It is presentation about Visakhapatnam port.

1. VISAKHAPATNAM PORTVISAKHAPATNAM PORT
Prepared by : -
Satish Kambaliya (11bcl016)
Civil Engineering Department
Institute Of Technology, Nirma University,Ahmedabad

2. Introduction
• Visakhapatnam port is one of the leading major ports of
India it is situated in Visakhapatnam city of Andhra
Pradesh. The Port is located on the east coast of India.
• The Port has three harbours viz., outer harbour, inner
harbour and the fishing harbour. The outer harbour with a
water spread of 200 hectares has 6 berths and the inner
harbour with a water spread of 100 hectares has 8 berths.
Vision of Visakhapatnam Port Trust
• To be the most preferred port in South Asia offering
services of global standards.
Mission of Visakhapatnam Port Trust
• To be a major partner in meeting the logistics requirements
of the importers and exporters of the region.

3. Introduction cont.
Layout of Port

4. History
• Visakhapatnam was an ancient Port city which had
trade relations with the Middle East and Rome. Ships
were anchored at open roads and were loaded with
cargo transported from Visakhapatnam shore by means
of small Masula boats.
• It has become a settlement of a branch of East India
Company in 1682. Rs. 83 lakh worth of goods were
moved through Vizagapatam / Bhimunipatnam in 1882-moved through Vizagapatam / Bhimunipatnam in 1882-
83.
• Principal commodities traded at anchorage Port
included Muslin cloth - manufactured at Uppada (East
Godavari District), Manganese ore - exports to UK and
USA, Oilseeds, jaggery, jute and indigo, hides and
skins. Extensive trade relations existed with Burma.
Vessels of British India Steam Navigation Company
regularly visited the Port.

5. History Cont.
• With the advent of British Rule, in 1858, the need
for a port in this part of the country was
emphasized in a report of a British Survey Party.
• It was only after the I World War that the
proposal of Col. Cartwright of British Admiralty
for construction of a harbour at Visakhapatnam at
the mouth of river Meghadrigedda was approved
for construction of a harbour at Visakhapatnam at
the mouth of river Meghadrigedda was approved
by the Government.
• The Port was opened to ocean traffic with the
arrival of a passenger vessel , on the 7th October,
1933.
• In the first year of operation, the Port handled
traffic of 1.3 lakh tonnes.

6. Construction Features of Port
• The unique feature of the harbour has been the
Island Break-water, constructed by scuttling two
old ships JANUS and WELLESDON which form the
skeleton around which a rubble mound is formed.
• The location of the port is very ideal in the sense
that it affords protection from cyclones which
• The location of the port is very ideal in the sense
that it affords protection from cyclones which
strike the east coast regularly, by a high
promontory into the sea, known as Dolphin’s
Nose Hill which is to the north of the entrance
channel.
• The low tidal range of a maximum of 1.82 meters
is also advantageous for the location of the port.

7. Construction Features of Port cont.
• The harbour was constructed by dredging 281.8million
cubic ft of land and soft material.
• It consisted of
Outer channel, inner channel, island breakwater, sand
trap, turning basin, quay wall of 1600 ft (3 berths), two
transit sheds, three storage sheds, open storage area,transit sheds, three storage sheds, open storage area,
four electric quay cranes, three NG Locos, one weigh
bridge, railway track, 15 sq. miles of acquired land and
other facilities like, graving dock, dredgers, tugs,
lighters, power house, work shop, roads, drains, water
supply, buildings etc.
• The Port was constructed at a cost of Rs.378 lakhs.

