Ministry of Shipping Government of India STATEFOCUS August-September,May-June, 2018 2018 2 JNPT to Roll out DPD Solution 07 Events Detour 1517 Odisha: Charting a New Course Coastal Shipping: Prospects, 9 Events Detour 16 Muslin,Maritime Mercha Glory:nts Paradip and Port 18 PotentialKarnataka: and Possibilities Making Waves Western Mariners 25 Sagarmala Post: August-September, 2018 1 CONTENTS STATE FOCUS................04 • Movement of Fly Ash across National Waterways • Paradip : the Smart Industrial • IWAI Comes Up with India’s first Modern Ship Designs Port City in the Making • Sagarmala Projects in Odisha EVENTS DETOUR.....................16 • Success Stories beyond the Balance Sheet • MoU Inked for Indore-Manmad Railway Corridor • Archiving the 5,000 Years of India’s Maritime Legacy VIEW POINT...................09 • Coastal Shipping: Prospects, Potential and Possibilities MARITIME GLORY....................18 • Built in 1965, Conceived in 7,000 BC SPOT-LIGHT.....................12 • Fourth Cement Terminal at Cochin Port Begins Operations CAMERA SCOPE.....................22 • DCIL Declares 20% Dividend for 2017-18 • In the Face of the Challenge Published by the Editorial Board of The Sagarmala Post Disclaimer: The content in the newsletter is provided for the information purpose only. No legal liability or other responsibilty is accepted by or on behalf of the Ministry of Shipping for any errors, omissions or statement in the newsletter. From the SECRETARY’S DESK The last two months have been It has added a fourth cement quite eventful, marked with terminal to its existing capability. many important happenings The move is aimed at directing a and headlines. modal shift in the movement of cement, from road and rail to the sea, in order to promote coastal In a significant move, an MoU for the Rs . 8,600-crore shipping as a cost-effective and environment- Indore-Manmad railway corridor was inked by friendly means of transportation. JNPT, Ministry of Railways and the Governments of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. The new The Dredging Corporation of India (DCIL) has rail corridor will cut down the distance by 171 km made great strides on the financial front and between Indore and the gateway ports of JNPT displayed shining statistics for the year 2017-18. and Mumbai, reducing the logistics cost for cargo It has declared a dividend of 20 per cent. DCIL movement. The project will, it is estimated, result in has posted a profit after tax at Rs. 1,664.27 lakh, a cumulative net economic benefit of Rs 15,000 crore as against Rs. 712.26 lakh in the previous in the first ten years of its operations. financial year. Another striking news is IWAI's breakthrough This edition is centred on Odisha as the state in in ship designing for inland waterways. IWAI focus. Under the Sagarmala Programme, the has brought about 13 standardised state-of-the- Paradip Port has made a remarkable headway art ship designs for large barge haulage on the towards augmenting its capacity. The cargo Ganga river. The designs, which are available to handling capacity of the port has been increased to the private sector, will translate into substantial 277 million metric tonnes per annum, which is the reduction in the cost of production of ships. An highest amongst all Major Ports. Displaying a high achievement of crucial significance, this will give degree of excellence in operations, the Paradip Port a cutting edge to India's shipbuilding industry Trust handled an all-time record cargo of 100.12 working in the sphere of inland vessels, while million tonnes during the financial year 2017- opening immense possibilities for cargo and 2018. With this feat, it has joined the ‘Exclusive passenger transit on the National Waterway-I. Club of Ports’. The pages of the newsletter also trace the history and legacy of the Paradip Port which There was more in the sphere of inland waterways carries a maritime heritage that dates back to that turned heads. Two barges carrying fly ash the Neolithic period. sailed from Kahalgaon (Bihar) for Pandu island (Assam), for one of the longest hauls in India’s More than a newsletter, the Sagarmala Post inland waterways, covering 2,085 km. Crossing is a progress report about our pursuits and three waterways – NW-1, NW-2 and the Indo- endeavours, as it brings into perspective some of Bangladesh Protocol Route – the journey of the the latest developments. Do share your opinions, barges signifies the beginning of an integrated which we always look forward to. movement through multiple waterways. On the other hand, the Cochin Port has assumed GOPAL KRISHNA, IAS new dimensions in its cement handling capacity. Secretary, Ministry of Shipping STATEFOCUS PARADIP : THE SMART INDUSTRIAL PORT CITY IN THE MAKING With an entirely new eco-system and state-of-the-art technologies, the Paradip Port is getting ready to take a plunge into future. A Smart Industrial Port City that can From paper to the ground sewage treatment system and drainage meet the challenges of the future has network; energy and power system just begun to take shape