.00
9.	New Mangalore 39.00	Port Trust
10.	Mormugao Port Trust	19.00
11.	Mumbai Port Trust	63.00
12.	Jawaharlal Nehru	68.00	Port Trust
13.	Kandla Port Trust	95.00	Total:	609.00