2012

MORMUGAO PORT VISIT

REPORT

Gautam Choudhary
Roll number:25 EPGDIB GROUP 7

Gautam choudhary EPGDIB 2011-12 12/20/2012

Contents
OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................. 3 About Goa and Mormugao ....................................................................................................................... 3 History and development of Mormugao Port ........................................................................................... 4 Development in key points: .................................................................................................................. 5 FACILITIES ................................................................................................................................................. 6 Harbour data, Berths, Moorings & Anchorage Facilities ......................................................................... 6 1. 2. 3. Berth No: 9.................................................................................................................................... 7 Transfer Vessel (T/V) or Transhipper ........................................................................................... 7 Grab loading by ships grabs .......................................................................................................... 7

Berths & Mooring Dolphins ..................................................................................................................... 8 Cargo Handling and Storage Facilities: .................................................................................................... 9 Storage facilities for General Cargo/Containers ....................................................................................... 9 Bulk Liquid Discharging Facilities ........................................................................................................... 9 Traffic Handled ......................................................................................................................................... 9 MECHANICAL ORE HANDLING PLANT AT BERTH NO.9 ........................................................... 11 STREAMLOADING, TRANSHIPPERS, PORT RAILWAY FACILITIES ......................................... 13 BULK LIQUID DISCHARGING FACILITIES .................................................................................... 13 PORT RAILWAY FACILITIES ........................................................................................................ 14 WATER SUPPLY .................................................................................................................................. 14 BUNKERING ..................................................................................................................................... 14 PROVISIONS .................................................................................................................................... 14 OPERATION OF MOHP ......................................................................................................................... 15 RECEIVING SECTION ........................................................................................................................ 15 SHIPPING SECTION........................................................................................................................... 16 STACKYARD SECTION ..................................................................................................................... 17 ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................................. 18 FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN LINE: ................................................................................................ 18 STRENGTHS IN KEY POINTS: ........................................................................................................... 18

OVERVIEW
About Goa and Mormugao
Goa has a rich heritage with much associated legend. It is referred to in ancient Hindu mythology written thousands of years ago. According to historians, Goa was ruled by many dynasties like the Bhojas, the Konkan Mauryas, Goan Silharas dynasty, the Kadambas, the Vijaynagara empire etc. Empires rose and fell in Goa, and in its long and illustrious history the Port City of Goa and later on Port of Mormugao withstood the test of times. It has a long history associated with it. Th e origin of this modern port known, as Mormugao Port owed to the Treaty of Lisbon signed in 1878 between British and Portuguese Governments.

Mormugao Port, a protected open type natural harbor, is situated on magnificent and hospitable coastline on the West India in the latitude 1525 north and longitude 7348 east at the mouth of the river Zuari in the state of Goa. The Port is approximately 370 kms south of Mumbai, 300 kms north of New Mangalore and 575 kms north of Kochi. The Harbour is also protected from the Southwest monsoon as it has been constructed on the leeward side of Mormugao Headland.

Mormugao Port, which has made iron ore mining and its export from Goa possible, has been primarily instrumental in bestowing on Goa and its people better socio-economic indicators.Ever since it was accorded the status of a Major Port in 1963, the Mormugao port has contributed immensely to growth of maritime trade in India. It is the leading iron ore exporting port of India with an annual throughput of around 27.33 million tons of iron ore traffic.

