New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) got approval for construction of another POL berth

New Mangalore Port gets nod to build new oil berth
...............
The New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) is all set to strengthen the
capacity of its crude/POL (petroleum, oil and lubricant) product
handling facility, as the port has got approval from the Union
Shipping Ministry for the construction of another POL berth at an
estimated cost of Rs 79 crore. The berth no. 13, which will be the new
addition to the existing four berths for handling such cargoes, will
have a handling capacity of 7.8 million tonnes per annum (mtpa).Mr P.
Tamilvanan, Chairman of NMPT, told Business Line that that the
approval has been received from the Union Shipping Ministry, with
concurrence from the Union Finance Ministry, to take up the project
from the internal resources of the port.
Tenders invitation soon
Mr S.V. Madabhavi, Deputy Chief Engineer of NMPT, who is the nodal
officer for the implementation of this project, said that tenders will
be invited shortly, probably by the first week of May, for the
construction of the berth.The capacity of the berth will be 7.8 mtpa,
and it will be completed in two years.He hoped that the berth should
be ready by June 2012. The berth will have a draught of 15.1 metres
and a length of 300 metres. Vessels of 85,000 DWT to 1 lakh DWT can
call at the berth.
At present, NMPT has four berths for handling liquid cargoes. While
berth no. 9 handles LPG, berth nos. 10, 11 and 12 handle crude and POL
products.Recently, the port has allowed the vessels to call at berth
no. 12 for handling LPG cargo, Mr Madabhavi said.It may be mentioned
here that all the four berths have the total capacity to handle 22
mtpa of cargo.With proposed construction of another POL berth at New
Mangalore Port, the capacity would be increased to 30 mtpa.

Source:.A.J. Vinayak.......(Mangalore, April 21) from the pages of
THE HINDU BUSINESS LINE newspaper