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Table of Contents
October - December 2016
Newsletter Issue XV
10 HEAVY LIFT: A PERSPECTIVE
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PARTNERS IN PROGRESS: BOXCO PROVIDED END-
TO-END LOGISTICS FOR DE-INKING PLANT
MACHINERY FOR PAPER MILLS
12 BOXCO IS TRUSTED BY CLIENTS TO MOVE THE
HEART OF A POWER PLANT
14
ICTRIPL AND DICT BECOME THE FIRST TO HANDLE
LIVE REEFER IMPORTS FOR NORTH INDIA
16 ARYA COMMUNICATIONS PREFERRED PARTNER
FOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS FOR
KEEPING THE COUNTRY SAFE
18 AGRI IN INDIA A NEW MARCHING, YET
OPTIMISTIC
19 PORT STATISTICS
* All maps are for representation purpose only
EDITORIAL TEAM:
Mr R. K. Ganguly
Cdr. Sunil Dhulekar
Mr Keki Master
Mr Mayank Kaushal
Mr Ravi Kumar
Mr Rajnish Khandelwal
Mr Vijayendra Acharya
Mr Vikas Gupta
Mr Tamal Roy
Mr Siddhartha Roy
DESIGN TEAM:
Ms Dhara Kapadia
Mr Pravin Gurav
COver page:
A Glimpse of the Past
J. M. BAXI GROUP
TIDINGS
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From the
ear Friends and Colleagues,
nine months have gone by of
our centennial year and this
message is the concluding
message for our milestone year. So
let me try and make it special. Next
year we shall be stepping into our
next century. As a company, we have
a foundation that in many ways is
unparalleled. We can call ourselves
a truly multi-modal logistics and
services company. We have also
invested in creating, owning and
operating infrastructural facilities on
a pan-India basis. We have established
a relationship of trust and confidence
with our principals and clients. And
we have our team, J M BAXI GROUP,
each and every one of you, all our
colleagues, who are the pride of our
industry. This is the platform we have
to start with.
The first 16 years of this century saw
momentous and tumultuous changes.
Global trade is larger and much more
sophisticated. It is no longer just the
movement of raw materials from
one place and finished products from
another.
With the enhancement of global
trade, we have witnessed the
changing sizes and sophistication
of ships. Following this, ports and
terminals have also grown and
expanded to accommodate and
handle such ships. We have seen
this happen across all types of
ships, from container ships, gas
carriers, bulk carriers to tankers.
Hinterland connectivity has,
therefore, demanded imperative
solutions to ensure the shipment
of the cargoes. In many places,
industrial and production clusters
have developed around ports, leading
to new cities and urbanisation. The
last two decades also saw a great
technological revolution with instant
communications, instant computation
and real-time live information flows
through devices with GPS, RFID etc.
On the shipping side, we are
witnessing probably the worst times
ever. In a way, a perfect storm has
hit the shipping industry. There
are declining global trade volumes,
overcapacity, and a steep decline and
collapse in the asset values of ships.
We are seeing the collapse of large
shipping and trading companies, as
well as mergers and consolidations.
Amidst this backdrop, let us
endeavour to see our future
path. In these complex as well as
sophisticated times, clearly one
will need to be highly intelligent
and competitive. Rent-seeking as
a business possibility is out. One
will need to earn one’s living every
single day. Thus, one will need to be
innovative and add value. To be thus,
one will need to learn and relearn
constantly. To learn and relearn,
one clearly needs humility and
courage. Trust will increasingly play
a differentiating role, and that can
be achieved only with a conduct of
integrity, honesty, perseverance and
dedication.
We have at the moment our own
infrastructure facilities under ICT,
the Indian Cargo Terminals Company,
with DICT, PICT, HICT, MICT, KICT,
VCT CFS and RICT being operational
and growing. NICT and LICT will
soon follow. Each of these terminals
are poised to become composite
terminals, i.e. they will handle all
types of cargo, including containers,
bulk, liquid, reefer and cold storage.
All our terminals will have multi-modal
linkages and the sea terminals will
have all three multi-modal linkages –
sea, road and rail.
Our logistics vertical BOXCO today
enjoys a position of leadership across
almost all types of cargoes, such as
fertilisers, agri-products, coal and,
of course, containerised cargo. With
increasing demands from customers
as well as increasing sophistication,
we can rightfully expect robust
growth in this sector.
Our shipping services vertical with
J. M. Baxi & Co. and United Liner
Shipping Services LLP is endeavouring
to enhance the service offering to
remain in a leadership position in
the coming years. Our company
Diabos truly is a technology as well
as a fintech or financial technology
company. Arya Offshore Services
is providing ever increasing
sophisticated logistics solutions
in the oil and gas sector. Arya
Communications is fast evolving
as a solution provider of wireless
communication services across
India for various public services,
such as the police, fisheries and
local communities. One of our
new and positive activities is Arya
Water, whereby we are engineering
clean water solutions for villages
and localities. We are working
towards making Arya Water into a
substantial company with excellence
in engineering and service provision.
Water is and will increasingly be the
crucial and imperative need of our
nation.
Whilst we have a physical presence in
every single port and the important
cities of India with 106 branch
offices, we have also expanded our
presence into overseas locations
such as Yangon in Myanmar, Dhaka in
Bangladesh, Singapore and Dubai.
In conclusion, therefore, let me just
reiterate the key words that will be
our group’s mantra at this fabulous
and unique stage of our growth: 1)
We will work with integrity, honesty
and humility. 2) We will add value,
be intelligent, be innovative and
embrace new technologies. 3) We
will be determined, dedicated and
persevering in our endeavours.
4) We will pursue excellence and
knowledge.
Wishing everyone and your families
a Happy Diwali, a Merry Christmas, a
great 2017 and a great century ahead
Krishna B. Kotak
Chairman -
J M BAXI GROUP
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that Indian companies can indeed
successfully operate container
terminals. Since then, it is noteworthy
that tenders for operating container
terminals in India do not insist on the
participation of an internationally
experienced operator.