Figure 1: Satellite image of the Mormugao Port

History and development of Mormugao Port

Mormugao is one of India's earliest modern ports, its first wharf facilities having been built as early as 1888, the year when Bombay's prestigious Victoria Dock was constructed, five years before the first Dock System of Calcutta came into being and 25 years before the completion of the Madras Harbour. Though Mormugao could not, for historical and political reasons, flourish as best as its counterpart in the many decades that followed, in the course of the last one decade alone, destiny in the shape of the bountiful discovery of iron ore in Goa and political liberation of Goa has brought it back to the forefront of India's premier ports. The port of Mormugao, a fast expanding major port of India and gateway to a growing industrial complex, is situated on the west coast of India, in Goa at the mouth of the Zuari River. Old Goa, which had been discarded in favour of new Goa (Panaji) in 1818 could no longer serve as a port for international trade and receive the growing sizes of stream ships. It was thus, left to the British initiative to built a port for Goa, suiting the changing needs of time. The West of India Portuguese Guaranteed Railway Company (WIPR) responsible for building the port of Mormugao and its connected railway owed its origin to the treaty of Lisbon between the British and Portuguese government. This treaty, inter alia was for the purpose of having a union of commercial interest between India and Goa so that as far as trade was concerned the port should provide adequate accommodation for all the hinterland trade of the Southern Maratha and other district of India, and for all such commercial purposes should function exactly the same manner as an Indian Port or port of transit. The port and its connected railway up to Castlerock commenced functioning in 1888. Initially berth No. 1 and 2 together with the break water 1, 714' long were built in 1888. Berth No. 3 and 4 together with the mole 885' long were built in 1917 and berth No. 5 & 6 in the year 1934. Mechanical ore loading plant at berth No. 6 was installed in 1959 by M/S Chowgule and Co. the concessionaries of the berths with a rated loading capacity of 600 tonnes per hour, which from 1965 was expanded and improved upto 1000 tons per hour. Lighter berth No. 7 was also built in 1959 as part of the ore plant. In 1902, a working arrangement was arrived at between the Southern Maratha Railway and the West India Portuguese Guaranteed Railway under which later was to be regarded as part of the former and

port of Mormugao was the port of transit for Indian trade. This arrangement continued upto August 1954 when the Southern Maratha Railway ceased to operated traffic between Goa and the rest of the country and worked the railway between port and sanvordem within Goa. Consequent on the closure of the India - Goa border, the Southern railway which had been managing the port railway as sub-contractors ceased all operations in Goa in December 1955, administration of the Port of Mormugao and the connected railway reverted to their principal WIP railway company w.e.f. January 1956, the activities being limited to Goa only. On April 1, 1961, an autonomous body named "Junta Autonoma Dos Portos e Caminhos de ferro" took over the port and railway administration from the WIP railway company soon after this change over, the long awaited liberated and reunion of Goa with India took place on 19th December 1961 and the administration of the Port and its connected railway was taken over by the government of India through an administrative office who was appointed by the President of India on 8th January 1962. By an order published in the "Bolletin Offical" (Official Gazette) dated 8th February 1962, Military government in the Goa Daman and Deu dissolved the "Junta Autonoma Dos Portos e Caminhos de ferro do estado da India". The port of Mormugao like other ports of India came under direct control of government of India Ministry of Transport, instead of the local government of Goa as per the decision arrived at 7th November 1962 at inter ministarial meeting held in New Delhi. In accordance with the decision taken at an inter ministerial meeting held at New Delhi the main railway station from vasco da gama to the border of Goa was transferred to the Southern railway w.e.f. 1st May 1963. The Indian Ports Act, 1908 was extended to Goa under notification dated 2nd December 1963 and Mormugao Port was declared a major port by the Ministry of Transport. Major port trust Act, 1963 was made applicable to the port of Mormugao and a board was trustees was constituted with effect from 1st May 1964.

Development in key points:

Work of construction harbor and Railway commenced in 1882 By 1959, 7 berth constructed including one dedicated to mechanized iron ore handlng by private party , M/s Chowgule & Co. Pvt. Ltd., Goa liberated on Dec 19, 1961 Govt of India took over Harbor and Railway administration on Jan 8,1962. Mormugao declared a Major Port under the Major Port Trust Act, 1963, on Dec 2,1963 Till date 4 more berths added making total 11 berths. 4 more berth planned, including dedicated Cruise Terminal, Fishing jetty and two more general purpose berths.

