Krishnapatnam TERMINALS & PORTS, LOGISTICS Port port sets its sights on being India’s largest Krishnapatnam is a port town in Muthukur mandal of Nellore niche in special foundations, and its portfolio encompasses ports district, the southernmost coastal district in the state of Andhra and other marine works, roads and bridges, power units, lift Pradesh, India. According to history, Vijayanagar Emperor, Sri irrigation and modern mass transit systems. Krishnadevaraya operated this port, hence the port was named The CVR group is a highly diversified group comprising as Krishnapatnam Port. The port operated small boats through power, steel, port establishment, spatial technology and Buckingham Canal, which runs behind the port and was used as applications, information technology and exports. a waterway for transportation between Chennai in the south and Krishna river delta in the north. Later, in the 1960s, iron ore CONNECTIVITY was exported by wooden boats from this port and in the early Krishnapatnam Port has excellent connectivity both by road and 1980s, the government of India declared it as a minor port. rail: As India’s economy continues to grow, its maritime trade and O road — 26km dedicated four-lane road from the port to its percentage share in the world market are growing at a rapid National Highway 5 (Chennai–Kolkata highway) pace. Leading the foray into international markets are the bulk O rail — dedicated railway line from port to the commodities and containerized trades. Unprecedented growth Chennai–Kolkata main line is already operational, along with has triggered a demand for strategic port capacity. Such capacity inside port siding dedicated to cargo. The second phase of rail is expected to sustain trade at lower costs in the most effective connectivity consists of 91km of new rail line between and efficient manner, thus increasing India’s share in international Obulavaripalle in Cuddapah District and Krishnapatnam Port. markets. This rail line will reduce the distance between the port and the Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. (KPCL) thus emerged as a regions of eastern Karnataka and south Andhra Pradesh by dynamic new-generation world-class port on the east coast of 75km, leading to substantial freight savings and facilitating India, 180km north of Chennai city in Nellore district of Andhra seamless movement for the cargo Pradesh. Its location has seen it become a port of choice for With such excellent connectivity, Krishnapatnam Port is international cargo originating from, and destined for, southern ideally located to service a vast hinterland comprising of Andhra and central India. Pradesh, Eastern Karnataka, South Eastern Maharashtra and Northern Tamilnadu BACKGROUND Krishnapatnam Port Company has won a mandate from the FACILITIES government of Andhra Pradesh to develop the existing minor O ten berths are operational; port into a modern, deep-water, high-productivity port, on a O deep draught of 15.5 metres alongside the berth, which will BOST (Build–operate–share–transfer) concession basis for 50 be increased to 20 metres in 2011; years. The port is being built in three phases and, currently, the O all-weather port with night navigation and round-the-clock second phase of development is under way. The port has operations; 2010 NOVEMBER numerous strengths like its area, location, weather and the O huge back-up area of 6,500 acres for transit storage; credentials of Navayuga Engineering which is the EPC O covered warehouse storage area of 1.5 million square feet; contractor; it will soon be one of the biggest ports in the world. O port-owned dedicated handling equipment, tugs, mooring Navayuga Engineering (NECL) is the flagship entity of the launch, speed boats; CVR Group. It has specialized in foundation technology with a O nine shore cranes (six Liebherr, two Gottwald and one DCi 15 throughput by handling 16.1mt (million metric tonnes) in FY09/10 compared with 8.1mt in FY08/09; O the number of ships handled grew from 206 during 2008/09 to 407 during 2009/10, an increase of 97.57%; O the port achieved its highest fertilizer discharge rate of 21,200 tonnes in 24 hours using conventional handling systems; O it handled a total of 2,500 trucks on a single day; O in a single day it handled 120,492 tonnes, a remarkable achievement amongst the ports in India; and O the number of large ships such as Panamax/Capesize vessels calling at the port went up