The Paradip Port Trust (PPT) achieved all time traffic of 88.95 million tonnes during the year 2016-17, as against the previous year’s traffic of 76.39 million tonnes exhibiting a growth of 16.46 per cent year-on-year.
PPT Chairman Rinkesh Roy along with senior PPT officials told a Press meet here on Sunday that the traffic handled by the port during the financial year is the second highest and also it has maintained the second position in terms of traffic handled amongst all major ports.
During the year, the berth-day output improved to 23,139 MT with 12.24 per cent growth and the berth occupancy was 66 per cent as against 67 per cent of the previous year.
A record quantity of 88.95 MMT of cargo was handled during the current financial year surpassing the previous year record of 76.39 MMT. A record quantity of 8.34MMT of cargo handled during the month of March-2017 surpassing the previous record of 8.06 MMT handled during month of July, 2016.
The iron ore handling plant resumed operation during May, 2016 after resolving the CFH worker’s issue. The port handled 3.69MMT cargo through shipment of 75 vessels and also 1,022 rakes were handled in 2016-17. The South Oil- Jetty was made operative in August, 2016.
The productivity of 54,825 MT per day in mechanized coal handling plant was achieved this FY as against 40435 MT per day in the previous year, exhibiting a growth of 35 per cent.
The output of ship berth-day of 23,727MT was achieved as against 21,139MT for the corresponding period of previous year, exhibiting a growth of 12 per cent. For the first time 17,495 tonnes of ATF was loaded during the month of December last.
For the first time 11,951 MT of Pet Coke produced in the IOCl Refinery, Paradip was shipped to Orient Cement ltd through coastal shipment on February 28. An all time record of 30 rakes were un-loaded in a single day on February 26.
The port handled fully laden Baby cape size vessels with imported cargo at CQ-1, CQ-2 & SQ. Threee Panamax size vessels were accommodated at CQ berths. The port enabled Multi Purpose Berth to handle the Panamax vessels. The Quay Walls NQ-1 and NQ-2 were declared as Inland Waterway Terminals with deployments of two HMCs.
A survey launch with latest modern survey equipments was commissioned at PPT on February 7. Besides, RFID System has been implemented and 10 MW Solar Power Plant work has been awarded.
The e-auction/tendering , ‘See your Ship’ , online allotment of berth and plot, billing of cargo and vessel related charges, billing of plot rent, introduction of biometric attendance and GIS mapping have been implemented. 100 per cent cashless transactions and Aadhaar link of employees have been achieved.
The port operating revenues showed a growth of 15 per cent. The operating ratio improved to 54 per cent and operating expenditure per tones of cargo handled to the tune reduced to Rs 71.95.
The port took up a host of projects to increase the capacity from existing 126.94 MMT per annum to 325 MMTPA by the year ending 2025.
It organised the Swachha Bharat campaign with participation of all sections of the port township so as to bring about mass awareness and behavioral changes to achieve the goal. Cleaning operations were conducted during Swachhata Pakhwada Programmee.
On environment front, dust suppression system was installed at siding plot -15 inside harbor area. Two Mist Cannon has been procured and deployed for dust suppression system. The port implemented various environmental improvement schemes namely Plantations, Net barrier, Truck Tyre Cleaning System, Settling Ponds and Drainage.
The port organised a six-month free residential training programme for 30 unemployed youths of undivided Cuttack district through the Central Institute of Plastic Engineering Technology (CIPET) Bhubaneswar and all of them were employed after the training. Besides, a host of otherworks under CSR was undertaken by the port.