When the government of India
decided to privatise container
handling operations at Haldia
Port off the east coast of India in
2015, J M BAXI GROUP was once
again the successful bidder. Owing
to draught restrictions at Kolkata
Port, Haldia Port in the state of
West Bengal is often perceived to
be the ideal gateway to the eastern
neighbouring states of Bihar, Odisha,
Assam and Jharkhand and other
commercial areas. Since the award
of the project, J M BAXI GROUP
has taken over this terminal and has
completely streamlined the operations
by overhauling the equipment and
introducing modern processes and
systems. The result has been a
huge improvement in efciency and
container throughput (over 30 per
cent in a relatively short time) and
productivity is at an all-time high.
The emergence of J M BAXI GROUP
in Haldia Port has today given
the condence to shipping lines to
include Haldia Port as one of their
major destinations on their east coast
of India itinerary.
J M BAXI GROUP, though
headquartered in Mumbai on the west
coast of India, has always believed
that the east coast of India offers
tremendous opportunities for building
a maritime infrastructure.
J M BAXI GROUP took a more
nuanced approach in successfully
bidding for niche areas such as
seaport-based container terminals,
container freight stations and inland
cargo terminals. It was amongst the
rst Indian companies to venture into
container terminal operations. The
government of India was initially
sceptical of Indian companies owning
and operating container terminals
in India owing to their relative lack
of experience. Thus, the container
terminals commissioned under
public–private partnerships in the
1990s were operated principally by
international companies.
When the Visakha Container
Terminal off the east coast of India
came up for international bidding,
J M BAXI GROUP in partnership
with DP World emerged as the
successful bidder. The terminal
was commissioned in 2003 and
J M BAXI GROUP became the
rst home grown Indian company
to operate a container terminal.
Today, Visakha Container Terminal
has had 13 years of successful
pioneering experience. To cater to
the growing trade on the east coast,
the government of India planned to
double container capacity and once
again J M BAXI GROUP was the
winning bidder for the expansion
project, which will be operational in
2018. The emergence of J M BAXI
GROUP into the container terminal
segment was indeed path-breaking
as the successful commissioning and
subsequent smooth operations of
Visakha Container Terminal provided
the necessary condence to Indian
policymakers with the conviction
he advent of the millennium
heralded the stage where the
three verticals of the J M BAXI
GROUP (namely, infrastructure,
logistics and services) came of age
and provided collectively a range and
depth of customised offerings that
was and still remains unparalleled in
the country.
This process, though, had actually
started evolving historically since
1991, when the government of India
announced sweeping reforms and
opened up the economy to foreign
investment and trade. It dismantled
import controls, lowered customs
duties, devalued the currency and
made the rupee convertible on the
trade account. It virtually abolished
licensing controls on private
investment, dropped tax rates and
broke public sector monopolies. In
tandem with the reforms, which began
gaining momentum, the concept of
Public Private Participation (PPP)
in Indian seaports had already begun
to materialise with the emergence of
the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal
(JNPT) in Navi Mumbai and Pipavav
port in the adjoining state of Gujarat.
All of these developments since the
beginning of the millennium had a
profound effect on J M BAXI GROUP,
which not only consolidated its
unique position in India in its three
chosen verticals of infrastructure,
logistics and services but led to a
seamless integration of the three
verticals.
2000–2016: The Coming Of
Age Of The Three Verticals
The Infrastructure Vertical
Visakha Container Terminal
Private Limited (VCT)
Paradip International Cargo
Terminal
Haldia International Container
Terminal
Long Ago
Not Too
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In addition to the contracts for
container terminals in Visakha Port
and Haldia Port, J M BAXI GROUP
also bagged the contract for building
and operating the cargo terminal at
Paradip in the eastern coastal state
of Odisha. This multi-purpose berth
is under construction and is likely to
be operational in a year’s time. It will
have a deep draught enabling modern
vessels to call into this new facility,
and the road and rail connectivity
to the hinterland will mean there is
faster and seamless movement of
cargoes.
Kandla Port on the west coast of
India was the largest government-
operated port as well as the second
largest port overall in India.
Though the port handles all types
of cargoes, it has been lagging in
containerisation as the successful
operators from the past round of
bidding had abandoned the project.
Under this scenario, J M BAXI
GROUP was once again selected
by the government of India as the
successful bidder to restart the
container terminal in Kandla. Today,
KICT is in the process of overhauling
its infrastructure and other facilities,
and operations at the terminal should
start by the time this issue of Tidings
lands on your desk.
The bouquet of port terminals
within J M BAXI GROUP today
encompasses Haldia, Paradip and
Vizag on the east coast and Kandla
International Container Terminal and
Rozi International Cargo Terminal
(in the state of Gujarat, which was
covered in the previous issue) on the
west coast of India.
Many of the container port terminals
in India do not offer enough space in
the container yard, hence containers
move in and out of what are
commonly termed container freight
stations (CFSs). Preferably located
near the seaport, these CFSs are
customs bonded storage facilities.
They enable shippers and consignees
to complete all customs formalities
at these locations. J M BAXI GROUP
was amongst the early movers into
this business space and opened its
rst CFS near Jawaharlal Nehru Port
Terminal (JNPT) close to Mumbai.
It is, today, amongst the top ve
ranked CFSs in Mumbai amongst
over 30 CFSs and has been a very
strategic diversication for J M
BAXI GROUP. In addition to offering
agency services to its container
line principals, the company is able
to offer an off-dock CFS facility
also, which gives the shipping lines
better control of containers along
the transport chain. Owing to the
high efciency of operations, the
CFS, which operates as Mumbai
International Cargo Terminal (MICT-
1), has been operating at full capacity
for the past few years. Many shipping
lines as well as consignees use MICT-
1 as their preferred CFS and to cater
to the growing needs of the trade, J M
BAXI GROUP is setting up its second
CFS (MICT-2). This facility is in the
process of being commissioned and is
likely to be operational in early 2017.
