CHAPTER 3
COASTAL CARGO PROFILE
3.1 REVIEW OF TRENDS AND PATTERNS
The total traffic handled at all ports for 2002-03 was 418 million tonnes (MT) with
coastal traffic accounting for 116 MT or about 28 percent of total traffic handled at all
ports. Out of 116 MT, 84 MT was handled at major ports, 22 MT at Gujarat Maritime
Board (GMB) ports, and 10 MT at non - GMB ports. The coastal cargo carried over long
distances was mostly bulk and captive cargo with general cargo accounting for share of
less than one percent. The details of share of coastal cargo at major and minor ports are
given in Table 3.1.
Table 3.1 Share of Coastal Cargo at Major and Minor Ports
Share of Coastal Cargo: 2002-03(in ' 000 tonnes)
Major Ports Coastal Total %age Coastal
Ennore 8485 8485 100.0
Paradip 12201 23901 51.0
Tuticorin 5654 13294 42.5
Visakhapatnam 17089 46006 37.1
Cochin 4716 13001 36.3
Mumbai 8744 26796 32.6
Haldia Dock Complex 7229 28603 25.3
Chennai 6830 33686 20.3
New Mangalore 4161 21430 19.4
Kolkata Dock System 1234 7201 17.1
Kandla 4329 40633 10.7
J.L. Nehru 2192 26844 8.2
Mormugao 1193 23649 5.0
Total 84107 313529 26.8
Share of Coastal Cargo: 2001-02 Minor Ports (in ' 000 tonnes)
GMB 19390 79710 24.3
Non GMB 7870 15420 51.0
Total 27260 95130 28.6
Selected GMB Ports
Magdalla 5127 8314 61.7
Muldwarka 1573 3260 48.3
GPPL 698 1561 44.7
Jaffrabad 1704 4036 42.2
Sikka 7835 47465 16.5
Selected Non GMB Ports
Rawa 2440 2440 100.0
Ulwa-Belapur 716 716 100.0
Revdanda 559 618 90.5
Dhramtar 1623 2455 66.1
Panaji 718 2858 25.1
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Major ports handled 73 percent of coastal cargo. Crude, POL and coal accounted for 90
percent of traffic handled. Minor ports handled 27 percent of coastal cargo - POL,
cement, building material and iron ore accounted for 90 percent of the traffic handled at
minor ports.
The GMB ports of Sikka, Magdalla, Jafrabad, Muldwarka and GPPL handled more than
90 percent of the coastal traffic handled in Gujarat and 72 percent traffic handled at all
minor ports.
Non-GMB ports such as Rawa, Dharamtar, Ulwa-Belapur, Revdanda, and Panaji handled
more than 75 percent of the cargo handled at non-GMB Ports and 28 percent of the total
cargo handled at all minor ports.
Port-wise data from Table 3.1 shows that in the year 2002-03 Vizag, Paradip, Mumbai,
Ennore and Haldia handled more than 64 percent of the coastal cargo serviced at all major
ports. The share of coastal cargo with respect to total cargo was highest at Ennore
followed by Paradip, Tuticorin, Vizag and Cochin and was more than 35 percent, while at
Mormugao, JNPT and Kandla, it was less than 11 percent. The impact of coastal cargo in
different ports was kept in view while determining the attractiveness and suitability of
ports for servicing coastal traffic. The coastal cargo serviced at minor ports was mostly
captive. The time series data shows that the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of
coastal traffic is about 4.5 percent per year at major ports, 20 percent at non-major ports
during the last 10 years. The CAGR for non-GMB ports is at 6.5 percent per year and the
growth at GMB ports has shown a sharp increase from 6.3 MTPA in 1998 to 22 MTPA in
2001-02.
Figure 3.1: Trend analysis
3.2 COASTAL CARGO PROFILE
Out of the 108 MT coastal traffic handled (54.0 MT of originating traffic) during 2001-
02, 16.4 MT was accounted for by POL products 16.2 MT for thermal coal, 10.2 MT for
crude, 4.7 MT for iron ore and pellets, 3.7 MT for cement, clinker and building material
and 2.8 MT for others. The originating coastal traffic during 2002-03 was 58 MT.
Trend Analysis - Major and Minor Ports
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Table 3.2 Coastal Traffic Profile: 2001-02
Commodities Quantity
(million tonnes)
Percentage
POL Products 16.4 30
Thermal Coal 16.2 30
Crude 10.2 19
Iron ore and Pellets 4.7 9
Cement & Clinker 3.7 7
Others 2.8 5
Total 54 100
Source: Basic Ports Statistics, 2001-02
Figure 3.2a: Coastal Commodity Profile: Major Ports
Figure 3.2b: Coastal Commodity Profile: Minor Ports
3.2 COASTAL ROUTES
The major coastal cargo flows are as follows:
a. POL products - originating at major ports and at Sikka with sources being
Jamnagar, New Mangalore, Mumbai, Cochin, Paradip, Vizag, Chennai and
Haldia, where refineries are situated. The key destinations are Vizag, Kandla,
Haldia and Mumbai, which also have refineries, seems to be using their capacity
for distribution by land.
Coastal Commodity Profile - Major Ports
Others
3% Cement
2%
Iron Ore/Pellets
6%
Pol Products
24%
Coal
39%
POLCrude
26%
Coal
POLCrude
Pol Products
Iron Ore/Pellets
Others
Cement
Coastal Commodity Profile - Non - Major Ports
Bldg. Material *
22%
Pol Products
50%
Iron Ore
18%
Others
5%
Iron & Steel
2%
Coal
2% Chemical
1%
Pol Products
Bldg. Material *
Iron Ore
Others
Coal
Iron & Steel
Chemical
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b. Thermal coal - originating ports are Paradip, Vizag, Haldia and the discharge ports
are Chennai, Tuticorin. This traffic is driven by Tamil Nadu Electricity Board
(TNEB).
c. Crude oil - originating ports are Mumbai, Rawa and PY-03 and the discharge
ports are to Vizag, Cochin, Chennai and Kandla. This traffic is driven by
petroleum companies such as IOCL, BPCL, HPCL, and CPCL.
d. Iron ore and pellets originating ports are Vizag and Mormugao and the discharge
ports are Magdalla, Dhramtar and Revdanda. This traffic is driven by Essar,
Nippon-Denro and Vikram Ispat.
e. Cement originating ports are Muldwarka, Porbunder, Jafarabad, Pipavav and
discharge ports are Dharmtar, Ulwa Belapur, JNP, Ratnagiri, Magdalla, New
Mangalore Cochin. This traffic is driven by companies like Gujarat Ambuja, L &
T, and Saurashtra cements.
f. Iron & steel is moving from Magdalla (Essar Steel) to Mumbai and GPPL.
The commodities movements are generally from port to port, however in case of
POL, there are criss-cross movements. The movement patterns for major coastal
commodities are given in Figures 3.3 to 3.8. The origin-destination patterns of the
movements of coastal commodity are given in Table 3.3 to 3.9.
Table 3.3:Coastal Cargo Movement in Million Tonnes 2001-02: Coal
TO
Ennore
Chennai
Tuticorin
Total Haldia -
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2.9 2.9
Paradip 3.4 3.4 1.9 8.7
Vizag - 3.9 0.4 4.3
FROM
Total 3.4 7.3 5.2 15.9
Table 3.4:Coastal Cargo Movement in Million Tonnes 2001-02: Cement
TO
New
Mangalore
Cochin
JNPT
Ulwa
Belapur
Total
Mul Dwarka 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.7 2.0
FROM Total 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.7 2.0
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