Port Equipment
Wharf Cranes
12 Wharf Cranes of the following capacities:
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2 of 12 Tons
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4 of 16 Tons
 6 of 25Tons
The rated capacity of 16 tons cap. Crane is 400 MT/hour
The rated capacity of 25 Tons cap. Crane is 600 MT/hour.
Weighbridges
Nine weighbridges inside the port, which includes:
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Two Weighbridges of 40 MT capacities
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One Weighbridge of 50MTcapacity.
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One Weighbridge of 60MTcapacities.
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Two Weighbridges of SOMT capacity.
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Three Weighbridges 100 MT capacities.
More weighbridges in collaboration with Private firms are being commissioned
Other Support Equipment
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Easy availability of other support loading equipments such as Forklifts, Tractor, Trailers, Pay-loaders of
various capacities.
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Private handling, equipments like Mobile Cranes, Top litters, pay-loaders, Forklifts, Heavy-duty Trailers etc.
available on hire at competitive rates.
Infrastructure Facilities
Storage Facilities
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Twelve Dry Cargo berths are available with Quay Length of 2532 meters
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Six Oil Jetties.
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Total Custom Bonded Port Area inside the custom fencing is 253 hectares.
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One deep draft mooring and Four Cargo moorings in the inner Harbor area for stream handling
Container Handling Facilities
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545 meters. of quay length
Inchcape Shipping Services (UK) Ltd., Unit 5-8 Lakeside Business Village,
Fleming Road, Chafford Hundred, Essex RM16 6EW, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1375 484900 Fax: +44 (0)1375 484984
www.iss-shipping.com
Registered in England: No: 4980958 Registered Office Unit 5-8 Lakeside Business Village, Fleming Road,
Chafford Hundred, Essex RM16 6EW
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4RMQCs
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2 Harbor mobile crane
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4 RTGC 4 reach stackers, 18 prime movers
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40 hectare plot for Container yard
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6 Container Freight Stations serving the Port
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Reefer plug points.
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Regular Feeder service to JNPT, Mumbai, UAE, Colombo, Bunder Abbas, Muscat, Korea, Cochin,
Tuticorin, Pipavav, Mangalore (Optional) and other Destinations
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Most economical handling charges & concessional TAMP tariff for coastal vessels.
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Nearest Port from Delhi and surrounding areas.
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Separate Stacking area for dangerous goods.
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Railway line adjacent to Container Yard.
Steel Floating Dry Dock
The existing steel floating dry dock caters to the need of the Port Crafts as well as outside organizations and having
o capacity to accommodate all vessels of following parameters:
LOA maximum unto 100 meters.
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Breadth maximum unto 17 meters.
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Draft maximum unto 4.5 meters.
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Lift displacement maximum unto 2500 tonnes.
Off-Shore Oil Terminal (OOT)-Vadinar
The Kandla Port Trust had commissioned the Off-shore Oil Terminal facilities at Vadinar in the year 1978 jointly with
Indian Oil Corporation, by providing Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) system, having a capacity of 54 MMTPA, which
was first of its kind in India. Further, significant quantum of infra structural up gradation has been effected; excellent
maritime infrastructure has peen created for the 32 MMTPA Essar Oil Refinery at Vadinar.
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A draft of unto 33 meters at SBMs and Lighterage Point Operations (LPO).
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Three Numbers of Single Buoy Moorings available. Handling VLCCs having 300,000 DWTand more.
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Providing Crude Oil intake for the Refineries of Koyali (Gujarat), Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), Panipat
(Haryana) and ESSAR Refinery Jamnagar (Gujarat).
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2nd SBM was commissioned during 1998.
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3rd SBM at Vadinar for importing crude oil for oil refinery of M/s. Essor Oil Ltd.
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Simultaneous handling of three VLCC tankers at the SBMs of M/s. IOCL.
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Vast Crude tankage facility having capacity of 1144000 KL.
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Two nos. of 50 Tons state-of-art B.R SRP Pull-back tugs are available for smooth and
simultaneous shipping operations on the SBMs and product jetty.