J M BAXI GROUP has expanded
its CFS portfolio beyond the west
coast and has set up a CFS at
Visakhapatnam on the east coast.
This facility was commissioned
in 2016 and will complement its
container terminal (VCT CFS) in this
strategic eastern hub of India.
India has a huge hinterland
connected to ports over long
distances. The movement of
containers into this hinterland was
done either by rail by the Indian
Railways (owned by the government)
or by the road network, which,
however, is still comparatively
primitive in reach and distribution.
With the success of the privatisation
of port terminal operations, the
government of India decided to
privatise container train movements
in the country. Accordingly, private
companies were invited to invest in
this segment and J M BAXI GROUP
once again was one of the 15
companies selected by the government
to operate container trains in India.
J M BAXI GROUP commenced this
service in 2006 after building up its
eet of container trains.
Pursuant to running container trains,
J M BAXI GROUP had the vision of
developing inland cargo terminals,
which are huge facilities offering
customs bonded arrangements for
clearing cargoes as well as rail and
road connectivity. They offer seamless
movement from and to the nearby
ports. The rst such facility of J
M BAXI GROUP was inaugurated
in 2015 near Delhi, the Delhi
International Cargo Terminal (DICT).
Located close to the export belt of
the National Capital Region, this
foray has seen a large jump in cargo
throughput within a very short period.
In addition to handling containers,
the facility also handles bulk cargoes,
e.g. food grains, liquid cargoes and
high grade chemicals. DICT is also
building up a temperature-controlled
warehouse, which will be the rst
such facility of J M BAXI GROUP.
The Logistics Vertical
Container Freight Stations
Container Train Operations
Inland Cargo Terminals
Kandla International Container
Terminal
Long Ago
Not Too
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the turn of the new millennium, J M
BAXI GROUP had already achieved a
signicant presence in several niche
segments of the logistics services
market in India as a diversied
logistics player. Its active presence
for instance, encompassed highly
complex and specialised logistics
segments.
This is a J M BAXI GROUP
company that was incorporated this
millennium. It soon established itself
as the country’s leading transporter
of heavy-lift and over-dimensional
cargo (ODC) movements through
specialised material handling
equipment and a eet of custom-built
self-propelled modular transporters
(SPMTs) for project cargo.
This division of J M BAXI GROUP
specialises in the shore-based
handling of bulk commodities, such
as coal, iron ore, granite, fertiliser
and food grains. The hallmark of
these movements is the innovative
addition of value to supplement the
transportation of bulk cargo, such
as the bagging of fertilisers, the use
of innovative bulktainers (modied
containers) for handling sugar, the
integrated handling of granite blocks
from the quarries to the loading
ports, and using huge gantry and
mobile cranes to load and unload
granite cargo.
by a high degree of transportation
and storage-related wastage losses)
had surpassed its total agricultural
production (including for cereals,
pulses, coarse grains and oilseeds)
and provided the necessary scale
for introducing state-of-the art
technology and investment in the
required cold chain infrastructure.
These multiple focal points in the
evolution of logistics helped J M
BAXI GROUP to build a wide range
of discrete domain competencies
and thereby infuse a synergy of
ideas for managing a wide array
of independent business models
within the group. This has created
the necessary momentum for a
renewed strategic focus, a new level
of consolidation of its business
operations, the acquisition of a range
of logistics assets and the integration
of its diverse business operations
and service delivery capabilities and
standards.
The last 15 years, since the turn of
the millennium, has seen the project
logistics engagements of J M BAXI
GROUP increasingly take on several
industry verticals, most notably in the
thermal power, fertiliser, petroleum,
rening and chemical sectors, often
setting key operational milestones
that have veritably become industry
benchmarks.
The logistics business also has the
advantage of synergies, allowing
it to draw from other related infra
businesses of the group, such as
the string of CFSs, inland cargo
terminals, international container
terminals at various seaports
and a number of multiple cargo
warehousing hubs across various
inland and coastal locations.
To complement its onshore logistics
with an offshore capability and to
provide a total international end-
to-end turnkey offering, Boxco took
delivery of its rst ever custom-built
vessel Vir Varenya, which is operated
by group company Vir Special Ships
Private Ltd. This vessel provides
J M BAXI GROUP with the unique
capability of sea transportation of
over-dimensional and project cargo
and complements Boxco Logistics
impressive onshore array of heavy-
duty handling equipment, which
includes today 56 SPMTs, 14 prime
movers, 30 heavy-duty cranes of
varying lifting capacities (including
a 160-ton telescopic crane), more
than 100 mechanical trailers, a
400-MT capacity girder bridge (sole
owner in India), a 250-ton special
railway wagon, a 500-ton four-point
lifting system, 400-ton road bolsters,
fork lifts, top lifters and a hydraulic
jacking system.
The services sector of J M BAXI
GROUP (which put its rst tentative
foot forward in 1916 as a small
shipping agency house) saw it evolve
by the turn of the century into one of
India's most admired and diversied
service providers of its kind.
J M BAXI GROUP had already
established itself as India’s leading
shipping agent by providing a
diversied range of customised
services, which included a shipping
agency, bulk and break-bulk cargo
handling and stevedoring, customs
clearance, warehousing, tanker
support operations, project transport
support, chartering brokers, offshore
and onshore oil exploration support
services, international freight
The Services Vertical
Boxco Bulk Shipping Services
BoxCold
Vir Special Ships Private
Ltd
Boxco Logistics India Ltd
Long Ago
Not Too
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has built a capability to offer end-
to-end treatment solutions across all
industries.
The period since 2000 has been
noteworthy in the history and annals
of J M BAXI GROUP in reaching
out to its customers and clients by
opening strategic ofces outside
India. Here again (as in
J M BAXI GROUP’s foray into the
infrastructure, logistics and service
segments), this has been done in a
progressive and need-based manner.