FACILITIES

Harbour data, Berths, Moorings & Anchorage Facilities Berths & Mooring Dolphins Cargo Handling and Storage facilities Bulk Liquid Discharging Facilities Traffic handling Mechanical Ore Handling Plant at Berth no 9 Stream loading, Discharging Facilities, Port Railway facilities, Water Supply, Bunkering, Provisions

Harbour data, Berths, Moorings & Anchorage Facilities

In Goa currently more than 50% of ore loading is done through Berth No: 9, Mormugao Port. The rest is through Transhipper harboured within the Port limits of Mormugao & Panaji Port, Manual Mid-stream loading. Mormugao Port is a natural harbour. It may be considered a mono Port, as 85% of the cargo handled is Iron Ore. Berth No: 9 is exclusively allocated for handling Iron Ore. It is a noteworthy fact that the Goan exporters are the major contributors to the flourishing of these ports. The Mormugao Port offers a wide range of standard facilities for pilotage, towage, lighterage, bunkering, loading, unloading, transit sheds, wharehouses, freighting, medical aid and supplies etc. The most specialized services for ore handling are provided. Repair and service facilities are available at Goa Shipyard, Government of India Undertaking, and at other specialised private firms. Annually about 14 million tons of Iron Ore is exported through Mormugao Port which is listed as one of the major ports of India, It continually records the highest export tonnage of ore with the avail of a highly sophisticated, high capacity Mechanical Ore Handling Plant for Iron Ore. The iron ore produced is brought from the mines to the riverbank from where it is loaded into barges and transported to the port. The average distance from the mines to the river point is 12 kms and the average time taken by the barge to

reach the port from the river point after loading is approximately 4 hours. The barges' capacity ranges from 700 to 2,500 tons, with the average capacity being 1200 tons. The following three modes of loading are available at Mormugao Port:

1. Berth No: 9
Mormugao port has a mechanical ore-handling complex. At present the limited draft at Berth No: 9, permits the loading of only Panamax size vessels. However the Cape size vessels can be up topped upto 200,000 tones or more by transhippers (loading vessels), which are owned and maintained by the exporters. The transhippers thus play a complementary role in the port's operations and help raise Mormugao port to international standards. Mechanical Ore Handling Plant (MOHP) at berth no. 9 which was commissioned in 1979. The major portion of iron ore trade is presently handled through the MOHP. The annual turnover of this plant is approximately 8 million tons. The loading rate, which can be achieved per day, is between 20,000 to 35,000 tons depending upon the size of the vessels and whether it is a gearless vessel. The Maximum loading draft at berth no. 9 is: Fair season (November to may) 13.00 m (12.30 At any state of tide) (11.50 To 12.80 progressively) From September to October) Monsoon ( June to 15th September) 11.00 m

2. Transfer Vessel (T/V) or Transhipper

Mechanical loading by Transhipper vessels. The transhipper is a mechanical ore handling vessel which can load vessels without any Draft Restrictions in mid-stream. (Excluding the monsoon period). The loading rate, which can be achieved per day, is between 12,000 to 15,00 tons depending on the weather. Presently there are five such Transhippers available at Mormugao port belonging to private exporters, which are available for loading vessels on spot basis and subject to port authority approval.

3. Grab loading by ships grabs

Generally ships below 30000 DWT, which cannot be accommodated at berth no. 9, are loaded by ships own grabs in mid-stream. The loading rate on a well equipped grab fitted vessel of 6 cubic meter grab 1,5000 tons Per Day, Per Grab can be achieved.

Berths & Mooring Dolphins

The present berthing facilities available at the Port are as follows : Height of berth from chart datum(mts. )
4.5 4.5 4.2 4.2

Berth No.
5A 6A 7 8

Lengt h (mts.)
210 240 100 116 298*

Maximum permissibl Fair e LOA Season (mts.) (mts.)

190 225 100 260 12.00 14.00 3.50 12.50

Draft Monsoon season (mts.)

