Major port to come up at Vadhavan in Maharashtra

06 Feb 2020 Editorial Team

Vadhavan port will be developed on the “land lord model”, said a PIB release. A special purpose vehicle (SPV) will be formed with Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) as the lead partner with equity participation equal to or more than 50 per cent to implement the project. The SPV will develop the port infrastructure including reclamation, construction of breakwater, besides establishing connectivity to the hinterland. All the business activities would be undertaken under PPP mode by private developers.

The position of JN Port, the biggest container port in India, is 28th in the world – with a traffic of 5.1 million TEUs (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units). Even after the completion of the fourth terminal at JN Port with a capacity increase up to10 million TEUs by 2023, it will stand as the 17th largest container port in the world. With the development of Vadhavan port, India will break into the countries with top 10 container ports in the world.

Maharashtra has India's largest container port at JNPT, which caters to the hinterland of Maharashtra, North Karnataka, Telangana and secondary hinterland of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, NCR, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. There is a need for a deep draft port that will accommodate the largest container ships in the world and also cater to the spill over traffic from JNPT port once its planned capacity of 10 million TEUs is fully utilised. JNPT and Mundra, the two largest container handling ports of the country (for mid size container ships only), have drafts of 15 M and 16 M respectively, while the world's largest container handling modern deep draft ports require a draft of 18 M-20 M. The Vadhavan port has a natural draft of about 20 m close to the shore, making it possible for it to handle bigger vessels at the port. Development of Vadhavan port will enable call of container vessels of 16,000-25,000 TEUs capacity, giving advantages of economies of scale and reducing logistics cost, said the PIB release.

The ever increasing size of container ships makes it imperative that a deep draft container port in West Coast of India is developed. Increasing containerisation of cargo in the wake of value-added manufacturing sector makes it important to prepare our port infrastructure for handling value-added import and export to facilitate manufacturing activity. Container traffic in the JNPT hinterland is expected to grow from 4.5 MTEUs currently to 10.1 MTEUs by 2022-25 when JNPT's potential will be fully exhausted. The demand for container traffic will further accelerate after the plans for improving logistic infrastructure fructify and the 'Make in India' push drives greater exports and manufacture sourcing to India.

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its in-principle approval for setting up a major port at Vadhavan near Dahanu in Maharashtra. The total cost of the project is likely to be Rs 655.44 billion.Vadhavan port will be developed on the “land lord model”, said a PIB release. A special purpose vehicle (SPV) will be formed with Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) as the lead partner with equity participation equal to or more than 50 per cent to implement the project. The SPV will develop the port infrastructure including reclamation, construction of breakwater, besides establishing connectivity to the hinterland. All the business activities would be undertaken under PPP mode by private developers.The position of JN Port, the biggest container port in India, is 28th in the world – with a traffic of 5.1 million TEUs (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units). Even after the completion of the fourth terminal at JN Port with a capacity increase up to10 million TEUs by 2023, it will stand as the 17th largest container port in the world. With the development of Vadhavan port, India will break into the countries with top 10 container ports in the world.Maharashtra has India's largest container port at JNPT, which caters to the hinterland of Maharashtra, North Karnataka, Telangana and secondary hinterland of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, NCR, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. There is a need for a deep draft port that will accommodate the largest container ships in the world and also cater to the spill over traffic from JNPT port once its planned capacity of 10 million TEUs is fully utilised. JNPT and Mundra, the two largest container handling ports of the country (for mid size container ships only), have drafts of 15 M and 16 M respectively, while the world's largest container handling modern deep draft ports require a draft of 18 M-20 M. The Vadhavan port has a natural draft of about 20 m close to the shore, making it possible for it to handle bigger vessels at the port. Development of Vadhavan port will enable call of container vessels of 16,000-25,000 TEUs capacity, giving advantages of economies of scale and reducing logistics cost, said the PIB release.The ever increasing size of container ships makes it imperative that a deep draft container port in West Coast of India is developed. Increasing containerisation of cargo in the wake of value-added manufacturing sector makes it important to prepare our port infrastructure for handling value-added import and export to facilitate manufacturing activity. Container traffic in the JNPT hinterland is expected to grow from 4.5 MTEUs currently to 10.1 MTEUs by 2022-25 when JNPT's potential will be fully exhausted. The demand for container traffic will further accelerate after the plans for improving logistic infrastructure fructify and the 'Make in India' push drives greater exports and manufacture sourcing to India.

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