8. Construction Features of Port cont.
• After Independence substantial investments were made in the
successive Five Year Plans for developing the infrastructure in the
Port.
• The Port administration has passed through different departments
and Ministries of the Government of India till its transfer to the Port
Trust in February, 1964 under Major Port Trusts Act 1963 as shown
below:
• 1933-35 RAILWAY BOARD• 1933-35 RAILWAY BOARD
• 1935-37 COMMERCIAL DEPT.
• 1937-42 COMMUNICATIONS DEPT
• 1942-44 WAR TRANSPORT DEPT
• 1944-46 DEFENCE (WAR) DEPT
• 1946-56 BENGAL NAGPUR RLY
• 1956-64 MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
• FEB-1964 TRUST, UNDER MPT ACT

9. Material Handled and its amount

10. Facilities
Features Inner Harbour Outer Harbour
• Water Spread (Hectares) 100 200
• Berths 18 6
• Max. Draft(Mtrs.) 11 7
• Max. length (Mtrs.) PANAMAX 280
• Max. Beam (Mtrs.) 32.50 48• Max. Beam (Mtrs.) 32.50 48

11. Handling Facilities
Coking Coal facilities
• A deep draft berth in outer harbour with a quay Length of 356
meters to handle vessels of draft upto 14.5 meters is available for
handling imported coking coal. The berth is capable of handling
10000 DWT vessels. 2 floating cranes viz., Bulk Express.
Coking Coal handling

12. Handling Facilities Cont.
Iron Ore & Pellets
• Functioning of the Mechanical ore handling plant known as
ore handling complex comprises of the receiving system
and the shipping system.
• The ore received through wagons is tippled and conveyed
to the stacker for stacking in the receiving system.
ore handling complex

13. Handling Facilities Cont.
Shipping system
• The shipping system reclaims the cargo from the stacks and
conveys through the conveyors to the shiploader for loading
into the ships’ hatches. The system consists of 3 bucket
wheel reclaimers 4000 tonnes per hour capacity, a long
overhead conveyor system (4.8 kms – one way).
3 bucket wheel reclaimers

14. Handling Facilities Cont.
Alumina
• A fully mechanized facility for loading Alumina is
available at the dedicated berth (WQ 5) with 241
meters length and permissible draft upto 11 meters.
The facilities available at the berth include:
• 3 silos of 25,000 tonnes capacity each
• Mechanical wagon unloading system (1100 TPH)• Mechanical wagon unloading system (1100 TPH)
• Conveyor system for loading(2200 TPH)
• A deep draft Oil Tanker Terminal for berthing tankers of
size up to 150,000 DWT and draft upto 17 meters is
available. the facility is equipped with three unloading
arms at the terminal direct discharge from berth to the
refinery tanks @ 5500 tonnes per hour through pipe
lines.

15. Handling Facilities Cont.
• An exclusive jetty with draft upto 14 meters is available to
discharge LPG. A Cavern facility for LPG first of its kind in
South Asia – a mined rock Cavern at a depth of 200 mtrs.
below sea level (capacity: 60,000 T) is available. Two
berths in the inner harbour are available for handling
petroleum products.
Jetty & Petroleum Handling

16. Handling Facilities Cont.
Containers
• A container terminal is being operated by
Visakha Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd. The
terminal is the deepest terminal of the country
with a facility to accommodate main line
vessels up to 15 M draft. The terminal has avessels up to 15 M draft. The terminal has a
dedicated rail facility to handle full rake of 45
wagons. The terminal has a potential to handle
5 lakh TEU in future years and is ideally
situated to serve as “Container Hub Port" on
the East Coast of India.

17. Logistics
Port Railways
• Railway network at Port of Visakhapatnam is the largest
amongst Indian Ports with over 200km rail length.
• The Port has a close interface with Division of East Coast
Railways which facilitates quick transportation of EXIM
cargo from/to all the States in the Country and at time to
Pakistan and Bangladesh also.
• Port is equipped with 15 WDS-6 locos of 1400 HP and 3
WDG-3 locos of 3100 HP capacity for carrying Train
• Port is equipped with 15 WDS-6 locos of 1400 HP and 3
WDG-3 locos of 3100 HP capacity for carrying Train
operations.
• The Rail network at Port has two systems viz., Iron
ore(Mechanical Tippling) and General (other than Iron ore
Mechanical), for handling food grains, fertilizers, thermal
coal, steel products, coking coal, Iron Ore(manual
unloading) & other mineral ores, POL products etc.

