| Latitude |
22 52' North |
| Longitude |
17 13' East |
| The Port is situated at
one the western shores of Kandla creek, which runs into the
Gulf of Kutch at a point about 90 nautical miles from teh
Arabian sea. |
| Indian Naval Hdorgraphic |
203 |
Gulf of Kutch |
| |
2018 |
Approaches to Kandla |
| |
2059 |
Kandla Bar & Kandla
Creek |
The
contour depth along the shipping channel is around 10 meters. The
total approach channel is 23 km. The width of the channel varies
between 200 to 1000 meters. The Port is well sheltered from the
South West Monsoon and is therefore navigable in all weather.
Necessary naigational aids are provided to facilitate day and right
navigaton.
Night
navigation restricted to vessels of LOA 189 meters and draft upto
8.23 meters. Tankers for oil jetties handled during daylight hours
only. Ships having speed of less than 9 Knots will not be provided
in & out of port during hours of darkness.
Vessel
can anchor 1 mile South West of the position given under "Pilotage".
Inside the harbour, Port Authorities allot anchorage. Vessels can
however anchor more than 2 miles from Fairway Buoy but must pick up
the Pilot, within 2 miles of Outer Tuna Buoy.
Compulosry,
pilot boards vessel at tuna buoy at the mouth of Kandla creek about
22 km from the signal station at the Kandla Port Tower. Lattitude
22 55'7" North, Longitude 70 07'1" East. Pilot station
lattitude 22 49'5" N, longitude 70 7"E. Loaded vessels
can cross bar only during high water. Vessel to report at Pilot
station 2.5 hrs. before high water. Vessel should contat Kandla
Tower through VHF channel 16.
| Road |
The Port is
directly connected to the National Highway No. 8-A. |
| Railway |
It is well
connected with its hinterland comprising Northern Indian states
by Meter Guage as well as Broad Guage railway system. |
| LOA |
|
225.50 meters. |
| |
For oil tankers |
213.40 meters |
| Draft |
|
9.20 meters |
| Beam |
|
No restriction |
|
| 1. |
ALONGSIDE
BERTH |
|
|
|
|
| |
Type of Berths |
Capacity |
Length |
Draft |
LOA |
Displacement |
| (a) |
Cargo Jetty |
9 to 10 ships in a
stright line. |
1783 m. |
9.75 m. |
225.55m. |
40,000 |
| (b) |
Oil Jetties |
1 |
91.40 m. |
10.36 m. |
225.55m |
40,000 |
| |
Oil Jetty I |
1 |
84.50 m. |
9.14 m. |
192.02 m |
28,000 |
| |
Oil Jetty II |
1 |
91.40 m. |
9.45 m. |
225.55m |
40,000 |
Vadinar
Single Buoy Mooring to handle Very Large Crude Carries for
import of Crude Oil through Submarine and shore based
pipelines. Crude is being imported for Mathura Refinery and
Baroda Refinery.
| (a) |
Maintenance Jetty |
Being used for
handling barges |
| (b) |
Launch Jetties |
Situated 24 Km.
away, a Minor Port being used for crafts. |
| (a) |
Maintenance Jetty |
To accomodate steel
floating dry dcck & for berthing of POrt craft. |
| (b) |
Launch Jetties |
2 Nos. Being used
for Berthing Port crafts. |
|
|
| (a) |
Stream loading
facility -5 Moorings. |
| (b) |
Two virtual jetties
to handle IOC/HPC's tankers. |
| (c) |
Unconventional
methods of handling HSD & Non-Hazardous lliquid
cargothrough barges and dolphins. |
| 1. |
Shore Cranes |
At cargo jetty |
10 Tones |
1 Nos. |
| |
|
|
6 Tones |
6 Nos. |
| |
|
|
3 Tones |
21 Nos. |
| |
|
At Bunder Basin |
3 Tones |
2 Nos. |
| |
|
|
6 Tones |
1 Nos. |
| |
|
At Maintenance Jetty |
10 Tones |
1 Nos. |
| 2. |
Mobile
Crane/Equipment |
Cranes |
35 Tones |
1 Nos. |
| |
|
Cranes |
3 Tones |
1 Nos. |
| |
|
Fork-Lift |
2.5 to 5 Tones |
9 Nos. |
| |
|
Pay-loaders |
|
3 Nos. |
| |
|
Tractor Trailors |
|
2 Nos. |
| 3. |
Conveyer
Belt System |
6NOs-slate conveyor
system is provided in each Warehouse for movement of cargo
from ground floor to first floor and vice versa. |
|
Total Nos. 6 * 4 =24
Nos. |
| 4. |
Marine Unloader
System |
For discharging bulk
fertilizer from ship with rated capacity of 500 tons per
hour. |
|
|
| 5. |
Weigh bridges |
In cargo Jetty |
40 Tons |
4 Nos. |
| |
|
|
20 Tons |
2 Nos. |
| |
|
In Bunder Basin |
30 Tons |
1 No. |
1.Storage
Capacity (Dry Cargo)
(a) Created by Kandla Port trust |
|
|
| Transit Sheds |
30,000 Tons
Capacitty |
4 Nos. |
| Temporary Sheds |
6,000 Tons Capacitty |
3 Nos. |
| Warehouses (Double
Storey) |
60,000 Tons
Capacitty |
4 Nos. |
| Bulk storage shed
for fert |
20,000 Tons
Capacitty |
1 No. |
| Godowns |
55,000 Tons
Capacitty |
9 Nos. |
| Transit shed at
bunder |
3,000 Tons Capacitty |
2 Nos. |
| Container freight
station |
10,000 Tons
Capacitty |
|
| S.
NO. |
Name
of Party |
Existing
Capacity |
Under
Construction |
| 1. |
C.R.P.L. |
1,50,000 Kl |
|
| 2. |
Kesar Enterprises |
73,600 KL |
|
| 3. |
A.B. Enterprises |
|
13,500 KL |
| 4. |
N.B. Patel |
33,600 KL |
|
| 5. |
NDDB |
41,000 KL |
|
| 6. |
USTTL |
1,000 KL |
|
| 7. |
JR Enterprises |
8,112 |
12,750 KL |
| 8. |
Indo Nippon |
17,200 KL |
|
| 9. |
Synthetic 7 Chem |
1,500 KL |
1,500 KL |
| 10. |
Friends &
Friends |
38,500 KL |
|
| |
Total |
3,32,762 KL |
66,250 KL |
| |
Grand Total |
3,99,012 KL |
|
| S.
NO. |
Name
of Party |
Capacity
Metric Ton |
| 1. |
B.P.C. |
95,000 |
| 2 |
H.P.C.
I |
68,000 |
| 3. |
H.P.C.
II |
44,500 |
| 4. |
IOC
Kharirohar |
66,500 |
| 5. |
FST |
1,18,000 |
| 6. |
Naptha
terminal
(a) NGL |
24,300 |
| |
(b)
LAN |
10,100 |
| |
Total |
4,26,400 |
| Bulk
Fertilizers |
650 T |
per day by
conventional method |
| Grain |
850 T |
per day |
| General
Cargo |
250 T |
per hook subject to
congestion prevailing in sheds/ warehouses & clearane
and number of vessels working at a particular period. |
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