Haldia and Visakhapatnam ports sharing info on ore exports

Wednesday, 02 Nov 2011

BS reported that coming under intense pressure from the Orissa government, the port authorities of Haldia and Visakhapatnam have started to share complete information on mineral ore exported from their ports from November 1st 2011.

These ports had furnished information to the state once in a fortnight beginning November 1st 2011 on the number of trucks arriving at the ports, the quantity of mineral loaded, the quantum of ore exported and names of transporters.

Mr BK Patnaik chief secretary of Orissa said that "Except the Paradip Port, none of the other ports were sharing information on ore exports. We had asked the authorities of different ports to come for on Tuesday's meeting. The authorities of Haldia and Visakhapatnam have agreed to share information on ore exports once in every 15 days from November 1st 2011. The state government, in turn, will verify whether the ore transporters are having a valid permit or not as we have got some allegations of minerals being illegally transported from the state. The authorities of Gangavaram and Kakinada ports did not attend the meeting."

Mr GJ Rao chairman of Paradip Port Trust said that "We are already providing information to the Orissa government on ore exports and will continue to do so in the future."

Peeved over the irregularity in submission of information on ore exports by some of the ports, the Orissa government had recently sought the intervention of the Centre to ensure that the details of ores received at different ports are supplied to the state director of mines.

Mr Patnaik had shot off a letter to the union cabinet secretary Mr Ajit Kumar Seth on October 21st 2011 in this connection.

Mr Patnaik said in his letter to the cabinet secretary that "It is seen that almost all the ports excepting Paradip Port located in the state, are not furnishing the information regularly on the receipt of minerals through road and rail for export purpose to enable the state government to verify whether the minerals have been received against valid permit. The ministry of shipping may be advised to ensure that the details of ore received at different ports are supplied to the Director of Mines, Orissa to co relate with the quantity for which royalty payment has been made by the lessees."

(sourced from Business-standard)

Port conditions, vessel movements and their cargo at Visakhapatnam Port.

Visakhapatnam Port Vessel Movement - Oct 31 - Table

Monday, October31, 2011

MUMBAI, : Port conditions, vessel movements and their cargo at Visakhapatnam Port.

SUMMARY:
Total Vessels in Port 47
including --Working Vessels 18 --
Waiting Vessels 29 --
Expected Vessels 40
Latest arrivals: --Ks Trader, today --Twinkle, today --Jag Rahul,
today --Jag Rahul,
today --Huge Sw,
today --Green Valley,
Sunday --Hanna Marie, Sunday --N Purna,
Sunday --Ever Regal, Sunday --Avra,
Sunday --Achilleus,
Sunday --Silver Fern, Sunday

WORKING VESSELS: Vessel name ETA Cargo Total Balance Agent date -Tonnes/TEUs- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>

EXPORT CARGO:
1) Jindal Tarani Oct 17 Steel & Rock Boulder 3,984 1,416 Synergy
2) Malavika Oct 20 Iron Ore Fines -- 40,000 Sc & Co
3) Calmy Coral Oct 22 Illuminate Sand -- 13,000 Esskay S.S
4) Dd Success Oct 25 BF Slag 22,600 1,698 Pvr Murthy

IMPORT CARGO:
1) Hodasco 19 Oct 9 Pre-Baked Anodes 3,682 2,322 J Mackan
2) Maya Prinicess Oct 10 Ammonium Nitrate 17,434 10,063 Sravan
3) Ipsea Colossus Oct 16 Anthracite Coal 6,830 970 Osl
4) Hanjin Bombay Oct 21 Nitrogen Phosphate 8,618 16,202 Jm Baxi
5) Therese Selmer Oct 21 S Coal 28,844 28,727 B.S.S
6) Trogir Oct 22 Industrial Salt 29,126 11,274 Picket
7) Atlantic Oct 23 DI-Ammonium Phosphate -- 30,000 Jm Baxi
8) Tamarita Oct 24 Coking Coal 10,648 6,900 Sail
9) Matsushima Bay Oct 26 Steam Coal 26,801 5,198 Seatrans
10) Mare Tracer Oct 28 Rock Phosphate 15,758 34,702 Jyothi
11) M Vishwamitra Oct 29 LP Gas 16,700 8,300 Sravan
12) Sanko Neptune Oct 29 Sulphuric Acid 4,650 9,363 Jyothi Shpg

