Lok Sabha Question No. 4121 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-10
Subject: Performance of Major Ports
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: George Baker, Richard Hay, ANIL SHIROLE, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4121 th AUGUST, 2017

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 PERFORMANCE OF MAJOR PORTS

4121. SHRI GEORGE BAKER: PROF. RICHARD HAY: SHRI ANIL SHIROLE: SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Major Ports in the country along with the performance thereof, port-wise;
- (b) whether their performance has improved over the years and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether some of the Major Ports are facing shortage of manpower;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a) There  are  12  Major  Ports  in  the  country.    Port-wise  Performance  during 2016-17 is given as under:
- (*)  Kolkata Dock System and Haldia Dock Complex are parts of Kolkata Port  Trust
- (b):              The  performance  of  Major  Ports  during  2012-13  and  2016-17  has  been  as under:
- (c)to(e):Due to  sufficiency in staffing and increase in mechanization and automation, the Major Port Trusts were advised to keep their establishment expenditure in check and not to go for further recruitments. In order to rationalize the workforce some Major Port Trusts have adopted Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme (SVRS).  A Committee  was  constituted  in  December,  2016,  to  assess  the  human  resource requirements of the Major Ports. Based on the recommendations of the Committee, the  Major  Port  Trusts  have  been  advised  to  go  for  recruitment  for  filling  up  the essential posts identified by the Committee.

|    | Major Port                                |   Traffic Handled (In MT) |   Avg. Pre- berthing Time on Port A/c (In Hrs.) |   Total Turn- round Time (In Days) |   Avg. Output Per Ship Berthday (Tonnes) |
|----|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1  | Kolkata Port Trust - Kolkata Dock System* |                     16.17 |                                            0.79 |                               4.73 |                                     4200 |
|    | - Haldia Dock Complex*                    |                     34.14 |                                           21.11 |                               3.45 |                                     7491 |
| 2  | Paradip                                   |                     88.96 |                                           13.85 |                               4.99 |                                    23727 |
| 3  | Visakhapatnam                             |                     61.02 |                                            0.41 |                               3.75 |                                    13069 |
| 4  | Kamarajar (Ennore)                        |                     30.02 |                                            0.02 |                               2.7  |                                    22924 |
| 5  | Chennai                                   |                     50.21 |                                            0.84 |                               2.51 |                                    15888 |
| 6  | V.O. Chidambaranar                        |                     38.46 |                                            8.88 |                               4.4  |                                    10456 |
| 7  | Cochin                                    |                     25.01 |                                            0    |                               1.99 |                                    17450 |
| 8  | New Mangalore                             |                     39.95 |                                            3.28 |                               2.35 |                                    17094 |

| 9   | Mormugao   |   33.18 |   9.57 |   4.51 |   13461 |
|-----|------------|---------|--------|--------|---------|
| 10  | Mumbai     |   63.05 |   2.16 |   3.27 |    8413 |
| 11  | JNPT       |   62.15 |   6.96 |   2.01 |   23316 |
| 12  | Kandla     |  105.44 |   2.16 |   4.4  |   18464 |
|     | Overall:   |  647.76 |   5.77 |   3.43 |   14576 |

| Performance Parameters                       |   2012-13 |   2016-17 |
|----------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Traffic Handled (In Million Tonnes)          |    545.79 |    647.76 |
| Avg. Pre-berthing Time on Port A/c (In Hrs.) |     12.17 |      5.77 |
| Avg. Total Turn-round Time (In Days)         |      4.24 |      3.43 |
| Avg. Output Per Ship Berthday (Tonnes)       |  11800    |  14576    |

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