Inchcape Shipping Services (UK) Ltd., Unit 5-8 Lakeside Business Village,
Fleming Road, Chafford Hundred, Essex RM16 6EW, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1375 484900 Fax: +44 (0)1375 484984
www.iss-shipping.com
Registered in England: No: 4980958 Registered Office Unit 5-8 Lakeside Business Village, Fleming Road,
Chafford Hundred, Essex RM16 6EW
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One Oil & Debris recovery Tug for Oil Pollution control is acquired and stationed at Vadinar.
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Excellent infrastructure and tranquil waters facilitate trans-shipment operations even during monsoon
season at Vadinar.
Storage Facilities
Kandla Port offers an excellent and vast Dry Cargo Storage Facilities inside the Custom Bonded Area for storage of
Import and Export cargoes, on very competitive rates.
Existing available Storage Facilities in Dry Cargo Jetty Area are
Sr. No. Description
Area (Sq. Meters.)
Capacity in (MTs)
1
Warehouses
10.65 Lakhs
23.42 Lakhs
2
Open Storage Space
1 .44 Lakhs
3.83 Lakhs
Storage Capacity by Private Sector around Kandla
(PRIVATE SECTOR WAREHOUSES-4.50 LAKH MT)
Liquid Storage Facilities around Kandla Complex: Private Sector
Sr. No. Private Terminals
No. of Tanks
Capacity in KL
1.
CRL
112
2,47,000
2.
FSWAI
132
2,71,650
3.
KESAR ENTERPRISE
44
90,081
4.
N. P. PATEL PVT. LTD.
9
38,497
5.
FOCT
21
39,263
6.
USTTL- LIQUID TERMINAL
22
63,038
7.
AGENCIES 8. CARGO CARE LTD.
27
50,000
8.
J. K. SYNTHETICS
14
25,176
9.
IMC LIMITED
4
25,288
10.
J. R. ENTERPRISE
15
25,320
11.
INDO NIPPON CHEMICALS LTD.
10
17,200
12.
LIBERTY INVESTMENT
6
16,016
13
BAYERABSLTD.
11
13,310
14.
DEEPAK ESTATE AGENCY
9
13,212
15.
TEJMALBHAI & CO
8
12,577
16.
AVEAN INTERNATIONAL CARE LTD.
11
12,160
Inchcape Shipping Services (UK) Ltd., Unit 5-8 Lakeside Business Village,
Fleming Road, Chafford Hundred, Essex RM16 6EW, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1375 484900 Fax: +44 (0)1375 484984
www.iss-shipping.com
Registered in England: No: 4980958 Registered Office Unit 5-8 Lakeside Business Village, Fleming Road,
Chafford Hundred, Essex RM16 6EW
17.
USTTL GAS TERMINAL
4
5,720
18.
PARKER AGROCHEM EXPORT LTD.
6
1 5,000
465
9,80,508
TOTAL CAPACITY :
Sr. No.
Public Sector Undertaking & Cooperative Units
No. of Tanks
Capacity inKL
1
INDIAN OIL CORPORATION
38
5,75,838
2
BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPN.
21
2,30,000
3
HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPN.
28
2,04,000
4
IOC –LPG
2
30,000
5
IFFCO
11
1,10,000
6
NDDB
9
58,531
109
12,08,369
TOTAL CAPACITY :
Other Facilities
Security Advantages
Port is ISPS Compliant
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For the Security of ships in the harbor, cargo & the overall security, Port has inducted Central Industrial
Security Force (C.I.S.F.) controlled gate entry system, inspection and monitoring has made Kandla Port the
"Exclusive High Securtity Zone".
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Patrolling by C.I.S.F. by high speed launches in the Kandla Creek has also added to the security of the
vessels.
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Force (CISF), a premier Central Government Industrial Security Agency, possessing special advanced
Training and Equipments.
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CCTV coverage of entire port operational area.
The Cost Advantage
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Transparent Pricing Policy.
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Lowest Cost per tonne amongst all Major Ports and non major Ports
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Lowest Vessel related charges,
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Lowest wharfage charges
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Lowest Storage charges.
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Free Storage
o 15 days Free Period for Export Cargo.
o
8 days Free Period for Timber Log Imports.