CONTAINERS:
1) Green Valley Oct 30 Imp/Exp 143/-- 97/1050 Tlpl Shipping
2) Hanna Marie Oct 30 Imp/Exp 167/-- 32/331 Samsara

TRANSHIPMENT: ----------Nil---------
VESSELS WAITING: Vessel Name Arrival/ETA Cargo Tonnes/TEUs Agent ----------------------------------------------------------------------

EXPORT CARGO:
1) Akij Glory Oct 16 Iron Ore Fines 25,000 Kr & Sons
2) Shan Hai Oct 23 Iron Ore Fines 20,000 Atlantic
3) Ocean Star Oct 24 Steel Plates 19,000 Esskay S.S
4) Global Genesis Oct 25 Iron Ore Fines 35,000 S.C. &Co
5) Rainbow Angel Oct 25 Illuminate sand 10,000 Fortune
6) Fressia Oct 26 Granite Block 8,000 Puyvast
7) Ram Prasad Oct 28 Iron Ore Pellets 135,000 Essar
8) Tamil Kamaraj Oct 28 Thermal Coal 20,000 Seaport
9) N Purna Oct 30 Iron Ore Fines 45,100 Puyvast
10) Ever Regal Oct 30 CP Coke 23,000 Eshwar Shipping
11) Jag Rahul Oct 31 Iron Ore Fines 44,000 Chowgule
12) Huge Sw Oct 31 Soya bean 10,000 Gac >>

IMPORT CARGO:
1) Fon Tai Oct 19 Yellow Peas 24,400 Tinna Viterra
2) Le Sheng Oct 23 General Cargo 4,127 Deblines
3) E Strait Oct 23 Steam Coal 53,369 B.S.S
4) Ocean Star Oct 24 DAP 21,000 Esskay S.S
5) V-Rod Oct 25 Coking Coal 50,000 Interocean
6) Azur Oct 29 Coking Coal 13,000 Sail
7) Progress Oct 29 LPG 25,000 Atlantic
8) Gloria Galaxy Oct 29 Manganese Ore 10,583 Seahorse Ship
9) Free Lady Oct 29 NPS 40,010 Seatrans
10) Avra Oct 30 Coking Coal 50,000 Sail
11) Achilleus 1 Oct 30 NPK 28,977 Span
12) Ks Trader Oct 31 Gypsum 39,900 Eversun
13) Twinkle Oct 31 LDO 3,554 Atlantic
14) Jag Rahul Oct 31 Pellets 45,000 Kr & Sons

CONTAINERS:
1) Gati Majestic Oct 29 Imp/Exp 100/200 Tlpl Shipping
2) Silver Fern Oct 30 Imp/Exp 400/200 Focus Trans

TRANSHIPMENT:
1) Maple Express Oct 29 Naphtha 18,000 Interocean

VESSELS EXPECTED: >>EXPORT CARGO:
1) Pfs Narayana Oct 31 Thermal Coal 27,500 J.M. & Baxi
2) Tamil Anna Oct 31 Thermal Coal 20,000 Seaport
) Orchids Oct 31 FO/LSHS 28,000 Atlantic
4) Chandi Prasad Nov 1 Iron Ore Pellets 137,000 Essar
5) E Ali Hussain Nov 1 Stone Boulders 2,000 Synergy
6) Norient Saturn Nov 1 Furnace oil 31,500 Atlantic
7) Dev Prayag Nov 2 Iron Ore Fines 45,000 Navship
8) Ap Drzic Nov 3 Iron Ore Fines 40,000 S.C. &Co
9) Tci Prabhu Nov 3 Food grains 3,200 Gprspl
10) Jag Prakash Nov 3 Gas condensate 10,000 K.R.& Sons

