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1 INTRODUCTION

2 COMPANY PROFILE

3 IMPORT PROCEDURE AND EVACUATION PROCESS

4 EXPORT PROCEDURE AND EVACUATION PROCESS

5 DOCUMENTS IN IMPORT AND EXPORT

6 EQUIPMENTS USED IN CARGO HANDLING

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8 FINDINGS & SUGGESTIONS

9 CONCLUSION

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INTRODUCTION

Karaikal Port Private Limited (KPPL), a private port developed by

the Chennai based Marg Limited, became operational in April, 2009. The port is located

on the Eastern coast of India in Karaikal around 300 km along the coast south

of Chennai Port and around 360 km along the coast north of Tuticorin Port. The shoreline

of the port is between 10° 50’56’’ N and 10° 49’44’’ N.

Karaikal Port project began with a Letter of Interest issued by Govt. of Pondicherry for

development of a port at Karaikal in September 2005. Marg Ltd. signed the concession

agreement in 2006  and work began in February, 2007. Phase 1 was envisaged to be

operational in Aug 2009. Karaikal Port became operational in April 2009 when it

received its first vessel. Phase 1 comprises 2 Panamax size berths capable of handling 5.2

million MT of cargo per annum. The port has received over 250 vessels per year. since

Commercial Operations and has handled over 20 million MT of various cargo.

KPPL has partners in super Tug (marine operations) and PSTS (Stevedoring). Cargo

evacuation is assisted by Marg Logistics, a sister concern of KPPL.

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COMPANY PROFILE

About Karaikal Port

Karaikal Port Private Ltd (KPPL) is a subsidiary of KARAIKAL PORT Ltd, a leading

infrastructure and real estate developer along the Chennai IT corridor with interest

ranging across various areas that include Residential Projects, Commercial Real estate

projects, SEZs, Ports, Townships, IT Parks, Malls, etc.

The Government of Puducherry (GoP) sought participation of Private Sector in the

development and operation of the Karaikal deep-water port project; concession for which

was awarded to KARAIKAL PORTLtd. Through a tendering process on a Build-Own-

Operate-Transfer (BOOT) basis. Concession Agreement between GoP & KARAIKAL

PORTLimited was executed on January 25, 2006. KARAIKAL PORTLtd. incorporated a

Special Purpose Company - Karaikal Port Private Limited - for implementation and

operation of the Project.

Karaikal Port is envisaged to have a total of 9 berths capable of handling 47 MMTPA by

2018. The port is envisioned to be developed in 3 phases with the final phase getting

operational in 2017. Phase - I of development, which was completed in April 2009,

comprises two Panamax size general cargo berths. The Port hosts various other

infrastructure facilities such as covered warehousing, open storage and Mobile Harbour

Cranes. The Port has excellent evacuation facilities with 3 railway sidings and National

Highways within a Kilometer from the gate. An area of around 600 acres is covered by

the Port boundaries.

The objective of Karaikal Port is to serve as a congestion-free port that will enable

efficient transportation of goods. This will be done through advanced cargo handling

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equipment, sufficient and damage free warehousing facilities, faster turnaround of vessels

(due to mechanization of major activities) and smooth evacuation of cargo with the help

of advanced, competitive logistics support. The port is striving to achieve e-port model

will encourage transparent paper-free transactions at a single window.

The vision behind the port is to create a gateway to central Tamil Nadu, a strategic

location where a major chunk of the state's industrial belt is located. This gateway will

catalyze rapid growth in central Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. The total investment of the

project, for all three phases, is envisaged to be around INR 4000 Crores. The port will be

able to provide employment to over 10000 people directly & indirectly. In keeping with

KARAIKAL PORTGroup's vision of Regional Development, Karaikal Port is also

encouraging the industrial growth and all-round development of the region. The region

around the port is envisaged to attract more than USD 10 billion of investments in

various industries in the next decade.

Given the planned and existing efforts towards infrastructure development of Karaikal

coupled with its healthy business and political environment, location advantage and

envisaged state-of-the-art facilities, Karaikal port is poised to be the most strategic and

efficient port on the Eastern coast of India that will unleash the economic potential of

central Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Rail Connectivity

Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd Siding (KPPL) lies in the Southern Railway network.

The nearest railhead is at Nagore(NCR) at a distance of about 3 km.

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Karaikal Port Connects with the Power plants, Cement, Steel, Chemical, Aluminium,

Textile and other major manufacturing industries in Ariyalur, Trichy and Salem District

and upcoming industrial nodes around Mayiladuturai enabling heavy freight movement in

the near future.

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Road Connectivity

Karaikal Port is connected by major roads to NH-67 at Nagapattinam which is about 10

km from the port.

This link connects Karaikal port to central Tamil Nadu at Trichy.NH-45 which passes

through Trichy connects Karaikal to northern hinterland right up till Chennai.

