Lok Sabha Question No. 2932 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Operational Efficiency of Ports
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Supriya Sadanand Sule, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Amol Ramsing Kolhe

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2932

TO tsE ANSWERED ON 5II]DECEMBER,2019

## OPERATIONAL  EFFICIENCY OF PORTS

2932. SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE: SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA: DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE, DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.: DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

## Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state  : qhqnq-flq*

- (a) the number of ma.jor and non-major  ports in the country along with  percentage and volume of import and export handled  by these ports during the last three years and the current  year;
- (b)  the details of the targets set and achievements  made along with profit earned or loss incurred by public sector ports during each of the tast three years and the current  year;
- (c) the problems faced and the steps taken by the Government to develop ports including under-developed  ports in the country;
- (d) whether the Government has failed to witness any ma.lor achievements  of the major ports in terms of capacity  augmentation,  improved  operational efficiency and higher operating surplus arrd if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether the Government has conducted any study on benchmarking of efficiency and productivity  of major  ports to bring them at par with the international  standards and if so, the details and the outcome thereof; and
- (f) the other steps taken by the Government  to improve the operational  efficiencies of ports  through  policy and  procedural changes and mechanization?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR SHIPPING (SHRI MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a) There are 12 major ports and around 200 non-ma.ior ports in the country. while the major  ports are under the administrative  control  of Ministry of shipping, the nonmajor ports are under the  jurisdiction  of respective  State Government.  The details of traffic  handled  by major  ports and non-major  ports during the last three years are at Annexure  - l.

(b) to (f) lnfrastructure  development  and capacity  augmentation  of major ports is an ongoingprocess,Theprocessinter-aliainvolvesconstructionofnewberthsand terminals, mechanization  of existing berths and terminats, capital dredgrng for deepeningofdraftsforattractinglargevesselsinportchannels,developmentofroad and rail connectivity etc. The details of Major Ports Performance and Profit (operatingandNetSurplus)earnedduringthelastthreeyearsandtheCurrentyears are givenit  Annexure  \_  ll. ln order to empower major ports in the country to perform with greater efficiency,  Government  has taken the following steps

- (i) With a view to improve the efficiency  and productivity  of the major ports and make it comparable  internationally,  a benchmarking  study of major ports tointernationalstandardshasbeenconductedwhichhasrecommendedll6 initiatives out of which 95 have already been implemented'
- (ii)MinistryofShippinghasintroducedmanyotherpolicyinitiatrvestoattain moreefficiencylikeStevedoringandShoreHandlingPolicy,BerthingPolicy, Captive Policy, revised  guidelines on security  clearance and revised  Model ConcessionAgreement(MCA)forPublicPrivatePartnership(PPP)projects'

## Major Ports Traffic during 2016-17  to 2019-20

## Annexu.re - |

## (ln'000' Tonnes)

| Year                         |   lmport |   Export |   Total | lmport %   |   Export % |
|------------------------------|----------|----------|---------|------------|------------|
| 2016-17                      |   442406 |   205992 |  648398 | 68 23      |      31.77 |
| 2017-18                      |   463957 |   215414 |  679371 | 68.29      |      31.71 |
| 2018-19                      |   486496 |   212603 |  699099 | 69.59      |      30.41 |
| 2019-20 (April to Oct. 2019) |   280889 |   124502 |  405391 | 69.29      |      30.71 |

## Non-Major  Ports Traffic during 2016-17  to 2019-20

(ln '000' Tonnes)

| Year                                |   lmport |   Export |   Total | lmport %   |   Export % |
|-------------------------------------|----------|----------|---------|------------|------------|
| 2016-17                             |   355339 |   129878 |  485217 | 73.23      |      26.77 |
| 2017-18                             |   385943 |   142616 |  528559 | 73.02      |      26.98 |
| 2018-19                             |   426140 |   156448 |  582588 | 73 15      |      26.85 |
| 2019-20 (April to September, 201 9) |   215485 |    78209 |  293694 | 73.37      |      26.63 |

## Annexure  -  l!

Details of Major Ports Performance  and Profit (operating and Net surplus)  earned during the last three years and the current  year

|                        | Capacity (MrPA)   | Avg- Turnaround Time (Hrs.)   | Operating Surplus (Rs. ln Crores)   | Net Surplus (Rs. ln Crores)   |
|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|                        |                   |                               | 4979.58                             | 2797.48                       |
|                        | 1451 19           |                               |                                     |                               |
|                        | 1 514 09          |                               |                                     |                               |
| April to October, 2019 |                   |                               |                                     |                               |

Note: Major Ports capacity re-rated by Ministry based on Berthing Policy as  per international norms. Total re-rated capaciiy during 2016-17  was 1359 MTPA