Chennai Port Trust: Submitted by - Sushant Mangal Mustansir Lokhandwala
Chennai Port Trust: Submitted by - Sushant Mangal Mustansir Lokhandwala
Chennai Port Trust: Submitted by - Sushant Mangal Mustansir Lokhandwala
Submitted by -
Sushant Mangal
Mustansir lokhandwala
Introduction
Formerly known as Madras Port.
Second largest port of India.
Has 3 docks, 24 berths and draft ranging from 12 to
16.5 m .
Handling 60 million tonnes of cargo.
Direct connectivity to 50+ ports
History
Maritime trade started way back in 1639 on the sea
shore Chennai.
An artificial harbor was built and the operations were
started in 1881.
In 1920 the port was equipped with a dock of four
berths in the West Quays.
In 1983, Country’s first dedicated container terminal of
380 mt. length facility was commissioned by the then
prime minister Smt. Indira Gandhi.
Location
Latitude - 13° 06’ N
Climate - Tropical
It enjoys a Quay length of 885 m (2,904 ft) and has 4 berths with an
alongside depth of 13.4 m (44 ft), height (ISLW to Top of Cope) of 34 m
(112 ft), channel length of 6,700 m (22,000 ft) and channel depth of 19.2 m
(63 ft).
Chennai Container Terminal
Chennai international container terminal
(CITPL):
Floating Crane 1
Mobile Cranes 3
Gantry Cranes 4
Other facilities :
b) Open:
The capacity of berth 3 and berth 4 has been taken to 18.00MT and
24.00MT resp. in current year.
Coking coal has grown from 0.4 Mtpa in 2000 to 1.26 Mtpa in 2006
showing a 215% phenomenal growth.
Thermal coal is one commodity which has dropped drastically from 9.0
Mtpa to 2.0 Mtpa.
Port handled 2lakh cars in 2011-12 with the growth rate of 12%.
Projected growth rate
Coal 10%
Iron ore 5%
POL 5%
Containers 12%
Automobiles 12%
Passengers 5%
Thank You !!