ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 MINISTRY OF SHIPPING GOVERNMENT OF INDIA www.shipmin.gov.in Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari Hon'ble Minister of Shipping Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan Hon'ble Minister of State for Shipping ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 MINISTRY OF SHIPPING GOVERNMENT OF INDIA NEW DELHI MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, GOVT. OF INDIA CONTENTS CHAPTER SUBJECT PAGE NO. I Introduction 1 II Year at a Glance 4 III Ports 18 IV Shipping 30 V Shipbuilding and Ship Repair 47 VI Directorate General of Lighthouses & Lightships 59 VII Inland Waterways Transport 65 VIII Chartering 72 IX Transport Research 74 X International Cooperation 75 XI Administration and Finance 82 XII Use of Official Language Hindi 87 XIII List of Annexures 90 ii ANNUAL REPORT : 2015-16 CHAPTER – I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Ministry of Shipping was formed in of the ports in terms of their berths and cargo 2009 by bifurcating the erstwhile Ministry of handling equipment needs to keep pace with Shipping, Road Transport and Highways into two the growing requirements of the overseas independent Ministries. trade. The shipping industry must be enabled to carry higher shares of the sea-borne trade in 1.2 Maritime Transport is a critical indigenous bottoms. infrastructure for the economic development of a country. It influences the pace, structure 1.4 Historically, investments in the transport and pattern of development. The Ministry of sector, particularly in the ports, have been Shipping encompasses within its fold shipping made by the State, mainly because of the large resources required, long gestation period, and port sectors which also include shipbuilding uncertain returns and a number of externalities and ship repair, major ports and inland water associated with this infrastructure sector. transport. The Ministry has been entrusted However, the growing resource requirements with the responsibility to formulate policies and the concern for managerial efficiency and and programmes on these sectors and their consumer responsiveness have led to the active implementation. involvement of the private sector in infrastructure services in recent times. To encourage private 1.3 Comprehensive policy package is sector participation, Ministry of Shipping has laid necessary to address the diverse issues facing down comprehensive policy guidelines for private the maritime transport sector. The capacity sector participation in the Major ports. 1 MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, GOVT. OF INDIA FUNCTIONS to the development of Major Port Projects, Andaman & Lakshadweep Harbour Works 1.5 The subjects allocated to the Ministry of (ALHW) and the Dredging Corporation of Shipping are listed at Annexure - I. India. He is also associated with processing technical and administrative matters related Organizational set-up to the International Navigation Association– Permanent International Association for 1.6 Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari is the Union Navigational Congress (INA-PIANC) of which Minister of Shipping. India is a member country. DA(Ports) also coordinates the Research Committee works of 1.7 Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan is the Minister of the Ministry in respect of Ports, Shipping and State for Shipping. Inland Water Transport (IWT) sectors. 1.8 Secretary (Shipping) is assisted by 1.14 The following attached/subordinate offices, Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary (Shipping), autonomous organisations, societies/ associations Joint Secretary (Ports), Joint Secretary and public sector undertaking are functioning (Sagarmala), Adviser(Economic), Adviser under the administrative control of the Ministry of (Statistics), Development Adviser (Ports), officers Shipping : at the level of Directors, Deputy Secretaries, Under Secretaries and other Secretariat/ (A) ATTACHED/SUBORDINATE OFFICES Technical Officers. 1. Directorate General of Shipping 1.9 The Finance Wing is headed by Additional 2. Andaman, Lakshadweep Harbour Works Secretary & Financial Adviser who assists in formulating and processing of all policies and 3. Directorate General of Lighthouses and other proposals having financial implications. Lightships 4. Minor Ports Survey Organisation 1.10 The Accounts side is headed by a Chief Controller of Accounts who is, inter-alia, responsible for accounting, payment, budget, (B) AUTONOMOUS BODIES internal audit and cash management. 1. Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) 1.11 Adviser (Transport Research) renders 2. Port Trusts at Kandla, Mumbai, Jawaharlal necessary data support to various Wings of Nehru, Mormugao, New Mangalore, Kochi, the Ministry for policy planning, transport V.O. Chidambaranar (Tuticorin), Chennai, coordination, economic & statistical analysis Visakhapatnam, Paradip and Kolkata on various modes of transport with which the 3. Kolkata Dock Labour Board Ministry is concerned. 