11.00 12.00 3.50 11.00

Type of cargo handled

Steel products Bulk Coal Pellets, coke,etc. Liquid bulk

4.5

222 357.5*

335

14.00

12.00

Iron ore

10 11

4.5 4.5

250 270

225 225

11.40 12.80

11.00 12.00

General cargo and containers

Mooring Dolphins
No.1(west side) 851 -

No.2( between 1&2)

225

11

No.3 (between 2 & 3)

225

11

Iron Ore, Other Ores & other Gen. cargo

Cargo Handling and Storage Facilities:

Sr.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Description Wharf Crane (Electric) Wharf Crane (Electric) Mobile Crane Forklift Trucks Forklift Truck Volumetric Hoppers Plug points of suitable capacity to cater to the reefer containers Nos. 4 2 1 8 1 8 56 points Capacity 3 Tonnes each 6 Tonnes each 18 Tonnes 3 Tonnes each 5 Tonnes 6.3 M3 each

Storage facilities for General Cargo/Containers

Description No. of Plots/Sheds Area(sq. mts) Storage Capacity(tonnes)

Cover Storage Other Warehouse & Godowns Total Covered Storage Open Storage

7 5 12 5

27106 16680 43786 51532

50659 25020 75679 154596

Bulk Liquid Discharging Facilities

Specialised facilities are available at Berth No.8 for handling petroleum products and other liquid cargoes like phosphoric acid. About 1.5 million tonnes of liquid cargoes are handled at Mormugao Port per annum. Phosphoric acid can also be discharged at Berth No. 10 & 11 also. Liquid cargoes like caustic soda, furnace oil etc., are also handled at the tankages provided by private operators near Berth No.5 & 6.

Traffic Handled
Commodity wise Imports and Exports at Mormugao Port during 1997-98 to 1998-99

Commodity Iron Ore & Iron Ore Pellets Other Ores Total Ores Alumina Other General Cargo Containerised Cargo Total Export

(in lakh tonnes) 1997-98 A. EXPORT 187.01 2.2 189.21 1.71 0.94 0.18 192.04 B. IMPORT 11.14 2.25 0.23 0.43 4.44 0.61 0.36 0.12 19.58 0.2 211.82 Containerised Cargo

1998-99 150.32 1.88 152.2 1.51 0.7 0.19 154. 60 10.23 1.55 0.28 0.86 6.27 3.9 0.69 1.4 0.18 25.36 0.24 180.2

POL Products Phosphoric Acid Other Liquid Fertilizers Coal / Coke Steel Slabs Iron Ore Pellets Other General Cargo Containerised Cargo Total Import C.Transhipment of POL Total Traffic (A+B+C)

The container traffic too registered an all time high of 36,796 tonnes during year, the previous highest being 33,223 tonnes achieved in 1996-97. The particulars are given below. Item 1997-98 1998-99 Cargo handled (in Tonnes) 29,998 36,796 No.of TEUs a)Loaded 2,675 3,115 b) Empties 686 932 Total 3,361 4,047

MECHANICAL ORE HANDLING PLANT AT BERTH NO.9

The Mechanical Ore Handling Plant (MOHP) at Berth No. 9 of Mormugao Port can load vessels up to Length Over All (LOA) of 305 meters with a permissible draft of 14.0 meters. Transfer vessels load the balance quantity mid-stream. The MOHP has ship loading capacity of 8000 tons per hour. It has 8 Barge Unloaders, one Continuous Barge Unloader (CBU) and three Stackers with a rated capacity of 2000 TPH, which stockpile the cargo into the stack yard through a conveyer system connected to the Barge Unloaders. A large plot is allotted to V.M. Salgaocar & Bro. Pvt.Ltd. at the MOHP to stockpile iron ore. The stockyard can accommodate up to one million tons of iron ore. Two Bucket Reclaimers reclaim the stocked iron ore, each with a capacity of 4000 tons per hour. Two Ship Loaders, with a rated capacity of 4000 TPH each, discharge the cargo into the vessels docked alongside Berth No. 9. The average loading rate achieved at MOHP Berth No. 9 is 45,000 tons per day.

