First phase of Kamarajar Port container terminal to be ready by March next year

Chennai:

The first phase of Rs 1270 crore Kamarajar Port Container Terminal is
likely to be ready by March next year earlier than the target date of
January 2017, according to Capt Ramnath Vaidyanathan, the project head
of the container terminal.



Speaking during 3rd Trade Meet organised by Madras Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (MCCI) and Kamarajar Port, Capt Ramnath said that the
terminal will be one of the few container terminals which will operate
paperless. “It could be the second e-container terminal in the country
after Hazira Port,” he said



“it will be a e-container terminal and we will be completing the first
phase ahead of the given deadline,” said Ramnath.



Interestingly, 32 per cent of work has already been completed as
against the planned progress of 14 pc till March 2015,” said Capt
Ramnath.



In the first phase, Adani group is spending 780 crore for the project
and the remaining Rs 500 crore would be spent in the second phase.
Initially, the container terminal would cater to .7 million TEUs
(twenty feet equivalent unit). It will have four Quay crane and 12
rubber-tyred Gantry crane.



Interestingly, the Kamarajar Port Container terminal would be
different from Chennai Port’s container terminal which is handled by
Concor. “Here it will be handled by the terminal besides the terminal
will also have two dedicated rail lines,” he said.

The container terminal would also have radio frequency identification
(RFID) of trucks. The container terminal would also link to ICEGATE, a
e-commerce portal of Central Board of Excise and Customs, he said.