IMPORT CARGO:
1) Osmarine Oct 31 Coking Coal 50,000 Sail
2) Gandhar Oct 31 Crude Oil 140,000 Avbgpr
3) M Vamadeva Oct 31 LPG 7,000 J.M. & Baxi
4) Rainbow Oct 31 Rock Phosphate 43,523 Benline
5) Jindal Varuna Oct 31 Timber Logs 1,500 Synergy
6) Ankleshwar Nov 1 Crude Oil 135,000 Avbgpr
7) Halki Nov 1 Nitrogen Phosphate 32,253 Interocean
8) Anna Elisabeth Nov 1 Steam Coal 53,800 Interocean
) Chemical Arrow Nov 2 Caustic Soda 7,200 Monship
10) Michalakis Nov 2 Manganese Ore 20,000 Integral
11) Pujawati Nov 2 Methanol & Styrene Monomer 10,250 J.M. & Baxi
12) Mairouli Nov 2 Steam Coal 30,000 Navship
13) Jiu Hua Hai Nov 3 Manganese Ore 16,200 Seahorse Ship
14) Selecta Nov 3 MOP 20,650 B.S.S
15) V Ocean Nov 3 MOP 22,000 Interocean
16) Arcadia Nov 3 Steel Coils 18,497 Seaways
17) Jin De 5 Nov 4 General Cargo 11,312 Seahorse Ship
18) Majic Orient Nov 4 Nitrogen Phosphate 27,000 Interocean
19) Patriotic Nov 5 Caustic Soda 5,569 Atlantic
) Sakhalin Nov 7 Ammonium Nitrate 22,693 Damani Shipping
21) Stealth Nov 8 Sulphuric Acid 19,000 Atlantic
22) Team Spirit Nov 9 MOP 32,820 Esskay S.S
23) Densa Eagle Nov 9 MOP 42,600 Esskay S.S
24) Apellis Nov 10 Scrap in Bulk 32,199 B.S.S

CONTAINERS:
1) Tiger Shark Oct 31 Imp/Exp 267/150 Btl
2) Hansa Rostock Oct 31 Imp/Exp 400/-- Focus Trans
3) Sfl Avon Nov 1 Imp/Exp 100/100 Seaways
4) H Vancouver Nov 1 Imp/Exp 200/450 J.M. & Baxi
5) Maersk Delano Nov 2 Imp/Exp 400/100 Maersk Line

TRANSHIPMENT:
1) Jag Amisha Oct 31 Naphtha 18,000 Interocean N.A.=Not Available

NOTE: A. Coal=Anthracite Coal;
A. Nitrate=Ammonium Nitrate;
A Sulphate= Ammonium Sulphate;
ACN= Acrylonitrile;
ATF=Aviation Turbine Fuel; BF Slag= Blast Furnace Slag;
B. Powder=Bleaching Powder; B Metal= Blue Metal Sand;
C. Mat= Construction Material; CAO=Coconut Acid Oil;
CBFS=Carbon Black Feed Stock; CO= Crude oil;
CPKO=Crude Palm Kernel Oil; CPO=Crude Palm oil;
CP coke= Crude petroleum coke; CPS= Crude Palm Stearin;
CS Lye= Caustic Soda Lye; CSFO=Crude Sunflower Oil;
=Crude Soybean Oil; Copper Con.= Copper Concentrate;
C. Stone= Cobble stone; DAP=Di-Ammonium Phosphate;
DEG=Di-Ethyl Glycol; DRSO= Degummed rapeseed;
DSBO=Degummed soybean oil; EDC=Ethylene Dichloride;
= Dropping Outward Pilot; FO=Furnace Oil; G. Cargo=General Cargo;
G. Blocks= Granite blocks; HFHSD=High Flash High Speed Diesel;
HT= Hopper Tonne; HSD=High Speed Diesel; HSO=High Speed Oil;
alloy steel=Hot Rolled alloy steel; H/H Vehicles=High & Heavy Vehicles;
plates=Hot Rolled plates; I. Coal= Industrial Coal; I. Sand=Industrial Sand;
I. Salt=Industrial Salt; LAB=Linear Alkyl Benzene; IOL= Iron ore lumps;
LPG=Liquefied Petroleum Gas; MGO=Marine Gas Oil;
MOP= Muriate Of Potash; MEG= Mono Ethylene Glycol;
. coke= Metallurgical coke; MS= Motor Spirit; N. Fertilizer=Nitrogen Fertilizer;
N C Coal=Non Coking Coal; NPK= Nitrogen phosphorus potassium;
NP= Nitrogen phosphate; P. Acid=Phosphoric Acid; L. Ammonia=Liquid Ammonia;
LSHS= Low Sulphur Heavy Stock; LDO= Locomotive Diesel oil;
=Linear Alkyl Benzene; L. Ammonia=Liquid Ammonia;
LAN= Low Aromatic Naphtha;
PFAD= Palm fatty acid distillate; POL= Petroleum Oil Lubricants;
R Ph= Rock Phosphate;
RP= Rock powder; RBD P. oil= Refined Bleached Deodorized Palm oil;
RPO=Rubberized Processed Oil; RSBO= Refined Soybean Oil; SBM= Soymeal;
SKO= Super Kerosene Oil; SPKFA=Split Palm Kernel Fatty Acid;
S. Acid= Sulphuric acid; S. Coils=Steel coils; S. pipes= Steel pipes;
SPKFA=Split Palm Kernel Fatty Acid; S monomer= Styrene monomer;
T. coal = Thermal coal; TEUs=Twenty foot Equivalent Unit;
UAP= Urea Ammonium Phosphate; VCM=Vinyl Chloride Monomer;
Blades=Wind Mill Blades; Zinc c=Zinc concentrate; Lead c-Lead concentrate.