NH-67 starting from Nagapattinam traverses Central Tamil Nadu in a near Straight line

connecting the major industrial areas such as Thiruchirapalli, Karur and Coimbatore as

well as onward linkages to other industrial areas such as Salem, Erode and Mettur.

Karaikal is also connected all the way to Chennai through NH-45A which passes through

Cuddalore. In addition to the national highways, a network of state hichways connects

Karaikal to other industrial centre in Tamil Nadu.

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Air Connectivity

305 KM from International Airport at Chennai .

135 KM from domestic Airport at Tiruchirapalli.

Helipads available inside the port area.

Berthing Facilities

Karaikal Port is envisaged to have a total of 9 berths capable of handling 47 MMTPA by

2018. The port will be capable of handling all types of cargo such as dry bulk, break bulk,

liquid bulk and containerized cargo in different independent zones

The port will be developed in 3 phases, which are detailed in the table below:

Phases Development Years No of Berths Capacity

Phase 1 2006-2008 2 5.2 MMTPA

Phase 2A 2009-2012 3 22.7 MMTPA

Phase 2B 2015-2017 4 19.0 MMTPA

Total   9 46.9 MMTPA

Currently Karaikal port has five berths, three for general cargo and two for coal. Present

handling capacity of the port is 28.0 MMTPA.

Berth

no.

Length overall

(m)

Width(m

)

Depth

(m)

Type of

VesselCargo

Berth

no.1260 21 14.5 Panamax Liquid/General Cargo

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Berth

no.2230 21 14.5 Panamax

Container/General

Cargo

Berth

no.3360 35.6 15.5 Capesize Coal

Berth

no.4365 35.6 15.5 Capesize Coal

Berth

no.9165 20 11 Handymax

Container/General

Cargo

Equipment

Karaikal Port is equipped with the latest state-of-the-art equipment to enable fast, smooth

and safe unloading and evacuation of all types of cargo.

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oParticulars Units

1 Leibherr LHM 400 ( Mobile Harbor Crane ) 3 Nos

2 Stacker Reclaimer System (under construction) 2 Nos

3 Ship Unloader System (under construction) 2 Nos

4 Reach Stackers (under construction) 4 Nos

5 12 CBM Grab 4 Nos

6 Automatic Bagging Machine 5 Nos

7 Hopper 4 Nos

8 Conveyor System (under construction)5,500

Mts

9 In-Motion Wagon Loading System (under construction) 1 Nos

10Truck Loading Stations (Coal - 3 & Liquid Cargo - 1) (under

construction)4 Nos

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11 General Purpose Crane 1 Nos

In addition to these, the Port is fully equipped with all the requisite material handling

equipment such as Loaders, Excavators, Tippers and Fork-Lifts etc. Loading arm for

discharging crude oil from the vessel to the plant pipeline was recently commissioned.

Truck loading system with a capacity of 900 TPH capable of loading 3 trucks at the same

time all with their respective weigh bridge is being installed. Active engineering support

to both port and ship facilities such as Electrical and Mechanical workshops have also

been proposed within the premises.

Storage Facilities

Open storage area of 600000 sq.m with storage capacity of 3 million tons of coal, iron

ore, gypsum and general cargo

The Port is poised to handle consistent volumes of liquid cargo through 4 oil tanks with a

combined capacity of 18,900 CBM of which 3800X2 for edible oil and 5650X2 for CPO.

Dedicated storage yard for container with a capacity of 5000 TEU's.

Port has 12 closed warehouses (total area of 85000 Sq. m) with storage capacity of 2.25

lac tons of fertiliser, food grains, sugar, cement and other clean cargo

Warehouse no. Area(Sq.m) Storage Capacity(MT)*

WH-1 1000 3000

WH-2 1000 3000

WH-3 3000 9000

WH-4 6600 19800

WH-5 6600 19800

WH-6 9000 27000

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WH-7 6600 19800

WH-8 6600 19800

WH-9 6600 19800

WH-10 12000 36000

Railway Infra

The port has 3 railway tracks (Total 5.9 kms) ending in 6 individual sidings of about 700

mtrs each (3 for loading & 3 for receipt & dispatch). One of these loading siding is

concreted & dedicated for fertilizer loading.

An in-motion Wagon loading system of 4000MT/Hr capacity is being installed.

One in motion weighbridge is available and another is being installed as part of Wagon

loading system.

The entire railway siding is connected to the Mainline between Karaikal & Nagore.