Sr. No 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Description of Equipment Barge Unloaders Continuous Barge Unloader Stackers Reclaimers Shiploaders

Nos. 8 1 3 2 2

Rated Capacity 750 TPH 1250 TPH 3250 TPH 4000 TPH 4000 TPH

Acceptable size of vessel at Berth 9

LOA BEAM Air Draft Draft in conjunction with tide DWT(approx.) Parcel size (approx.)

Maximum Permissible 335 m 52 m 19.5 m 14.0 m 2,75,000 1,50,000 tonnes

Stackyard at Mechanical Ore Handling Complex

Area Storage capacity Annual Capacity

80,000m2 approx. 10 lakh tonnes 115 lakh tonnes

Average Ship loading rate : 50-60,000 tonnes per day.

STREAMLOADING, TRANSHIPPERS, PORT RAILWAY FACILITIES

Transhippers, each with an average loading capacity of about 15,000 tpd are operated by private exporters in mid-stream for uptopping large size vessels that are initially loaded by MOHP at berth No.9 to the permissible draft. At times, ships are permitted to be loaded wholly by transhippers in mid stream. In addition to the above, one floating crane with loading capacity of 10,000T/day is operating at west of breakwater.

BULK LIQUID DISCHARGING FACILITIES

Spcelialised facilities are available at B.No.8 for handling petroleum products and other liquid cargoes like phosphoric acid, caustic soda, Ammonia, molasses etc. Phosphoric acid handling facilities are provided at general cargo berth nos.10 and 11 also.

PORT RAILWAY FACILITIES

The century old meter gauge railway system of the port has been converted into Broad gauge and commissioned in November 1997 with full fledged reception and dispatch yard.

WATER SUPPLY
Water is supplied alongside berths directly from shore facilities and in stream from a 200 tonne self propelled water barge. Water supply is regulated in accordance with availability of main supply.

BUNKERING
Facilities are available to a limited extent for supply of furnace oil, light diesel oil and high speed diesel oil to vessels visiting the port and the berth with prior arrangements with oil companies. Furnace oil can be supplied through shore pipelines on Berth Nos. 8 and 9. HSD can be supplied by trucks only.

PROVISIONS
Both fresh and frozen provisions are available through licensed ship chandlers.

OPERATION OF MOHP

RECEIVING STACKING SHIPPING

RECEIVING SECTION
The ore coming from the mines located in the nearby regions, through the barges. The barges unloaded at the finger jetties of the MPT The ore received from the barges, travels on the conveyors and reaches the open storage plots using stackers and grabbers The entire receiving and shipping section is controlled by CCP(Central Control Panel)

SHIPPING SECTION
The ore which is stored in the open plots, is received by the reclaimers, on the addressed conveyors And from the conveyors, ship loaders loads the ore on the ship. There can be a direct shipping facility from the receiving section, but it is only allowed if 90% of the cargo is loaded from the storage plots.

STACKYARD SECTION
These 3 sides in totality have 12 plots which given to the exporters for stacking of the cargo. SEASIDE MIDDLE SIDE LAND SIDE

The present Exporters to whom the plots have been allotted are as follows: SESA, V.S.Dempo, V. M.S. Salgaoncar, Chowgule, MMTC, Societo Fomento Industries (SMIC), SFI, PVG, BMM, OGL, CCL, PORT

ANALYSIS
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN LINE:
Construction of additional 3 numbers of Mooring Dolphins Development of water front west of breakwater Replacement of three numbers rail mounted stackers Upgradation of Mechanized Ore Handling Plant

STRENGTHS IN KEY POINTS:

Partial Natural Harbour Bestowed Inland Water Ways Substantial captive traffic Private participation and investment Peaceful & harmonious industrial relation Preferred employer in Goa for direct and indirect employment State of the art facilities for iron ore handling Beneficial to the exporters as they are giving incentives on the proposed turnover of the warehouse. Excellent IT systems like ERP, SAP, VTMS Takes good care of employees by offering PFs, Gratuity funds etc. Less polluted though handling bulk cargoes like ore, coal etc.

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