Inchcape Shipping Services (UK) Ltd., Unit 5-8 Lakeside Business Village,
Fleming Road, Chafford Hundred, Essex RM16 6EW, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1375 484900 Fax: +44 (0)1375 484984
www.iss-shipping.com
Registered in England: No: 4980958 Registered Office Unit 5-8 Lakeside Business Village, Fleming Road,
Chafford Hundred, Essex RM16 6EW
o
5 days free period for other Import Cargoes.
o
At Container Terminal, the free period for containerized cargo is as fallows:-For Import, first three days
o
and for Export, first seven days,
3 days free period each for Import and Export of Hazardous Cargoes.
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Fire Fighting services free of charge
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Timely billing & refund.
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Comprehensive berthing policy.
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The Jury ICWAI National Award for Excellence in Cost Management - 2007 headed by Justice J.S. Verma,
Former Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India has selected Kandla Port Trust for the first Award under the
category of "Service Sector turnover less than Rs. 1000 crores".
Road Network
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Four Lane National Highway No. 8-A extended right unto the Port's Main Gates.
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Fully developed road network, both in and around the Port area to facilitate faster movement of cargo
o Inside Cargo Jetty Area
- 30 Kms
o
o
Outside Cargo Jetty Area
Railway Inside Cargo Jetty Area
- 31 Kms.
- 13 Kms.
Flotilla
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9 Harbor Tugs of various sizes.
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Three High Speed Pilot Launches
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One State-of-the-art fully computerized survey launch.
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Two Harbor Tugs of 7.5 tons Bollard Pull.
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Six new FRP Mooring Launches.
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Four General Service Launches.
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One Firefloat
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One Heave-up-barge for maintenance of Navigational aids.
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Two Pilot & Oil-cum-debris recovery vessels, one at Kandla & one at Vadinar
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Two new patrolling launches for marine surveillance by CISF
Fire Protection Facilities
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Fire water storage Systems.
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Fire water Systems.
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Foam Systems.
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Mobile Fire Fighting equipments
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Land based 14 Fire Tenders including one Safety Jeep and one Ambulance
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Fire Float Agni Shanti
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Safety Equipments - Personal Protective Equipments
Inchcape Shipping Services (UK) Ltd., Unit 5-8 Lakeside Business Village,
Fleming Road, Chafford Hundred, Essex RM16 6EW, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1375 484900 Fax: +44 (0)1375 484984
www.iss-shipping.com
Registered in England: No: 4980958 Registered Office Unit 5-8 Lakeside Business Village, Fleming Road,
Chafford Hundred, Essex RM16 6EW
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Storage of Fire Fighting Agents
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Fire Alarm / Communication Systems
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Gas Detection Systems
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Fire Safety Organization
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Fire Emergency Manual
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The Fire Brigade Officials are being trained at the National Fire Service College, Nagpur and So trained
Officials impart training to the Fire Brigade Personnel at KPT Fire Stations
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Full fledged fire fighting facilities at Shore and Harbor.
Constitution & Brief History
Our Mission
To be the most economical modern Major Port, rendering cost effective services to our Customers
The Key Objectives
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To provide our Clientele, efficient and economical Port services. To render value for money and value
added services to our Customers, to their utmost satisfaction.
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To create facilities of international standards, and facilitate quicker turnaround of vessels. To maintain
peaceful industrial relations by recognizing our work force as an asset and develop them to adopt to the
changing Port scenario.
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To participate in social development by contributing our mite to the society at large.
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To be Environment friendly.
Geographic Location
Kandla port is situated in the Kandla Creek and is 90 kms from the mouth of the Gulf Of Kachchh. It is a
protected natural harbor.
Latitude: 23o 01' N
Longitude: 70o 13' E
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Inchcape Shipping Services (UK) Ltd., Unit 5-8 Lakeside Business Village,
Fleming Road, Chafford Hundred, Essex RM16 6EW, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1375 484900 Fax: +44 (0)1375 484984
www.iss-shipping.com
Registered in England: No: 4980958 Registered Office Unit 5-8 Lakeside Business Village, Fleming Road,
Chafford Hundred, Essex RM16 6EW