Pollution control equipments

DSS 200-1 Nos, DSS 180- 1Nos

Mobile tanker trucks to split water

Fencing upto 15mts

Tyre wash bay

Racks are covered with tarpolins

Trucks are covered with tarpolins

Splinters

Import procedure and Evacuation process

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Step 1:

Clients views the port infrastructure

Step 2:

Fixing the cost till landing the door step

Step 3:

If the cost is viable memorandum of understanding

Agreement of cargo

Step4:

Scope of work will be planned by the port

Step5:

Clients will nominate the vessel

Step 6:

Port accepts the nomination as per their infrastructure

Step7:

Port plans the estimated time of arrival of the vessel

Step8:

Port will prepare the vessel operation planning

Step9:

Vessel arrives the port and informs the importer and poc department in

port

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Step10:

Notice of readiness will be tendered by the ship obligated owner (agent)

Step11:

Notice of readiness will be accepted by the port. The port allocate the correct

berth to berth the vessel

Step12:

Pilot on board the vessel and navigate the ship to the berth with the help of

tug boats

Step13:

The vessel will moored alongside the berth and gangway will be placed

Step14:

Customs on board the vessel to verify the documents and declare let import

Step15:

The surveyors on board the vessel to verify the initial drafts of the vessel

Step16:

The port operation team meets the chief mate in the ship to plans the

discharge sequence as per the stowage plan given by the chief officer in the ship

Step17:

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Port operation arranges the equipments which is required to discharging the

cargo from the ship. The discharge sequence will be given to the stevedores.

Discharging activity will be done as per the sequence.

Step18:

The cargos will be discharged the wharf from wharf the cargos will

evacuated to the allocated plots with the front arm loader and tippers.

Step19:

After the customs clearance and duty payments the cargo will be delivered

through rail or by road which the customer preference.

Step 20:

If the customer prefers the cargo delivery through rail the port railway

department demand wagons in behalf of the customer on the given date. If the

customer prefers the cargo delivery through road the port will deliver the cargos

through the trucks.

Step 21:

If the cargos deliver though the roadways the lorry receipt will be issued if

the cargos delivered through the rail wagons the railway receipt will be issued.

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Step 1:

Clients overview on port infrastructure

Step 2:

Fixing the cost from the exporter place till landing of cargo in port

Step 3:

If the cost is viable memorandum of understanding

Agreement of cargo, will be done

Step4:

Scope of work will be planned by the port

Step5:

Carting of cargos in the warehouse as per the plan of the port

Step6:

Exporter will nominate the vessel as suits to the port infrastructure

Step 7:

Port accepts the nomination

Step8:

Port plans the estimated time of arrival of the vessel

Step9:

Port will prepare the vessel operation planning

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Step10:

Vessel arrives the port and informs the exporter (agents) and POC

department in port

Step11:

Notice of readiness will be tendered by the ship obligated owner (agent)

Step12:

Notice of readiness will be accepted by the port. The port allocate the berth

to the vessel

Step13:

Pilot on board the vessel and navigate the ship to the berth with the help of

tug boats

Step14:

The vessel will be moored alongside the berth and gangway will be placed

Step15:

Customs on board the vessel to verify the documents and declare let export

order

Step16:

The surveyors on board the vessel to verify the initial drafts of the vessel, the

hatches of the vessel, and gives a report to the importer

Step17:

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The port operation team meets the chief mate in the ship to plans the loading

as per the stowage plan given by the chief officer in the ship

Step18:

Stevedore arranges the required equipments to load the cargo into the vessel.

The stowage plan will be given to the stevedores. Loading activity will be done as

per the sequence.

Step19:

The stacked cargos are evacuated from the warehouse through the trucks and

loaded into the hatches as per the stowage plan

Step20:

After loading the cargos the surveyors will ensure the draft of the ship to

calculate the amount of cargo loaded

Step21:

The stevedores trims the cargos in the hatches

Step22:

Pilot on board the vessel and sails the ship

EQUIPMENT USED FOR EVACUATION

Front arm loader bucket with 3tones and 5tones

Excavator

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IMPORT AND EXPORT DOCUMENTS

Notice of readiness

Statements of facts

Daily work report

Discharge completion certificate

Stevedoring certificate

No damage certificate

Joint certificate of quantity

Joint draught survey report

Shore crane /Grabs certificate

Short landing cargo

Feedback report

Stowage plans

Mate receipts

Check list

Loading completion certificate

Stevedoring certificate

Railway receipt

Lorry receipt

FINDINGS

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Import

Total import of karaikal port last year 93%

Import of clay is 1%

Import of iron ore is 8.5%

Import of limestone is 2%

Import of coal is 70%

Import of fertilizer is10%

Project cargo 0.5%

Import of oil by 8%

Export

Total export of karaikal port last year 7%

Export of sugar is 5%

Export of cements in break bulk is 2%

SUGESSIONS

Conveyor system should be constructed for direct loading system SDLG

CONCLUSION

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If the cargos stacked for a long period of time in the port without proper

evacuation plan the port will face the major problem of congestion.

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