from 28 during 2008/09 to 101 during 2009/10. UPCOMING DEVELOPMENTS Currently Phase II development is under construction, with an investment of Rs. 4000-crore. Phase II will involve construction Sennebogen) with a capacity of 750tph [tonnes per hour] to of seven berths and mechanized cargo handling systems with 1,000tph per crane. Two more Liebherr cranes are under high-tech wagon tipplers, wagon loaders, stackers, reclaimers and procurement; ship unloaders. O dedicated fertilizer sidings with capacity to handle up to 8 The port will also have 11 cargo-wise dedicated railway rakes a day; sidings inside the port bringing in best productivity and freight O dedicated port-owned cargo-handling equipment — tippers, benefits to the importers and exporters. loaders, excavators, dozers O 20 weighbridges of 120-tonne (metric) 60-tonne capacity; CVR INITIATIVES PORTS, TERMINALS & PORTS, LOGISTICS O strong three-tier security systems; The port believes in balanced and sustainable development in O integrated real-time control of cargo handling through harmony with the surrounding environment. The CVR automatic vehicle location system (AVLS) and enterprise port Foundation, as part of its commitment to the community, has management system (EPMS); and taken up several socio-economic growth initiatives besides other O ability to handle all types of cargoes. clean and green measures. It has rehabilitated and resettled local fishermen by building them 500 houses along with green belt ADVANTAGES OF HANDLING FERTILIZERS AT zones around it. It runs 27 schools in nearby villages along with KRISHNAPATNAM PORT providing hostel facilities for college students at Nellore. The O all-weather port with 24/7 operations, all throughout the year port has also constructed an old people’s home and conducts O deep draughts with the ability to handle Capesize and medical camps at nearby villages. Krishnapatnam Port has the Panamax vessels leading to lower ocean freight; potential to generate almost 1,500,000 jobs (direct and indirect) O high discharge rates leading to leading to the economic and social faster turnaround of vessels and development of the region. significant benefits in ocean freight; O capacity to handle up to 4 million MASTERPLAN tonnes of fertilizers; Krishnapatnam Port’s final plan will have O huge covered warehouses with a handling capacity of 200mt/annum with storage area of 1.5 million square feet 42 berths. The total quay length will be which is one of the largest in any 12.5km and draught of 20m, capable of Indian port; handling 200,000dwt super Capesize O five automatic bagging machines vessels. It will have a mega container each with a bagging capacity of 2,000 terminal, Ro-Ro terminal, shipbuilding tonnes (metric) a day. The total and repairing facilities along with world- bagging capacity is 15,000 tonnes a day; class bunkering, rig repairing and offshore facilities. O dedicated fertilizer railway sidings inside the port with wagon It will play a catalytic role in bringing about an industrial loading system — capacity of handling handle eight fertilizer revolution in Andhra Pradesh, Eastern Karnataka & Northern rakes a day; Tamil Nadu by becoming the gateway for exports from and O the port provides a single window clearance system for port imports to SEZs (special economic zones), logistic parks, cement, users from stevedoring to custom documentation without the steel & thermal power plants. inconvenience of multiple interfaces (CHA, stevedores, customs, Krishnapatnam Port has just set sail and is already creating port); ripples in shipping circles around the world. This has only been O big importers like IPL, IFFCO, RCF, Nagarjuna Fertilisers, possible due to its skill of building and operating the port to a KRIBHCO, Zuari, Mangalore Fertilizers, and more are already very high standard giving the great value to all its customers. Its reaping benefits from the port. belief in innovating, improving and adapting to the needs of its customers is the success formula in making it India’s biggest PERFORMANCE multipurpose port with an infrastructure and logistic setup of Though the port is in its initial years of operations, it is already international calibre. NOVEMBER 2010 NOVEMBER setting various benchmarks, which are outlined below: When fully operational, Krishnapatnam Port will stand tall DCi O the port achieved almost 100% growth rate in volume with pride by being the largest port in India. 16.