Ofce infrastructure was set up
during the 2000s in countries such
as Bangladesh, Dubai, Myanmar,
Singapore and Sri Lanka. Plans are
now being laid on a case-by-case
basis to establish ofces in other
relevant international locations to
complement its three verticals in
India and abroad.
“We shall not cease from
exploration. And the end of all our
exploring will be to arrive where we
started and know the place for the
rst time.” (T.S.Eliot)
J M BAXI GROUP has come a
long way since its early humble
beginnings a century ago. Today it
is an integrated company delivering
a unique and unparalleled offering
through its three verticals of
infrastructure, logistics and services.
The passion for reinventing,re-
energising and redening constantly
embodies the approach of J M BAXI
GROUP in every sector it is involved
in. A vibrant spirit of innovation
and entrepreneurship encompassing
digital technologies, respect for the
environment and ethical governance
practices are the guiding principles
of J M BAXI GROUP. Add to this J.
M. Baxi’s underlying conviction to
its mission statement of ‘Innovation,
Commitment and Performance’
and one can understand why J M
BAXI GROUP stands poised today
to herald this century with even
more excitement, anticipation and
condence
forwarding, labour recruitment and
ship management, support services
for dredging companies and a host
of customised agency and related
support services.
The 2000s, however, saw J M BAXI
GROUP planting its feet and making
its presence widely felt in many more
diverse areas, such as providing
support services to port development
and terminal management operators,
container freight stations, container
transport management operations,
handling cruise ships and providing
support services to foreign naval
ships.
Also during this period, the J M
BAXI GROUP companies began to
provide some hitherto path-breaking
initiatives.
Arya Offshore Services in J M BAXI
GROUP, for instance, enhanced its
value offerings during 2006–2011
by successfully entering into the
market and concluding the sale
and purchase of ve new offshore
jack-up drilling rigs (for Indian
customers) built at the Keppel FELS
Shipyard in Singapore and four
anchor-handling towing vessels built
at the Keppel Singmarine Shipyard
also in Singapore. It followed this
up this year with synergising J M
BAXI GROUP’s support strengths
by undertaking and successfully
implementing a complete turnkey
project, which involved the chartering
of offshore platform supply vessels
for the transportation of a dismantled
platform-mounted drilling rig. After
storing it in the port of Mumbai, it
successfully transported the entire
dismantled drilling rig to the Middle
East.(This unique project, which
required tremendous coordination
and project management skills, is
described more fully in this edition of
Tidings.)
Another J M BAXI GROUP company
Diabos, which came into existence
in the new millennium in 2008, has
become the trusted partner today to
major ship-owning and operating
companies worldwide in providing
advanced port call management
services.
Diabos basically leverages the
digital revolution currently
sweeping India and the world to
provide international ship owners
diligently with end-to-end port cost
management services using web-
based applications to streamline
disbursement accounting, cash
management, towage contract
management and port cost estimation.
Additionally, it provides a wide range
of non-core, value-added services
such as document management, port
and agency data management, agency
audits and port supplier management.
Diabos’s ability to adapt in a
continuously evolving industry has
made it today one of the most sought
after port cost management service
providers.
Water, as we know, is inextricably
linked with each facet of human
life. Thus, its availability, storage,
treatment and proper usage is
paramount to our very existence.
Keeping this in mind, Arya Water
Technology (AWT) was incorporated
in 2014 to cater to the vast
business potential of India’s water
industry and symbolises the J M
BAXI GROUP’s contribution to
environmental causes. In pursuit of
its vision to be one of the trusted and
renowned players in this segment,
AWT has become one of the most
respected names in total water
treatment. The capacity of AWT today
is in designing, process engineering,
and using I&C and O&M for
water and waste water treatment,
including air/fume treatment. AWT
Overseas Offices
Water Treatment Technologies
Long Ago
Not Too
Advanced Port Call
Management Services
Sale and Purchase of Offshore
Drilling Rigs and Vessels
and Chartering of Offshore
Support Vessels
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rya Oshore, which was
established in 1976, has grown
from a six-person team to 170
highly skilled and motivated
personnel. It has progressively moved
up the value chain on its journey
over 35 years, from providing basic
ship agency services to the enviable
bouquet of customised and integrated
services it provides today, while
keeping in sync with the dynamics
posed by the Indian oshore industry.
Hitherto, Arya Oshore has provided
individual services in almost all the
components of a conventional supply
chain. Recently, it executed for the
rst time a truly integrated logistic
solution for Sundowner Oshore
(a group company of the globally
renowned Nabors Oshore of USA).
The activity involved a seemingly
simple demobilisation of a modular
work-over rig, namely P-16, from an
oshore site, after which it was to be
transported to Bahrain. However, the
challenge was daunting as the rain
gods had been working overtime over
Mumbai and there seemed no respite
from the continuous torrential rain
during the entire operation.
The supply chain commenced with
Arya Oshore chartering two supply
vessels. These vessels were chartered
after stringent in-house technical
checks and were nally given security
clearance by the naval authorities
prior to being permitted to enter the
oil development area. The modular
rig was dismantled and the packages
were loaded onto the two vessels over
a number of voyages. A designated
area in the port was used to stack and
stow the material as and when it was
received from the supply vessels.
Arya Oshore established a virtual
war room, where inputs were received
and collated from the rig personnel,
the master of the vessel, the weather
bureau and the on-shore owner’s
representatives. These were used
for the coordination at the port with
the port and custom authorities and
stevedores for material movement
and stacking. The demobilisation of
the 15,620 CBM volume modular rig
was completed in 32 days covering 18
voyages by the supply vessels.
The stored material was jet-sprayed
to clean o the mud and grease and
each item was identied and marked
individually. This exercise is unique
to the oshore industry, as the rig,
which was imported on a re-exportable
basis, was required to be inspected
by Indian customs with respect to the
documentation issued when it was
imported. The documentation for
the re-export was handled in-house
by the Arya Oshore Documentation
Centre. Even the smallest discrepancy
in markings, dimensions, weights
or commercial values would have
resulted in huge losses in time and
costs to both Arya Oshore and
Sundowner Oshore.
