ADIPUR MUNDRA PORT LINE

• STRATEGY
• PLANNING
• IMPLEMENTATION
• INNOVATIVE INVESTMENT
• OPERATION
• APPRAISAL
 PROJECT FEATUERS
• VISION
• PLANNING
• LOCATION
• TRAFFIC STUDY
• PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY
STUDY – 1997
• APPROVALS BY WR – 1998
• FINAL LOCATION SURVEY – 1999
• LAND ACQUISITION
• CONSTRUCTION
 LINE COMMISIONED IN 2001
• SALIENT FEATURES
• PORT FEATURES
• INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL
• INNOVATIVE INVESTMENT ARRANGEMENT
• AGREEMENT
• OPERATION
• BENEFITS
• VIABILITY
• PROJECT EVALUATION
• WAY FORWARD
 MUNDRA PORT VISION
“ A globally competitive, Indian focused,
technology driven, Port Company, offering
cost effective logistics to the delight of
customers and stakeholders”
 MUNDRA PORT - Access
• 14 km approach road connecting NH 8A
extension
• 57 km rail link connecting Adipur ( on
Gandhidham – Bhuj section) with Mundra
Port
• 65 km from Bhuj, the district HQ and
nearest Airport
• Helipad in Port
 MUNDRA PORT
• Promoted & operated by a Joint venture company
• Largest private port
• Commercial port
• Multi product features
• Plan for 10.0 million tone capacity
LOCATION
• Situated on the western coast of India in Gujarat
• Strategically located in the Northern gulf of Kutch
• Proximity to international navigational route
• Has the prime industrial area of North, West and Central
India as its hinterland
 Mundra Port - Geographical
• Clean and deep water approach without a change
• Naturally protected area
Mundra port – terminal features
• Multi purpose terminal – 5 berths
• Total LOA – 895 meters
• Back-up area
– Dry cargo storage
– Closed godown
– Open land stand
– Liquid storage
– Enclosure
– Pipeline
 MECHANISED HANDLING
SYSTEM
• Two mobile harbour cranes, mobile hoppers
• Conveyer belt with 1500 mt/hr
• Port conveyer and ship loader 100 tph
• State of the art hand farm -64 bays
Size of the Vessels
Cape size – 16/08/2002 – 123 lakh tonne
VLCC – March, 2006 - 2.2 lakh tonne
Super container ship - 6000 TEUs - possible
 Multipurpose Facility
• Port
• Railway Link
• MICT
• SEZ – 1100 ha
• Power House – 4000 MW
• Railway Line – 25 km
• SBM
 RAIL FACILITY
• Link to broad gauge route
– Adipur – 9 km west of Gandhidham
– Design speed – 100 kmph
• 57 km long link
– Adipur to Mundra
– Link opened Nov.,2001
• 2 stations – operational
– Devacha road 12 km
– Bhadreshwar road 34 km
• 2 more stations planned for future
• R & D yard
– 5 full time concrete platform
– 2 WDS , 4 Locos
• Cargo complex
– 4 full lines
– 2 coal lines
– Concrete platform
• MICT
– 2 lines
– 2 full time lines
Intended Benefits
 Innovative Infrastructures
• Joint Venture
– GPDCL GAPL
– APL
• ROAD Link – new model of financing
• GAPL role
– Ownership
– Survey
– Land
– Construction
– Assets – LOCOS
– Maintenance
– Repairs & replacement
– Insurance
– Staffing
– Security
• Railways role
– Connectivity
– Through investment
– Collection of freight
– Safety staff
 Railway’s Operation
• Train running from Adipur
– Rly Loco + fuel
– Rly Wagon
– Rly Crew
• Charged Levied by Railway
– Loco hire charges
– Wagon hire charges
– Crew play & allowances
– Cost of fuel
– Salary & allowances of staff station, godown, yard
• Revenue Sharing
– Port gets terminal charges
– Port gets for operation of freight
• Share = (57 km – Port Rly)/ Total Distance * Freight amount
 Standards of Construction
• Rail 52 kg 90uts t/km
• Sleepers 1540 PSC
• Ballast 300 mm
• Welded rails
• 1: 8 ½ curved swethers
• MACLS
• Central panel interlocks
 Kutch Rail Corporation
• Participation by
– IR
– GOG
– KPT
– GAPL
• Scheme
– Investment by equity holders and debt by stakeholders
– Construction by IR
– Operation & maintenance by IR
– Revenue Sharing
• Palanpur Gandhidham 313 km gauge conversion done on April
2004
• Saving further 134 km to north destination
• Further plan – Bhildi – Samadari 275 km under conversion route
Thank You