Lok Sabha Question No. 1668 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Capacity of 12 Major Ports
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI

- (b) if so, the details thereof;

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF SHIPPING

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1 568 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 28th December, 2017

## LOK SABHA CAPACITY  OF 12 MAJOR PORTS

## 1668. SHRI ASADUDDIN  OWAISI:

Will the Minister of SHlpptNG  be pleased  to state:

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- (a) whether a fresh assessment carried out by the Government has revealed  that the 12 major ports have an additionar  capacity to handre about 300 miflion tonnes per annum of cargo traffic;
- (c) whether directions for better utilisation  of this capacity have  been issued  to all the ports;
- (e) whether operational efficlency at different ports has not been up to expectation; and
- (d) if so, the detairs  thereof and the response  of the port  authorities thereto;
- (f) if so, the corrective  steps taken or being taken by different major porrs in this regard?

## MrNrsrER  oF srArE  ,i\i?tnf;r,..*y  oF sHrpprNc (SHRI PON. MDHAKRISHNAN)

- (a)&(b):Yes,  Madam.  The Ministry of shipping  has re-rated the capacities  of alt berths across 12 Major Ports in order to benchmark port  capacities  with global  standards as per Berthing Policy, 2016.  The Re-rating exercise  identified an additional capacity of 293MT available with the Major  ports.  The effective rated capacity of 12 Major Ports is now 1,359 MT per annum and capacity at desired occupancy is 989 MT per annum (Annexure).
- (c)&(d):The  re-rating  exercise has been done in consultation  with all Major  ports.  The capacity utilization of berths in major ports is reviewed regularly.
- (e)&(f):  under Project unnati,  the global benchmarks were adopted to improve the efficiency  and productivity  Key Performance lndicators (Kpls)  of major ports. 1 16 initiatives were identified  across all major  ports  to unlock more than 1oo MTPA capacity just rhrough  efficiency  improvement.  g6 initiatives  have been implemented so far.

## Major Port-wise caPacitY

| s.N9.   | Maior Port    | Effective ratqd capacitY   | c?pqsity + dSflrFq Occupan€Y   |
|---------|---------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.      | Paradip       | 234                        | 164                            |
| 2.      | Kandla        | 246                        | 174                            |
| 3.      | Visakhapatnam | 121,                       | 8s                             |
| 4.      | Chennai       | L34                        | 102                            |
| q       | NMPT          | 98                         | 69                             |
| 6.      | ]N PT         | 88                         | 74                             |
| 7.      | Mumbai        | 78                         | 55                             |
| 8.      | Tuticorin     | 79                         | 58                             |
| 9.      | Cochin        | 74                         | 54                             |
| 10.     | E nnore       | 66                         | 46                             |
| 11.     | MormuBao      | 63                         | 44                             |
| L2.     | Kolkata       | 78                         | 64                             |
|         |               | 1359                       | 989                            |

## Annexure