The material was packed by a port-
approved vendor to avoid damage
while in transit. On completion of
the marks and numbers exercise for
identication, customs inspected the
rig and its equipment in its entirety.
Finally, a suitable vessel was chartered
by Arya Oshore and was loaded with
391 packages of various dimensions
and weights. It set sail from Mumbai
to Bahrain on 3 September 2016. The
disembarkation of the shipments at
ASRY Yard in Bahrain was handled by
the appointed agent. The sequence
of events involved in the complete
operation is depicted in the gure
ARYA OFFSHORE Moves Up
The Value Chain To Provide
Integrated Offshore Logistics
Solutions
RIG P16
(at offshore)
Two
PSVs
Off loaded
upto designated
area in port
Stacking as
per proposed
loadout plan
Marks and
numbers
compared
Packing of
30 Pkgs
Customs
Clearance
Chartered
Vessel
To Bahrain
Start
A RYA
Dismentaled 181 Loads
Transported to port Carng to
Quay & Loadout
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Q: How do you see the Indian heavy
lift market going forward?
Ans: With the overall growth of the
Indian economy, we will without a
doubt see a similar growth in most
shipping segments in India, including
the H/L market. For the economy to
continue to expand, there will be a
necessity to continue to improve the
infrastructure, including roads and
railways, but also more fundamental
things such as power and water. All
of these are key for a healthy H/L
market.
Currently, we do see a trend that
more and more heavy equipment
will be produced in India. This will
somewhat change the focus for H/L
operators, from what used to be
mainly an import market, to becoming
more and more of an export trade.
Despite the current diculties, we do,
therefore, continue to have a positive
outlook for the opportunities in India
as a whole!
Q: How is Rickmers-Linie planning its
services in and out of India?
Ans: The Indian markets for Rickmers-
Linie, which is primarily imports from
Europe and the Med, remain a little
slow. This has resulted in us adjusting
our services to match the demand.
We will continue to serve the majority
of the Indian ports with our Europe
– Middle East – India – South East
Asia service; however, to ensure we
have an adequate frequency, we
will continue to look for additional
opportunities to make calls in Indian
ports with our Pearl String service
(from USA and Europe) as well as with
our Far East to South America service
whenever a requirement is there.
Q: Can you tell us a little more about
Rickmers-Linie services globally?
Ans: I have eectively touched on our
three current services above, namely
Mr Michael Nielsen / Owner’s
Representative Middle East & India
/ Rickmers-Linie GmbH Cie. KG /
United Arab Emirates
He started his shipping career
back in 1993, as an apprentice with
Scan Shipping A/S in Copenhagen,
Denmark. He then worked with
United Arab Shipping Co for a
decade and then Swire Shipping
owned Tasman Orient Line.
In 2014, he joined Rickmers-Linie
as the owner’s representative,
Middle East and India. In his
current role, he is responsible for
all Rickmers-Linie commercial and
operational activities in the region
and furthermore, he oversees the
agency network, representing
Rickmers-Linie in the region and he
is a member of the Rickmers-Linie
management team.
Heavy Lift: A Perspective
the Pearl String service (East Bound
round the world), which remains
our core service, operated with nine
owned 30,000 DWT vessels with H/L
capacity of up to 640 tonnes. This
service runs from the US Gulf through
Europe, the Med, the Middle East,
India (as necessary), the Far East and
back to the US Gulf. This service oers
a 17-18 day frequency and is indeed
the service that put Rickmers-Linie on
the map.
Secondly, but more important for
India, we run the Europe - Med -
Middle East - India - South East Asia
service with chartered 12,000 DWT
vessels. This service runs monthly
and it has the ability to serve the vast
majority of ports in India on both the
east and the west coasts. We have
the ability to increase or decrease
the frequency of this service, based
on market demands, as we can pick
up either an additional or a reduced
number of vessels in the charter
market.
Q: What changes do you see in port
productivity out of Indian ports?
Ans: Our focus in India remains on
import cargo. I must sadly admit that
Indian ports remain the ports where
we spend the most amount of time on
our vessels for the volume we either
discharge or load. It is not purely an
issue of the actual productivity in
the ports, it is, of course, also closely
related to the infrastructure behind
the port, such as road access, storage
facilities and other components.
When on top of that you add the
high costs for calling at some of the
ports in India, it does take quite a lot
of cargo movements to make a call
nancially viable, hence there is most
denitely still a large scope to improve
that going forward.
Q: What is your working experience
with the J M BAXI GROUP?
Ans: It goes without saying that the
Rickmers Group and the family behind
J. M. Baxi have a very close and long
historical relationship. This is not only
because the families are long-term
friends but also a reection of the
good working experience as well as
the trust we have built up with the
J M BAXI GROUP over the years.
In a large country like India, it is
imperative that our representatives
have a superior network of contacts
and for J M BAXI GROUP, an
involvement in almost all segments of
the transportation industry, including
port operation, logistics, vessel
handling etc
Partners In Progress:
Boxco Provided End-To-End Logistics for De-Inking Plant Machinery for Paper Mill
Logistics
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N
epa Limited is a pioneering
newsprint company in India,
which is centrally located
at Nepanagar, Burhanpur
District, in Madhya Pradesh (MP),
with an initial installed capacity
of 30,000 TPA. It was the first
indigenous newsprint manufacturing
unit in the country and originally
floated by a private entrepreneur
in 1947. Its management was taken
over by the MP government in 1949
and it became a central government
company in 1959. The company has a
long history and makes a significant
impact on the economy of the area
around Nepanagar. With such a long
history, the company has faced many
ups and downs and has stood against
the vagaries of economic onslaughts.