18. Logistics Cont.
Road network
• A Road running within the Port land was commonly
being used historically over a long period by the Port
Cargo Traffic and the City public between Port area up
to NH-5.
• Realizing the need to ease congestion of the traffic and
to provide alternative route including improving theto provide alternative route including improving the
travel time, a Port Connectivity Road from
Visakhapatnam Port to NH-5 with a total length of 12.5
km comprising of 4.9 km of Flyovers and Ramps at a
total project cost of ` 114.00 Crores was developed.

19. Social Measures
City’s Sewage
• Major drains originating from the upper reaches of the
city are discharging the drainage water at different
locations into the Port area before they finally
discharge into sea. These reaches of drains in Port area
are being maintained regularly by Visakhapatnam Port
to ensure free flow of water and to keep cleanto ensure free flow of water and to keep clean
environment of harbour waters.
• One 10 MLD sewage treatment plant is in operation to
treat the sewage and sullage entering into port waters
from the city.
• An annual expenditure of about 70.00 Lakhs is being
incurred for maintenance of drains, and culverts etc.

20. Social Measures Cont.
Sports and Cultural Complex
• In line with the policies of the Government of India for
upliftment of Sports & Cultural developments and keeping
in view the interest of the city public.
• A large Sports complex with various facilities for Sports &
Cultural activities was developed by the Port in the early
1990s at a cost about ` 20.00 Crores. This Sports & Cultural
Complex was completed in VPT’s own land of about 45
acres.
Complex was completed in VPT’s own land of about 45
acres.
• The complex is provided with an Outdoor Stadium of
10,000 spectators capacity and an Indoor Stadium of 3000
spectators capacity, an auditorium of 1400 audience
capacity for theatrical performances and Open Air Theatre
of 3500 audience capacity including ancillary facilities.

21. Awards & Achievements
• The only Indian port to have three international certifications.
– ISO 900-Quality Management System.
– ISO 14001-Environmental Management System.
– OHSAS 18001-Occupational Health and Safety
Management System.
• An ISPS compliant Port.
• Complimented by the Ministry of Shipping, Government of• Complimented by the Ministry of Shipping, Government of
India as the BRIGHTEST JEWEL among all the major ports
of India
• NATIONAL SAFETY AWARD for outstanding performance
in industrial safety Winners for the year 2002,2006,2007
Runner-up for years 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003.
• GREENTECH SAFETY AWARD in service sector for
outstanding achievement in Safety management Silver - 2008,
2010

22. Current Information about the Port
VISAKHAPATNAM, AUG 15
• Visakhapatnam port chairman M T Krishna Babu has said that the
port has handled 20.64 million tonnes of cargo till the end of July
during the current financial year against 19.72 million tonnes last
year, registering a growth of 5 per cent.
Dredging works
• He said the port had completed dredging of outer harbour channel in• He said the port had completed dredging of outer harbour channel in
March 2014 for handling capesize vessels.
• It was able to navigate the first-ever capesize vessel, m.v. MGM
Sailor, on March 10.
• The dredging works of inner harbour to facilitate the navigation of
14 m draft vessels would be completed on schedule and the port
would be able soon be above to handle fully laden panamax vessels
in the inner harbour.

23. Current Information about the Port cont.
• Krishna Babu said the port had taken up ambitious
projects to augment its capacity and also to modernise
the existing berths.
• The development of WQ-6 berth for handling multi-
cargoes and EQ-10 for handling liquid cargoes in the
inner harbour taken up at an estimated cost of Rs. 170
crore was progressing and they would be operational by
January.January.
• He said concessions would be awarded soon for
upgrading iron ore handling facilities at the outer
harbour and another project - extension of existing
container terminal - agreement would be signed
shortly. These projects would bring in an investment of
Rs. 1,479 crore.

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