GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
PORT DEPARTMENT

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DETAILS OF PORT INFRASTRUCTURE / FACILITIES

A. Facilities available:

(a) At New Port  
(1) A cargo quay 150 meters long and 25 meters wide with 2.5 meters draft alongside, 2.5 meters draft in channel and 2.0 meters draft at the mouth. There is a proposal to dredge the entire channel to a depth of 4.0 meters.
(2) Main approach road 500 m long with double lane
(3) Transformer 315 KVA
(4) Transit sheds 4 numbers each with a storage capacity of 3500 tons
(b) At Old Port  
(1) A RCC pier 286 meters long with working head of 102 meters (long) X 15 meters (wide). Draft alongside pier ranges from 4.5 meters to 6.0 meters.
(2) Transformer load 250 KVA
(3) Transit sheds 7 numbers with a total storage capacity of 12750 tons.
(4) Equipments  
  (a) Towing launches 2 numbers each capable of towing 200 tons at a time.
  (b) Tractors 3 numbers
  (c) Trailers 6 numbers to carry out shunting operations within port area.
  (d) Mobile cranes 3 numbers each of 5 tons capacity when mobile and 10n tons capacity in blocked condition.
  (e) Private wooden boats 25 numbers each with an average capacity of 50 tons.
(5) Railway sidings 3 numbers (Meter guage)
(6) Open paved area 13500 sq.m  ( for bagged cargo)
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 B. Sheltered harbour and ship repair facilities:
 

(1)  A slipway winch  -- To facilitate repairs to vessels of size 30 m X 8 m weighing upto 150 tons @ Rs. 2000 per day as hire charges.
(2) Sheltered water front in new port for anchoring fishing boats, barges, port crafts, etc., during fair as well as monsoon seasons.

  C. General information:

(1) Handling rate --- 2000 tons (maximum) per day with one ship at a time.
(2) Fair weather --- January to October
(3) Monsoon / Rough
     season
--- November and December
(4) Cargo handling
     capacity
--- 3 to 4 lakh tons per year

D. Marine Assets:

(1) (a) Northern break
     water
--- 150 meters long
  (b) Southern break
     water
---   25 meters long
  (c) Off-shore break
     water (Trestle
      connected)
--- 250 meters long
 


 

(d) A submarine
      tunnel for sand
      by-passing
--- 240 meters long
(2)


 
Cutter suction
Dredgers
--- Two numbers each with a capacity of 200 cubic meter per hour
(3) Total land owned by Port --- 153 acres