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Development of ‘Berth No.13’ at DPA Kandla, approved for handling Multipurpose Clean Cargo under PPP mode
GANDHIDHAM : Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) has unveiled an ambitious plan to develop ‘Berth No.13 for Handling Multipurpose Clean Cargo including Container Cargo at Deendayal Port, Kandla, Gujarat on Design, Build, Finance, Operate & Transfer (DBFOT) basis under Public Private Partnership (PPP) Mode. The project will be developed for an estimated cost of Rs. 167.88 Crore. The development of this project by MoPSW is in line with the efforts to provide world class infrastructure and services to its stakeholders andtocatertothefuturerequirementsofthehinterland.
“Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of PPP model in ports has been a revolutionary step in making our ports globally competitive. This project will substantially enhance the cargo handling capacity of the Deendayal Port, which will ultimately benefit the trade from Gujarat, Northern and Western India,” said Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
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The proposed facility is planned for handling vessels up to 75,000 DWT or equivalent TEUs with Optimal Capacity of4.20MMTPAforMultipurposeCleanCargoand0.10Million TEU(Twenty-footequivalentunit)forContainerCargo.
This facility will be used for handling Multipurpose Clean Cargo, viz., Food grains, Sugar, Salt, Silica Clay, RoRo Cargo, Timber Logs, Project Cargo including Container Cargo on PPP mode, by allotting the berth to the successful bidder on ‘as-is-where-is’ basis through DBFOTunderPPPmode.
It is to be noted that, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways as part of its commitment to the development of the Port Sector in the country has identified 74 projects worth Rs 57,000 crore under the Sagarmala programme in Gujarat.
Out of these, 15 projects worth Rs 9,000 crore have been completed;33projectsworthmorethanRs25,000croreare under implementation and 26 projects worth Rs 22,700 crore are under development. Central line ministries, majorports,statemaritimeboardandotherstateagencies arejointlyimplementingtheseprojects.
Saudi Ports record 7.76% hike in container traffic in February 2023
RIYADH : The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has announced a 7.76% rise in container traffic at its trade hubs during February 2023, handling 622,837 TEUs compared to 577,993TEUsinthepreviousyear.
Detailedbreakdownofthemonthlycontainerdatareveal a 12.75% increase in exported containers from 172,208 TEUs in February 2022 to 194,157 TEUs this year, with imported containers up 5.95% year-on-year to 193,937 TEUs from 183,051 TEUs. Similarly, transshipments grew at a yearly paceof5.39%from222,734TEUsto234,743TEUs.
On the other hand, cargo volumes slumped 3.13% to 23,089,455tonsfrom23,835,826tonsinthepriorperiod.
Under this category, dry bulk cargo soared 2.9% to 3,879,366 tons in contrast to last year’s 3,770,196 tons while generalcargojumped77.2%to639,843tonsfrom361,086tons in the year before. Liquid bulk, however, returned negative figures with volumes sliding 13.16% from 13,556,831 tons in
February2022to11,772,089tonslastmonth.
Furthermore, the ports’ food throughput totaled 1,646,900 tonsaftera2.18%tumblefromlastyear’stallyof1,683,595tons. On the contrary, livestock volumes gained 218.37% with 337,231 cattle heads being imported against 105,923 in the preceding year. Likewise, around 81,600 automobiles entered the Kingdom through Mawani’s ports at a 33.99% surge relativetolastyear’saggregateof60,898units.
February saw as many as 883 vessels berth across Saudi ports, which represents a 4.87% uptick from 842 vessels during the same period last year. Passenger numbers, too, followed a similar trend with a 61.16% spike in arrivals at 100,903paxincomparisonto62,611paxin2022.
The national maritime regulator aims to continually upgrade the throughput capacity of Saudi ports through biticketinvestmentsandhigh-impactpartnershipsinitsbidto transformtheKingdomintoagloballogisticshubofchoice.
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