As the company fell under the BIFR,
it was offered a revival package by
the government of India in 2012. With
the revival package in hand, Nepa Ltd
went ahead with the renovation and
upgrading of its existing plants and
machinery, replacing them with a new
plant and machinery importing them
from all over the world. Under this
revival scheme, Nepa Ltd placed one
of the first orders for a de-inking plant
(DIP) to be imported from China and
Europe on FOB basis. Nepa Ltd invited
tenders for the complete logistics
for the import of the DIP, plus other
import packages needed for its revival
and mill development plan(RMDP).
In their RMDP, in addition to the
installation of the new DIP, rewinder,
reel wrapping, DCS-QCS and HVAC,
Nepa Ltd is going to refurbish both
of its existing paper machines, a
12.27 MW captive power plant, one
rewinder, a fire protection system and
other balance of plant.
In the post-RMDP scenario, the
company has a plan to produce not
only different grades of newsprint
but writing and printing paper also
and it will start exporting newsprint
and WPP. To meet the raw material
requirement, the company will import
a large quantity of waste paper, like
old newspapers, coated book stock,
sorted office waste, old magazines
and other grades of waste paper.
For the DIP imports, the scope of
the entire logistics included load
port handling, ocean freighting for
containerised and break-bulk cargo,
port handling at discharge port JNPT,
customs clearance at JNPT and finally
inland transportation from the port
to the plant site at Nepa Ltd including
unloading. The scope also covered
EPCG facilitation and documentation
for capital goods, under which the
imports were carried out under nil
custom duty. For this work, M/s
Boxco Logistics India Pvt Ltd (BLIP),
Mumbai, was shortlisted. Finally, after
exercising the due diligence and strict
procedures, as per the rules of the
government of India, the order was
awarded to BLIP. BLIP is a part of the
renowned J M BAXI GROUP, which is
one of the oldest and most diversified
groups with a presence in various
verticals like project logistics, freight
forwarding, infrastructure (like port
terminals, CFS, ICD etc.) and oil and
gas field logistics services etc.
During the execution of the project,
it is always an integral part for any
service contractor to liaise with
various agencies, including the
government. On this front also,
BLIP completed this liaison with
various government agencies with
full dexterity, keeping the interest of
the project as supreme. During the
execution of the project, much of the
ODC equipment was over-height. This
required the handling and removal of
overhead obstructions en-route. This
also involved the shutdown of railway
electricity very near to the project
gate. In all cases, the obstacles were
crossed with complete efficiency
after liaising with and receiving
permission from the concerned
Divisional Railway Manager Office
of the Indian Railway. It is very
important to note here that for all
the critical movements of the ODC,
the proper and technically correct
methodology was adopted. Further,
for any ODC movement, a proper
route survey was carried out by the
experts at BLIP.
The safe movement of the drum
pulper, 45 MT in weight, 3.5 metres
in diameter and 21 metres long, and a
bleaching tube, 13 MT in weight, 2.5
metres in diameter and 18.5 metres
long, from Shanghai and Guonghou,
China, to the site will be memorable
for ever in the history of Nepa.
"We will always feel pleasure in
expressing our gratitude to BLIP for
this association with Nepa Ltd. BLIP
completed one of the biggest projects
undertaken by Nepa with complete
professional efficiency and always
took on the challenge of handling any
crisis. We will always look forwards to
various opportunities in the future for
mutually beneficial associations"
Transportation of Drum Pulper from
Port to Nepanagar
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Cmde A N Sansole, CMD,
Nepa Limited, Nepanagar
Logistics
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BOXCO Is Trusted By Clients
To Move The Heart Of A
Power Plant
A
stator is the heart of a
generator and the stationary
part of the rotary system.
In logistics, it is the heaviest
single piece of a power plant.
Boxco pioneered the girder bridge
methodology in India to transport
this most challenging and heaviest
piece of cargo for NTPC Sipat Power
Project. It has unarguably moved the
most number of generator stators in
India weighing upto 420 MT.
Stator transport necessitates very
detailed methodology and planning
because of its concentrated load.
Boxco was the first in the industry to
use Stadpro – software to calculate
bridge strengths and feasibility. With
“safety first” as its motto, Boxco
has continuously ensured the safe
delivery of the most critical part of a
power plant and thus strengthened
its trust with its customers.
Boxco has managed various stator
movements at the same time,
which requires resources and a
high level of executional, financial
and management bandwidth. The
movements covered the length and
breadth of India and involved almost
all modes of transport services like
barging, roll-on roll-off, surface
transport, double banking operations,
self-geared heavy-lift vessel etc.
NTPC Kudgi Super Thermal Power
Project: 800 MW Toshiba (TJPS)
Stator (Unit 1)
Stator Dimensions: 10,360mm L ×
5,926mm W × 4,900mm H,
Gross Weight 409 MT
Boxco was awarded the logistics
of this prestigious UMPP involving
three 800 MW units. The stator for
the first unit was received on a barge
directly under the hook of the vessel
at Mumbai Port and transported by
sea to Belekari Jetty in Karnataka.
The stator was then rolled off and
further movement was done with
a combination of conventional and
SPMT axles to the NTPC Kudgi site
and covered a distance of 500+ km
over one of the most challenging
terrains.
combination of hydraulic axles to
receive, inter-cart and transport the
cargo along the approved route to
Ennore Port. A heavy-lift self-geared
vessel was arranged from Ennore
Port to Mumbai Port. After careful
planning and tide calculations, the
stator was safely received at Mumbai
Port and transported by sea to
Belekeri, where it was rolled off using
a suitable combination of SPMTs
and hydraulic axles. Boxco lined up
further activities, such as permissions
from various authorities, construction
of bypasses en-route, other civil
works required en-route and suitable
labour and equipment for timely
delivery of the stator to site.
