Electrical
Wharf Cranes-4
- Port owned-6
- Private - 2
Port owned Dry Storage Facilities in
Lakh Sq. Mtrs.
- Covered 0.48
- Open area
within Customs 1.97
- Open area
outside Customs 10.47
National Aluminium Company
- Silo 75000
Tonnes
Central Warehousing Corporation
- Warehouse
20170 Tonnes
Food Corporation of India
- Godowns 12
Nos.
Coal India Limited
- Silo 2
Covered Storage for
- Rock Phosphate
4700 Sq. Mtrs.
- Urea 800 Sq.
Mtrs
- Rock Phosphate
60000 Sq. Mtrs.
- Sulphur 25000
Sq. Mtrs
- Urea/MOP/MAP
25000 Sq. Mtrs.
- Rock Phosphate
25000 Sq. Mtrs.
Connectivity & Storage
- Development of
4 lane connectivity from East breakwater road to Convent Junction (3.958
KM)
- Development of
Flyover from Convent Junction (Seahorse Junction) to Dock area.
- Improving
/ up-gradation of 4 lanes to 6 lane road from the port Connectivity from Convent
Junction to Sheelanaar Junction.
- Development of
World Class Truck Parking Terminal in 20 acres by port (O&M by the
third party)
- Construction
of Covered Storage in Port area of size 400 X 40 X 17M including necessary
drains, road and water supply.
- electrification
of VPA Railway lines 38.00 TKM.
- Upgradation of
track in East yard of VPA (6.70 KM)
- Provision of
Electronic Interlocking by clubbing four cabins ( North, South, Northwest
and Southwest ) of R&D yard and panel interlocking at 14 lever goomty
in VPA.
- Improvement to
VPA railway tracks and rectification of Sharp curves.
Container Transhipment Hub
- All weather
port with deepest natural depth of 16M
- Visakhapatnam
is the closest established container terminal to the Malacca Starts.
- Vast
Hinterland with large industries in pharma, Steel, Alumina, Ferro
minerals, Sea Food etc.
- Closest to the
feeder ports on the upper Bay of Bengal.
- Growing main
line Container vessel services offering global connectivity.
- poised to be
the largest container terminal on the East Coast with 1.3 million TEUs
capacity.
- VRC discounts
of 70% for above 50,000 GRT vessels and 50% discounts for below 50,000 GRT
vessel
- Additional
concession for vessels carrying minimum inward 250 TEUs for transhipment.
VPA Mobile X-ray Container Scanner
Industrial Lighting System
As per the
existing Lighting inventory of VPA, there are almost 4016 Nos. of light
fittings exists of various wattages of street lights, floodlights all
over the port operational areas, High mast / mini mast tower lights, road
lighting, shed lighting, harbour park and maharanipeta housing colonies areas
etc. In compliance with the Direction of the Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy (MNRE), about 2000 Nos. ( on street light poles & High
mast / Mini mast towers) of the LED light fittings were replaced in
phase I & II by M/s EESL which are under the scope of maintenance by EESL,
is limited only to – repair/replacement of above 2000 Nos. LED streetlight
fittings and the power supply to these street light fitting is not in the scope
of M/s EESL.
RFID ( Radio Frequency Identification system ) based
Gate pass entry
- General Cargo
Berth gate.
- East Quay-7
gate.
- Dock main
gate.
- West Ore berth
gate.
- West Quay 7
and 8 gates.
- North West
gate.
Radio
Navigation Equipment (MBES)
Nirmal launch is equipped with single beam echo
sounder which uses SONAR (Sound
Navigation and Ranging) technology to measure the depth of sea bed duly
ensuring 16m channel draft to safely manoeuvre the vessels In/out of the
harbour. Further, VPA is envisaging replacing the existing single
beam echo sounder with the latest Multibeam echo sounder which will be
commissioned by Sept 2020 duly complying with ministry guidelines to improve
the operational efficiency.
- VPA has
deployed 160 nos. of wireless sets for uninterrupted wireless
communication among staff for shipping/handling/railway operations.
- Further 02no of Repeater stations are installed at
Duffer in signal station – II (Rose Hill) and DLD building.
- In addition to
this, 80 No of digital VHF sets were provided to Marine wing for effective
communication to safely manoeuvring the vessels during anchorage pilotage, berthing. Further 55 Nos of digital VHF
sets are deployed for port security (CISF Patrolling and crime) for
effective monitoring the port security and surveillance.
Cargo
Handling Equipment
- VPA has installed 02No of 100 Ton Electronic in-Motion Railway
Weigh Bridges (01 No. at AKP & 01 No. at WOB) for weighment of all
cargo through Railway rake movements. The weigh bridges were procured and
installed in the year 2009 as per the Railway Design and standards
organization (RDSO) specifications.
- Further, the present
weighbridges are being replaced with latest technology high capacity 140
Ton Electronic In-Motion
Railway Weigh Bridges for faster evacuation of cargo duly reducing the TRT
of rakes.
ISPS
Equipment
- VPA has installed 95 nos of high resolution
cameras throughout port area for effective surveillance of shipping
operations duly complying ISPS requirement. Also a command control centre
has been established for effectively monitoring cargo handling operations,
environmental parameters and security aspects.
- VPA has also commissioned Radiation detection
equipment (RDE) to detect nuclear materials and radioisotopes for the
purpose of stopping illicit shipment of special nuclear material.
Harbour
Pilot System (HPS)
- Recently Harbour Pilot System introduced in
VPA to meet challenges of bringing CAPE and Baby CAPE (Bigger size)
vessels in the narrow congested waters of Inner Harbour.
- It aids pilots in safe navigating, docking the
vessels by taking precise position of vessels using PPU (Portable Pilot
Unit) for measurement of speed, Heading and accurate Rate of Turn of
vessel while manoeuvring.
- Presently HPS system is being used by pilots
by carrying PPU’s which is portable type having lighter weight and smaller
size.
- WDS-6 Model
Diesel-electric locomotives 1350 HP - 7 Nos.
- WDG-3A Model
Diesel-electric locomotives 3100 HP - 3 Nos.
- Maintain of
fire fighting facilities at O.S.T.T/ LPG/ OR-I, II& III berths for
ensuring safety at berths as per PESO requirements.
- Maintenance of
various capacities of Generator sets for lighting and power supply for the
handling of cargos at berths.
10 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant (STP)
Floating Crafts (Tugs, Launches and Cranes)
- 65 Tons
Bollard Pull ASD tug - 01 No.
- 60 Tons
Bollard pull ASD tug - 01 No.
- 50 Tons
Bollard Pull Tractor tug - 4 Nos.
- 100 tons
Floating Care - 1 no.
- 50 tons
Floating Crane - 1 No.
- Pilot Launches
- 4 Nos.
- Mooring
Launches - 3 Nos.
- Survey Launch
(Nirmal) - 1 No.
- Agni Class
File Float - 1 No.
- 500 M# Grab
Hopper Dredger - 1 No.
- 350 tons Oil
Barge - 1 Nos
- Length -
140.24 Mtrs.
- Breadth -
18.28 Mtrs.
- Draft - 5.6
Mtrs.
Fishing Harbour Details
The
Fishing harbour dry dock was built in the year of 1986. the size of the dry
dock is 65M X 20M X 6M, having dewatering pumps 3 Nos. 200HP-2Nos. 20HP-1No.
The existing dry dock was facilitating docking and undocking operations of
private vessels, Coast guard and fishing trawlers