(sourced Profit.NDTV)

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Orissa to serve ultimatum to ports for information on ore exports

Sat, Oct22,2011

BS reported that the Orissa government will soon serve an ultimatum to the authorities of five ports Haldia, Vishakhapatnam, Kakinada, Gangavaram and Dhamara for sharing of information on export of minerals generating from the state through their ports.

The state will reiterate its stand on information sharing in case of ore exports with the authorities of these five ports at a high level meeting to be held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Mr BK Patnaik on October 25.

Mr Patnaik said "We have invited the authorities of the five ports for a meeting scheduled for October 25. Earlier, we had asked these ports to share information on ore exports.”

Mr Manoj Ahuja the state steel & mines secretary had recently written to these port authorities, calling for submission of information related to ore exports to the state director of mines at least once every fort night for verification of the data with the transit permits issued by the mining offices of the state.

Mr Ahuja had pointed out that the decision to share information on ore exports by the ports was taken by the Government of India in 2010 to streamline the movement of consignments by rail and road.

It may be noted that the Union Ministry of Shipping in 2010 had asked all major port trusts of India to adopt measures in line with the measures adopted by Paradip Port Trust to check illegal export of iron ore.

(sourced Business Standard)

India’s iron ore exports down 12.3 percent in H1 FY 2011-12

Thursday, 13 October 2011

According to the data issued by the Indian Ports Association, in the first half of the Indian fiscal year 2011-12 (started March 31) iron ore exports from India's main ports reached 31.59 million mt, down 12.3 percent year on year. This figure accounts for approximately 80 percent of India's total iron ore exports.

In the given period, iron ore exports decreased at most of India's ports on year-on-year basis, except for the Port of Visakhapatnam with iron ore exports of 9.72 million mt, up 9.7 percent year on year. In August alone, iron ore exports from the Port of Visakhapatnam increased by 27.8 percent year on year.

(sourced steelorbis)

Mundra Port to set up coal terminal at Vizag Port

Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 21:24

The Adani Group-promoted Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) has said it will be developing a coal import terminal on the Visakhapatnam Port, which will be the third such facility by the company.

The proposed terminal, which will be built at a cost of over Rs 300 crore, marks the entry of MPSEZ on the Eastern Coast, the country's largest private multi-port operator said in a release in Ahmedabad today.

The terminal, the Berth East Quay-1, will be designed to handle imported coal volume of around 6.5 million tonne per annum and will be commissioned within two years, it said.

"The contract to set up the berth on the Visakhapatnam Port marks our entry on the East Coast. This is in line with our objective of having pan- India presence" said Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani said in the release.

The Visakhapatnam Port Trust selected MPSEZ after a competitive bidding and the contract is to develop a coal import terminal.

The Visakhapatnam Port is strategically located and the proposed terminal will feed industries and power plants in Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and eastern Maharashtra.

Mundra is the largest privately-owned and operated port in India, and is among the 10 largest ports in cargo handling volumes. It has handled around 40 million tonne of cargo in 2009-10 and aims to handle 50 MT in the current year.

MPSEZL, developing the country''s largest multi-product SEZ at Mundra, operates ports at Mundra and Dahej (both in Gujarat) and is developing one at Hazira and coal terminals at Mundra and Goa. It is also developing ports in Australia and Indonesia. (Source:PTI)