NTPC Kudgi Super Thermal Power
Project: 800 MW Toshiba (TJPS)
Stator (Unit 2)
Stator Dimensions: 10,360mm L ×
5,926mm W × 4,900mm H,
Gross Weight 409 MT
The second unit was the maiden
stator manufactured in the Toshiba
factory. Boxco arranged a suitable
NTPC Kudgi Super Thermal Power
Project: 800 MW Toshiba (TJPS)
Stator (Unit 3)
Stator Dimensions: 10,360mm L ×
5,926mm W × 4,900mm H,
Gross Weight 409 MT
The third unit required a similar
operation to Unit 1 by Boxco. The
stator was safely received at Mumbai
Port and transported by sea to
Belekeri, where it was rolled off using
a suitable combination of SPMTs and
hydraulic axles.
Stator 1
Stator 2
Stator 3
Lanco Amarkantak: 2 × 660 MW
Thermal Power Plant Project
Stator DImensions:
10.73m L × 4.0m W × 4.38m H,
Gross Weight 310 MT
Boxco, being an old and trusted
partner for Lanco, was once again
entrusted with the task of delivering
the imported stator. The stator,
which arrived at Vishakhapatnam
Port, was loaded on a girder bridge
and transported by road to the
project site in Korba, Chattisgarh,
covering a total distance of 1800
km. The movement was over many
long-span bridges over the Godavari
River, which Boxco passed safely
and securely using the girder
bridge methodology. A set of 32
conventional hydraulic axles was used
for this movement. The movement
was carried out at the peak of the
monsoon season and over came all
obstacles and hurdles.
SEPCO1/KMPCL Project: 4×660 MW
UMPP
Stator dimensions:
9.37m L × 5.45m W × 3.91m H,
Gross Weight 270 MT
Boxco delivered yet another stator
for the KMPCL UMPP project. This
imported stator was received under
hook at Paradip Port on hydraulic
conventional axles and then
transported overland to the KMPCL
project site in Champa district,
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Chattisgarh. All the permissions and
civil works en-route were completed
well in advance, which assisted in
the swift movement and timely
delivery. Boxco carried out multiple
route surveys, bridge inspections
and detailed calculations before
arriving at the route to be taken, as
the movement involved long-span
bridges over the Mahanadi River. The
successful movement was achieved
by careful planning and compliance
with the highest safety norms.
Lara STPP Project: 2 × 800 MW
Stator Dimensions:
10.77m L × 6.02m W × 4.654m H,
Gross Weight 376.5 MT
The stator for this project was rolled
off the barge at the Kasheli Jetty in
Thane. The stator was further secured
on land at Padgha, Maharashtra.
Boxco utilised its precious resource
of a self-propelled modular trailer for
the roll-off.
North Karanpura Stator 3 × 660
MW
Stator Dimensions:
12.38m L × 4.45m W × 4.38m H,
Gross Weight 326.5 MT
BHEL recently awarded a contract
for ocean transportation and port
handling for the Karanpura project.
This project involved ocean freight
from Rotterdam Port to Haldia, WB
and handling at Haldia port, including
customs clearance at the discharge
port. This project included a stator
with a weight of 326.5MT.
Generator stator movements
involve meticulous planning and a
high level of competence. Boxco,
with its professional workforce and
equipment, ensures movement in the
most effective and efficient way. All
major challenges, like bridges, toll
plazas, railway shutdowns, HT/LT line
shutdowns and various permissions,
are carefully planned and considered
before the start of the movement. A
stator, being the very core of a power
plant, requires stringent delivery lines
and EHSE standards. We can say with
immense pride that in India, Boxco
has handled the most stators and this
quarter was especially remarkable as
we simultaneously handled multiple
stators
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live reefers on trains. DICT also
has an experienced team of reefer
technicians. Very soon DICT will
usher in another paradigm shift in
the industry: it will become the only
ICD in North India to have its own
cold storage facility. A green field
cold chain unit of 8000 metric tonnes
capacity is being built adjoining the
ICD. The development will give a
big boost to North India's logistics
industry
D
elhi International Cargo
Terminal (DICT) achieved
yet another feat by bringing
refrigerated cargo movements
out of deep freeze when the
International Cargo Terminals and
Rail Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. (ICTRIPL)
became the first train operator in
North India to transport inbound
(import) live reefer containers on
its trains. Special arrangements
were made by ICTRIPL to handle a
delicate consignment of small apple
trees (shrubs), which required the
temperature to be maintained at
+2 degrees centigrade. The shrubs
were shipped by the horticulture
department of Jammu and Kashmir
from Italy. The consignment of eight
40-foot containers was handed to
ICTRIPL at Mundra on 12 July 2016 and
it reached the J M BAXI GROUP's
DICT on 15 July 2016. Throughout the
journey, power was supplied to the
containers by a specialised modular
power pack developed by DICT. An
in-house plant and quarantine facility
was already available at DICT and this
led to a very fast customs clearance.
The achievement is a significant
one, since for a long time the
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trade had been demanding a cost-
effective and viable solution for
transporting temperature-controlled
import consignments from ports
to NCR. In the absence of such a
logistics service, cargo was being
moved by road, which is not only
costly but risky. ICTRIPL and DICT,
therefore, took the initiative to solve
this mammoth problem for their
customers. ICTRIPL has developed
special infrastructure to handle
temperature-controlled cargo. It
has 86 reefer points and 36 tractor
trailers with gensets to support
the last- and first-mile transport.
DICT also has a nonparallel reefer
infrastructure with 108 plug points,
in-house power backup of 1500 kVA
apart from grid connectivity, over
35 genset-fitted trailers and more
than six power packs to support
ICTRIPL And DICT Become
The First To Handle Live
Reefer Imports For North
India
We Connect
October - December 2016
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R
eiterating its commitment
towards key commodities, DICT
organised a trade meeting at
Solitaire Inn, Muzaffarnagar,
for various entities involved in the
wastepaper business.
The trade meeting was well
attended by wastepaper importers,
DICT Organises Trade
Meeting To Focus On
Customer Needs
indenting agents and prominent
CHAs of wastepaper trade shipping
companies. They appreciated the
efforts of DICT in understanding
the logistics requirements and its
focus on eliminating all bottlenecks
while transporting goods in the most
optimal manner.
