The proposed expansion includes installation of the second and third Single Point Mooring (SPM) by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) at an estimated cost of Rs 1,492.33 crore and construction of Southern Oil Jetty at the port, involving an investment of Rs 191.01 crore.
Similarly, the Ministry of Shipping (MoS) has also planned for construction of a deep draft iron ore berth, deep draft coal berth and multipurpose berth to handle clean cargo including container at an investment of Rs 591.35 crore, Rs 479.01-crore and Rs 387.31-crore respectively. This was informed by Union minister for shipping G K Vasan in a written reply to Renubala Pradhan, Rajya Sabha MP from Orissa.
While the SPMs are scheduled to be completed by December 2012, the oil jetty is set for completion by December 2013. Similarly, the three proposed berths proposed to be constructed on the built, operate and transfer (BOT) mode are scheduled to be completed by September 30, 2015, the Union minister informed.
After expansion, the capacity of the port would be increased to 133 mtpa, when an additional 57 mtpa capacity would be added, Vasan said.
While the capacity of the two SPMs would be 22 mtpa, the capacity of each of iron ore and coal berths would be around 10 mtpa, where as the proposed capacity of the mutli-purpose berth would be around 5 mtpa, the minister informed. Vasan said various projects worth Rs 10,348.29 crore were under different stages of implementation in various major ports.
Besides the Paradip Port, the projects under construction or implementation in other major ports include Ennore Port (Rs 1407 crore), Cochin Port (Rs 3500 crore), Mumbai Port (Rs 1460.52 crore), New Mangalore Port (Rs 526.03 crore), Tuticorin port (Rs 381.66 crore), Mormungao Port (Rs 252 crore) and Kandla Port (Rs 692.74-crore).