MINISTER OF SURFACE TRANSPORT (SHRI RAJNATH SINGH)
(a) to (e) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 50 DUE FOR ANSWER ON
28TH FEBRUARY, 2000 ASKED BY SHRI ANNASAHEB M.K.PATIL REGARDING PERFORMANCE OF MAJOR PORTS
AND PROJECTS
(a) & (b): Review of the performance of Major Ports and the progress of the ongoing projects
is being undertaken regularly. The performance factors for the Major Ports during the last
three years are given in the following table:-
Sl.No. Indicator 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99
1. Average pre-berthing detention (days) 3.1 2.4 2.1
2. Average Turn Round time (days) 7.5 6.6 5.9
3 Average Output per ship berth day (in tonnes) 4497 4634 4915
4 Average Percentage of Idle time of ships at berth to total time at berth 36% 30% 29%
It may be seen from the above that all the performance indicators have been showing improvement
consistently. The status of projects costing over Rs. 100.00 crores being monitored intensively
is as follows:-
Estimated Cost Completion date (Rs.in cr)
S.No Scheme Date of Orgl Revised Original Revised BE 1999-2000 Cumulative exp. Sanction Incurred From So far current Years budget
1 Construction of 23.4.93 593.00 950.00 cr April, 98 July,2000 294.00 cr. 576.85cr 164.18 cr. New Port at Ennore (Yet to be sanctioned)
2 Construction of 23.4.93 587.41 825.11 cr April, 98 Dec.,2000 319.00 cr. 491.52cr 162.04 cr. Mechanised Coal (Yet to be sanctioned) Handling at Paradip
3. Replacement of 7 sub- 28.03.95 165.15 286.60 cr Dec., 1997 June,2000 160..00 cr. 96.64 .cr. 91.40 cr. marine pipelines at (Yet to be sanctioned) Marine Oil Terminal at Mumbai.
4. Modernization of MOT 11.08.97 167.99 215.34 cr Feb, 2003 Feb.2003 12.00 cr. 3.21 cr. 1.30 cr Berth J1, J2 & J3, (Yet to be sanctioned) Mumbai Port Trust
5. Capital Dredging at 21.7.98 206.16 April,2000 Completed 146.00cr. 169.98cr 164.80 cr Tuticorin Port Trust
6. Additional Port 16.7.99 236.50 Jan.,2002 30.00 cr 16.11 cr 16.11 cr Facilities for expansion of Mangalore Refinery from 3 to 9 MTPA at NMPT
(c) The Major Ports are facing following problems in general:-
(i) Old and obsolete equipments
(ii) Low productivity of workers
(iii) Lack of professionalism in Port functioning.
In the State of Maharashtra, there are two Major Ports namely Jawaharlal Nehru and
Mumbai Ports. While Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust faces no major problems, Mumbai Port Trust
faces the problem of declining cargo, surplus manpower, increasing overheads etc.
Following action has been initiated to tackle these problems:-
(i) Government has initiated a process of modernisation of Port equipment.
(ii) Port Sector has been thrown open for Private Sector participation.
(iii) Decision has been taken to corporatise the existing Ports in a phased manner inter-alia to introduce better managerial practices.
(d) The details of volume of goods traffic during the last three years are as follows:-
Year Traffic (In Million Tonnes)
1996-97 227.26 1997-98 251.66 1998-99 251.72
(e) The cargo handling capacity as on 31st March, 1999 was 240 million tonnes. As this
capacity is over stretched, measures have been initiated to modernise the ports and to create
additional 160 million tonnes capacity in the Major Ports during the 9th Plan consistent with
the expected growth of Port traffic.