4. Inland Waterways Authority of India 1.12 The Finance Wing, Accounts Wing and 5. Seamen’s Provident Fund Organisation Transport Research Wing are common with the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. 6. Indian Maritime University 7. Seafarer’s Welfare Fund Society 1.13 The Development Adviser (Ports) renders technical advice on matters relating 8. National Shipping Board 2 ANNUAL REPORT : 2015-16 (C) ASSOCIATIONS 4. Dredging Corporation of India 1. Indian Ports Association. 5. Hooghly Dock and Ports Engineers Limited 6. Kamarajar Port Ltd., Ennore (D) PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS 7. Sethusamudram Corporation Limited. 1. Shipping Corporation of India 2. Cochin Shipyard Limited 1.15 The Organisation Chart of the Ministry of Shipping is given at Annexure - II. 3. Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited 3 MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, GOVT. OF INDIA CHAPTER-II YEAR AT A GLANCE Background Geographical features 2.1 The Maritime Sector in India comprises 2.2 India has a long coastline of about 7517 of Ports, Shipping, Shipbuilding and Ship repair km, spread on the western and eastern shelves and Inland Water Transport Systems. India has of the mainland and also along the Islands. It is 12 Major Ports and about 200 Non Major Ports. an important natural resource for the country’s Indian Shipping Industry has over the years trade. played a crucial role in the transport sector of India’s economy. Approximately 95% of the Twelfth Five Year Plan country’s trade by volume and 68% by value is moved through Maritime Transport. Therefore, 2.3 Planning Commission approved a Gross shipping and ocean resources, ship design and Budgetary Support (GBS) (at current prices) of construction, ports and harbours, issues relating Rs 6,960 crore for the Ministry of Shipping for to human resource development, finance, the 12th Plan period (2012-2017). This implies ancillaries and new technologies need to be a 108.5% increase in GBS allocation to the developed in the light of the emerging scenario. Ministry during the current Plan compared to Shipping continues to remain unchallenged 11th Plan allocation of Rs. 3337.58 crore. Out of as the world’s most efficient means of GBS of Rs 6960.00 crore approved by Planning transportation and we need to do all, we can, Commission, the share of Ports, Shipping and to recognize, reward and promote quality within IWT sectors are Rs. 3057.47 crore, Rs. 2402.53 the industry. crore and Rs. 1500.00 crore respectively. 4 ANNUAL REPORT : 2015-16 2.4 A comparison of 11th Plan actual 2.6 Summary of Annual Plan 2015-16 is given expenditure and 12th Plan allocation of GBS and below at Table - 2: IEBR is given below at Table - 1: Annual Plan 2015-16 ANNUAL PLAN 2016-17 2.5 The Budget Estimate of GBS for FY 2015-16 was Rs. 932.79 crore for the Ministry. However, 2.7 Total Plan allocation for the Ministry during at the stage of Revised Estimate (RE), this has the year 2016-17 is Rs.4183.14 crore, out of been reduced to Rs. 824.00 crore. Against the RE which the share of GBS and IEBR are Rs. 1000.00 allocation of Rs. 824.00 crore, actual expenditure crore and Rs. 3183.14 crore respectively which is as on 31.12.2015 was Rs. 688.16 crore. given below at Table - 3 (Rs in crore) Table 1 Sector GBS IEBR TOTAL 11th Plan- 12th Plan 11th Plan- 12th Plan- 11th Plan- 12th Plan- Actual Allocation Actual Allocation Actual Allocation Ports 1227.90 3057.47 5676.66 12706.96 6904.56 15764.43 Shipping 388.38 2402.53 8864.76 6239.22 9253.14 8641.75 IWT 535.25 1500.00 0.00 0.00 535.25 1500.00 Total 2151.53 6960.00 14541.42 18946.18 16692.95 25906.18 Table 2 Sector 2015-16 (BE) 2015-16 (RE) Actual Exp. (2015-16)* GBS IEBR GBS IEBR GBS Ports & 479.50 2786.24 452.07 1671.48 331.07 Lighthouses Shipping 153.29 827.50 84.21 861.94 81.35 IWAI 300.00 – 287.72 – 275.74 Total 932.79 3613.74 824.00 2533.42 688.16 * upto 31st December, 2015 Table 3 Sector 2016-17 (BE) GBS IEBR Total Ports & Lighthouses 601.77 1832.09 2433.86 Shipping 48.23 351.05 399.28 IWAI 350.00 1000.00 1350.00 Total 1000.00 3183.14 4183.14 5 MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, GOVT. OF INDIA 2.8 Out of the GBS of Rs. 1000.00 crore, Rs. period of previous year. Of the 12 Major Ports, 100.00 crore have been earmarked for the North cargo handled during April – December 2015 at 9 Eastern Region. ports showed positive growth. Amongst these 9 major ports, growth in throughput at Mormugao PORT SECTOR was the highest at 35.31% followed by V.O.Chidambaranar(19.30%), Kolkata(including Cargo Traffic at Indian Ports Haldia Dock) (13.36%), Paradip(5.23%),Kandla 2.9 During April, 2015 – December 2015, (4.26%) and Cochin (3.12 %). major and non-major ports in India handled a total cargo throughput of around 786 Million Commodity-wise Cargo Traffic at Major Ports Tonnes (MT). The traffic grew by 1.4% over the 2.10 During 2015-16 upto December 2015, corresponding period of previous year. The 12 Major Ports handled 447.05 MT of traffic as 12 Major Ports handled a traffic of 447.05 MT against 433.27 MT over the corresponding period during April – December 2015, representing an of previous year.