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Saturday, Nov 15, 2003
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Logistics
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Shipping JNPT looks to sharpen focus on liquid cargo Our Mumbai Bureau
JAWAHARLAL Nehru Port, ranked 28th among the world's top container ports, is planning to sharpen its focus on liquid cargo handling. According to senior port officials, efforts are being made to handle crude oil at the twin berths, which is expected to boost the port's total handling throughput in the near future. During the last six months, the total traffic handled at the liquid cargo jetty of BPCL was about 1.3 million tonnes, including three lakh tonnes of petroleum products and 2.5 lakh tonnes of edible oil. The port was commissioned in May 1989 with two terminals — a container terminal with 680-metre quay length for handling container vessels and a bulk terminal to handle bulk and break bulk cargoes such as fertilisers and foodgrains. Subsequently, with the emergence of the prospects and demand for handling liquid cargo, the port commenced liquid cargo handling operations in 1992. Initially, the port handled only B and C class liquid cargoes, which comprised mainly acid, chemicals, edible oil and petroleum products. During 1997-98, handling of liquid cargo was upgraded to A class cargo, including naphtha. During 2001-02, the port concluded an agreement with the public sector oil companies, BPCL and HPCL, for construction and operation of a twin-berth with a quay length of 300 metres and 250 metres, the handling capacity being 5.5 million tonnes per annum. The berth was commissioned in April 2002. According to the official, the jetty is equipped with most modern international-standard facilities such as three unloading arms in each berth. The jetty is also equipped with modern fire safety devices such as water monitor, water screen arrangement and pump house with adequate foam tankers. The jetty is fitted with garlanding booms arrangement for arresting any unwanted spillage from the pipeline or the vessels.
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