09-29-2005, 05:41 PM
<b>Cochin to get another mega shipyard</b>
MUMBAI: It could be a shipyard to rival the existing Cochin Shipyard. Cochin Port Trust (CoPT) has floated a global tender inviting international shipyards to set up a mega ship repair complex in Kochi.
CoPT wants to develop the project under build-operate-transfer (BOT) or joint venture format, for which an area of 19.2 hectares in Puthuvypeen has been earmarked. Companies who are satisfying the requisite experience and financial capability will have to submit their offers, before the deadline of October 31.
A senior port official said the shipping ministry had asked the port to go ahead with a shipyard project, instead of just a repair yard. "The plan is to attract joint venture companies with foreign participation, and we would be able to offer all tax incentives, since the project is going to be a part of the proposed special economic zone (SEZ).
The yard would build Panamax ships and VLCCs," said the official. CoPT will dredge the approach channel to 14.5M, and provide a draught of 11.5M at the berth for the yard.
"Within a couple of years from now, Cochin Port will become one of the largest major ports in the country, with large mother vessels hoping to visit. The proposed ship repair yard would complement the other projects," said a senior port official.
Cochin is an all weather port, trategically located to the trunk sea routes from Europe to Australia and to Far East and the Singapore-Gulf route. Cochin has well-established connection to the length and breadth of the country through the network of National Highways and Railways.
The existing port facilities are located on Willingdon Island, which divides the navigational channel into the Ernakulam and Mattancherry channels, inside the harbour. There are two wharves on the island -- Mattancherry wharf and Ernakulam wharf.
The container terminal -- Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal, is currently operated by Dubai Ports International (DPI), which will eventually shift out to the nearby Vallarpadam, when the international hub terminal is built.
There are three oil berths in Cochin -- Cochin Oil Terminal (COT), North Tanker Berth (NTB) and South Tanker Berth (STB) which can accommodate 1,15,000 DWT, 30,000 DWT and 18,000 DWT vessels respectively.
Other berthing facilities comprises of a fertilizer berth, which can accommodate 60,000 DWT and one boat train pier, which can accommodate 35,000DWT vessels and two jetty berths for miscellaneous cargo with capacity for vessels up to 12,000 DWT and 15,000 DWT.
Petronet LNG is in the process of setting up a 5MTPA LNG terminal and regasification facility at Puthuvypeen.
A senior port official said the shipping ministry had asked the port to go ahead with a shipyard project, instead of just a repair yard. "The plan is to attract joint venture companies with foreign participation.
Cheers
MUMBAI: It could be a shipyard to rival the existing Cochin Shipyard. Cochin Port Trust (CoPT) has floated a global tender inviting international shipyards to set up a mega ship repair complex in Kochi.
CoPT wants to develop the project under build-operate-transfer (BOT) or joint venture format, for which an area of 19.2 hectares in Puthuvypeen has been earmarked. Companies who are satisfying the requisite experience and financial capability will have to submit their offers, before the deadline of October 31.
A senior port official said the shipping ministry had asked the port to go ahead with a shipyard project, instead of just a repair yard. "The plan is to attract joint venture companies with foreign participation, and we would be able to offer all tax incentives, since the project is going to be a part of the proposed special economic zone (SEZ).
The yard would build Panamax ships and VLCCs," said the official. CoPT will dredge the approach channel to 14.5M, and provide a draught of 11.5M at the berth for the yard.
"Within a couple of years from now, Cochin Port will become one of the largest major ports in the country, with large mother vessels hoping to visit. The proposed ship repair yard would complement the other projects," said a senior port official.
Cochin is an all weather port, trategically located to the trunk sea routes from Europe to Australia and to Far East and the Singapore-Gulf route. Cochin has well-established connection to the length and breadth of the country through the network of National Highways and Railways.
The existing port facilities are located on Willingdon Island, which divides the navigational channel into the Ernakulam and Mattancherry channels, inside the harbour. There are two wharves on the island -- Mattancherry wharf and Ernakulam wharf.
The container terminal -- Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal, is currently operated by Dubai Ports International (DPI), which will eventually shift out to the nearby Vallarpadam, when the international hub terminal is built.
There are three oil berths in Cochin -- Cochin Oil Terminal (COT), North Tanker Berth (NTB) and South Tanker Berth (STB) which can accommodate 1,15,000 DWT, 30,000 DWT and 18,000 DWT vessels respectively.
Other berthing facilities comprises of a fertilizer berth, which can accommodate 60,000 DWT and one boat train pier, which can accommodate 35,000DWT vessels and two jetty berths for miscellaneous cargo with capacity for vessels up to 12,000 DWT and 15,000 DWT.
Petronet LNG is in the process of setting up a 5MTPA LNG terminal and regasification facility at Puthuvypeen.
A senior port official said the shipping ministry had asked the port to go ahead with a shipyard project, instead of just a repair yard. "The plan is to attract joint venture companies with foreign participation.
Cheers