KOLKATA PORT TRUST

To keep pace with global technological advancement in the field of transportation, Kolkata Port was the first in the country to develop modern container handling facilities. A container terminal, with quay crane and rail mounted gantry crane, tractor/trailer combination and a Container Freight Station, was commissioned at HDC in 1977.

Containers are handled at Haldia using ship's gear operated by port workers. Movement between the quay and the container packing yard is carried out Port-owned tractor/trailers and/or by private operators appointed by the shipping companies or their agents. Handling at parking yard is done by port tansfer crane or private equipment. HDC presently handle 7 % of total container throughput of Kolkata Port and rest is handled at Kolkata Dock System.

The major share (about 95%) of container traffic flowing through Kolkata Dock System (KDS) is carried by feeder ships with either Colombo, or Singapore, as the connecting relay port, and the rest are covered by Combi-ships, Entire container traffic in Kolkata is presently handled by ships' gear, moved to and from the stacking yard and stacked/unstacked at the container yard by equipment of various agencies.

Since commissioning of the port run container terminal at 7 NSD on 18th February, 1992, about 33% traffic is handled at the terminal and rest 67% at other berths of NSD & KPD where yard operation is done by private operators. Another terminal berth at 8 NSD, contiguous of 7 NSD, has been constructed.

The reputed container operators, at Kolkata Port are American President Line, Shipping Corporation of India, Ceylon Shipping Corporation, Hapag Llyod, Everett, Gold Star, Nedlloyd, Maersk, Mitsui O.S.K., Neptune Orient Line, Yanming, United Arab Shipping, P&O Containers Ltd., Evergreen Marine Corporation, Meditaranean Shipping Corporation, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., NYK Lines, Veb Deutfracht Seereedere Rostok, Fil Container Services, Compagnie Maritime Affreightment, Seven Star Lines, Frata Container Lines, Llyod Triestino di Navigation, Compagnie General Maritime, Hanjin, Choyang, Hu undai, Ben Line, Neptune Orient, NSCSA, Euroasia, Samuderi Indonesia, Mynmar Lines Nor Asia, Cho Yang, Han Jin, Hyundai etc.

Vessel operators at Kolkata are American President Lines, Bengal Tiger Lines, Sea Consortium, Meng Horne Shipping &aamp Myanmar Lines. Kolkata/Haldia is presently linked with Inland Container Depots at Amingaon (Guwahati), Tughlakabad, Ludhiana, Wadi Bundar (Mumbai), Baleswar etc. ISO containers are also being moved by CONCOR from Kolkata to non ICD destinations at Raxaul, Ongul. Terminal at Kolkata can handle one full rake at a time.

Container Corporation of India is considering to develop CFS at Cuttack, Durgapur, Gaziabad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi and Patna. All these places have got linkage with Kolkata/Haldia.

Principal commodities being carried in containers are tea, jute and jute products, cast iron goods, mica, leather products, cotton products, iron & steel, machinery, shellac, tobacco, carpet materials, glass sheets and reefer cargo, aluminium ingot, carpet chemicals etc. Meanwhile, customs approved public CFS-S a/c Central Warehousing Corporation and Balmer Lawries have started operation. Few other private CFS-S (Eight in no.) are engaged in export operation.

Existing Container Terminal Facilities at Kolkata Dock System
A modern Container Terminal has been built at 7 Netaji Subhas Dock at a cost of Rs. 24.37 crores. The annual throughput of the container terminal is 75,000 TEUs. The stacking area is 50,000 sq. m. alongwith a CFS measuring 9,000 sq.m. - 50,000 sq.m. parking yard of the terminal has 1284 ground slots with 3.5 stack high.

The container park and adjourning facilities are served by modern container handling equipment, including 3 rubber-tyred gantry cranes, 17 heavy duty tractors, 14 trailors of 40 ft length & 6 trailors of 20 inch length and reefer facilities providing ground slot of 48 TEus. The Terminal has a dedicated on-line computer system. It is also equipped with 2 medium duty (8 T.) Forklift trucks & 2 (35 T) top-lift trucks.

List of Container Handling Facilities at KoDS

Development Plans for Kolkata Dock System.

1. Development of additional stacking area in the terminal leading to creation of additional ground slots has been planned. The area earmarked is old D NSD shed, eastern side of 8 NSD berth and east of CFS.
2. Procurement of additional container handling equipment.

List of Container Handling Facilities at HDC

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