Green Initiative of the Ports Ministry

Giving a push to the government’s zero carbon emission goal four government major ports are generating renewable energy to

meet the entire energy requirements of the ports. Under the green port guidelines formulated by the Ministry the ports of Kandla,

Visakhapatnam, New Mangalore and VOC Port Tuticorin are generating renewable energy more than their ports power

requirements according to the Ministry’s year ender released recently.

The year ender also listed the infrastructure project sanctioned in the year under Public Private Partnership mode.They

includea Mega container terminal near Kandla port at a cost of Rs 4,243 crores, setting up of a  4.2 million tons capacity

general cargo berth, Development of Oil jetty at Kandla Port at a cost of Rs 297 crores,

Mechanization of north cargo berth for handling dry bulk cargo at V O Chidambaranar port Tuticorin at

a cost of Rs 265 crores, Operation and maintenance of two berths at Mormugoa port at cost of Rs 139 crores,

Development of Mumbai Marina at Prince's Dock of Mumbai Port Authority- 575.19 Crores and Upgradation of JNPA Hospital to 100-bedded multi-specialityhospital – Rs. 48 Crores. The infra projects sanctioned under Sagar Mala program this year include a cthreeoastal berth project at a cost of Rs 73.07 crores

and  3 fishing harbors costing rs 1137 crores in Andhra Pradesh, 5 floating jetty projects - Rs. 15.99 Crore and 1 inland waterway

project - Rs. 9.54 crores in Karnataka and 2  floating jetty projects costing Rs. 14.66 Crores Tamil Nadu

The Discovery Campus of the National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts (NTCPWC) inaugurated at IITMadras established at a cost of Rs. 77 crores

Projects worth Rs. 216.53 crore, including a state-of-the-art Vizag International Cruise Terminal was inagurated in Vishakhapatnam. Other projects include a Covered Storage Shed, a Truck parking terminal and an Oil refinery berth, aimed at boosting the capacity of Visakhapatnam Port.