at the Paradip Through an open competitive including utilization of green energy; Port. Betting big on the upcoming bidding, Tata Consulting Engineers development of park, recreation area industrial parks, multi-modal stations, were selected in January 2016 as including eco-tourism, increasing warehouse complexes and port the consultants to prepare the plantation and sea-front development connectivity infrastructure, the port has Detailed Project Report (DPR). They and landscaping; and designing of a lot of optimism about tomorrow. submitted the DPR in December 2016, separate zones for setting up industries recommending to develop the Smart and cargo operations like Multi-modal The idea of the Smart Industrial Port City with plans for city improvement Logistic Park, Agro Processing Zone, etc. City (SIPC) has been conceived by the (Retrofitting the area), city renewal Government of India with a view to (Redevelopment of an area) and city The Detailed Project Report also use latest technologies for enhancing extension (Green field development). touches significant areas such as traffic performance, reducing cost and control and signage system with minimising the consumption of non- The Detailed Project Report, in its public transport system; installing ICT renewable energy-resource, and to recommendations, encompasses network system; disaster management ultimately stimulate growth. A smart an extensive framework that fire-fighting system; and sustainable city is envisaged to respond faster covers important infrastructural rehabilitation of slum dwellers by to city and global challenges. One developments such as cycle tracks, providing low-cost housing. of the Major Ports, Paradip has been escape routes and flyovers built into identified to be developed as a SIPC. the existing roadways network; water The recommendation in the DPR will supply system in addition to laying of be carried out in different phases The outline for the Paradip SIPC pipeline from Tarapur to Paradip along over a time frame till 2047. A number involves a string of projects across with facilities for improving the quality of projects have been taken up for various sectors and the Paradip Port of water; solid waste management implementation in the first phase. Trust has initiated work on several and development of its periphery; projects. A perspective of Paradip Port with a ship docked in the wharf 4 Sagarmala Post: August-September, 2018 STATESTATEFOCUFOCUS The major projects which have been parking, mechanised handling and facilitate the industrial and business taken up include an industrial parks inter-modal transfers - all at a single activities in the region, it will tap with multi-modal infrastructure, location. The warehouse complex to the tremendous potential for port- sewage treatment plants with be developed by Concor under MMLP led industrialisation in Odisha and advanced technologies, water will be spread over 10 lakh sq ft. It will stimulate its growth. With the spurt treatment plants for desalination, a generate employment potential in in industrialisation and civic and network of roads and flyovers for faster the areas of warehouse management infrastructural developments, it will transit and a gamut of crucial facilities and logistic operations. Thriveni open new opportunities for direct integrated to the blueprint for the Earthmovers is setting up a four and indirect employment in various Smart City. MTPA pellet plant within the Smart sectors, with a widening scope in Industrial Port City on a land area logistics. Integrated projects like In the entire framework, the measuring 177 acres. low-cost housing for the sustainable construction of the Multi-Modal rehabilitation of slum dwellers will Logistics Park has central importance. A new growth centre change the picture for the deprived. The MMLP will comprise warehousing zones, container terminals and bulk The development of Paradip Port As a Smart Industrial Port City, the cargo terminals. The park envisages a as a Smart Industrial Port City will Paradip Port is soon to emerge host of facilities like inland container work as a critical enabler of Odisha's into a growth centre for a holistic depots, container freight stations, industrialisation. While it will development of the region. Projects under implementation Investment Projects Initiated Project Details Present Status (Rs. in Crore) Land allotted to CONCOR; detailed MMLP over Multi-Modal Logistics Park ~200 engineering being carried out by 100 acres CONCOR Road Network ~ 94 2nd exit from Paradip with flyover Presently at DPR formulation stage Work in progress; completion by Sewage Treatment Plants ~20 2 sewage treatment plants December 2018 Water Infrastructure & Under DPR formulation by NIOT, ~110 Desalination Plant (10 MLD) Environment Chennai Total Investment : ~3474 Cr. Another perspective of Paradip Port Sagarmala Post: August-September, 2018 5 STATEFOCUS MULTI-LOCATION, MULTI-PROJECT BLUEPRINT: SAGARMALA PROJECTS IN ODISHA An infrastructural transformation is taking shape in the marine facilities and operations to global measures.