Mr Pankaj Aggarwal, chairman of
the Paper Mill Association and who
is also the mayor of Muzaffarnagar,
appreciated DICT's efforts in
reducing the overall logistics cost
of wastepaper importers through
innovative and time-bound solutions
to their needs
L to R: Mr Pankaj Agarwal (President of Paper Mill Association, owner of Bindlas Duplex paper Mill);
Shri Vir K. Kotak (Jt. MD of J M BAXI GROUP); Mr Kumar Pulkeshin (AVP - Sales and Marketing for DICT);
Mr Udit Mittal (COO Of ICTRIPL); Mr Vivek Kapoor (Prominent Indentor for Dhampur Sugar Mill)
L to R: Mr Abinav Bansal (Owner of Shamli Steels Pvt. Ltd.); Mr Ayush
Bansal (Owner of Nikita Papers Pvt Ltd.); Mr Pankaj Agarwal (President of
Paper Mill Association, owner of Bindlas Duplex paper Mill;
Mr Udit Mittal (COO Of ICTRIPL);
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ARYA COMMUNICATIONS
Preferred Partner For Digital
Communication
Solutions For Keeping The Country Safe
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In Focus
October - December 2016
Newsletter Issue XV
A
ndhra Pradesh Police played a
pivotal role in the success of
the important Hindu festival
of Godavari Maha Pushkaralu
during July 2016. The police
department was in search of a digital
communication solution that was
robust with highly reliable radios.
Arya Communications has been
designing, supplying and managing
communication products and
solutions for AP Police for nearly
18 years. Accordingly, AP Police
chose a Digital Motorola Mototrbo
solution as their natural, preferred
and undisputed answer for the
month-long Pushkaralu festival.
This latest state-of-art technology is
based on digital mobile and portable
radios along with repeaters, and it
helped the police force to access
common wide area channels for the
entire state with last mile portable
connectivity. It also helped the
police to communicate with different
government departments, like
the Pushkaralu Management Core
Committee, Revenue Department,
Health, Disaster Management Teams
etc., through a central command
and control system, also designed
and technically managed by the Arya
Communications support team. While
the digital TDMA technology helped
AP Police to maximise the frequency
channel usage, the IPSC (Internet
Protocol Site Connect) feature helped
them to connect more sites over IP.
Arya Communications designed
the AP Police Pushkaralu network
with about 2000+ units (a mix
of portable, mobile and digital
repeaters), placed strategically
across districts hosting events. These
radios are capable of transmitting
data and most interestingly they
are compatible with interface data
applications like TRBOnet, for AVLS/
GPS tracking, voice dispatch, voice
recording, telephone calling, route
management, geo-fencing and
network management.
The project was successfully executed
by Arya Communications and fully
appreciated by Andhra Pradesh Police
and the community.
Arya Communications has been
chosen as the most competitive,
reliable and the best technology
partner to digitise radio
communications in the entire
Maharashtra Police district with
a Motorola DMR Solution. Arya
Communications worked hand-in-
hand with police teams across the
state to set up this state-of-the-art
digital communication network.
Following the Ministry of Home
Affairs guidelines backed by a
solution designed jointly by the Arya
Communications technical team
and Maharashtra Police technical
officials, the project went through
a tough technical and open tender
bid process. Maharashtra Police
finally awarded the coveted digital
communication network order to
Arya Communications for about
3000+ units (digital portable, mobile
Arya Communications has been designing,
supplying and managing communications products
and solutions for AP Police for nearly 18 years.
Maharashtra Police
today appreciates the
engagement and the
robust solution provided
by Arya Communications
in completely digitising
the Maharashtra State
AP POLICE GO DIGITAL FOR
PUSHKARALU
MAHARASHTRA POLICE:
AN ICON IN POLICE
DIGITISATION
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and repeaters) with microwave
connectivity to digitise 11 districts
falling under Nagpur and Nasik
covering Nagpur rural, Chandrapur,
Gondia, Nasik rural, Dhule,
Ahmadnagar, to name a few.
Maharashtra Police chose an
advanced, revolutionary, flexible,
reliable, cost-effective and robust
digital communications network,
compatible with their existing VHF
band analogue radios, to cover a wide
range and to integrate rural remote
stations with urban connectivity
networks. Arya Communications
helped in integrating the Motorola
Digital Radios with reliable TRBOnet
third-party software, which enables
the police to transfer data through
the file transfer protocol from
control rooms to stations and
viceversa. Incorporating the link
capacity plus (LCP) dynamic trunking
facility, as designed by the Arya
Communications technical team,
helps Maharashtra Police officials
to achieve higher talk groups for
maximising channel utilisation, which
is best suited for semi-urban and
urban communication environments.
The Maharashtra Police tech team
helped Arya Communications to
achieve and share the state-of-the-
art digital communication network
over IP, which also incorporates a
solution from third-party software
provider TRBOnet, whose network
management solution is integrated
with a central Dell server backed with
an Alvarion Breeze net for wireless
backbone microwave connection
between remote repeater sites.
Maharashtra Police today
appreciates the engagement and
the robust solution provided by
Arya Communications in completely
digitising the Maharashtra State
Police Force, thereby becoming a
role model for other state police
departments when replicating similar
solutions.
UP Police has always trusted Arya
Communications as a communication
consultant. Arya has been offering
Motorola communication solutions
for over two decades. In the digital
migration, Arya Communications has
been the most reliable, trusted and
a value-adding engagement partner
for UP Police. Arya Communications
helped to design and supply a state-
of-the-art digital communication
system for the prestigious Dial 100
Project of the UP government.
The Dial 100 Project has been
challenging, as it virtually needs to
interconnect the different networks,
like radios, mobile GSM/CDMA
network, conventional landlines along
with an overriding communication
feature, while group calls are still
in progress. Arya Communications
designed the district radio system
with wide range coverage to connect
and integrate rural remote stations
and to track mobile field radios in
the district control room with the
compatibility to communicate with
their existing analogue distributed
network radios. This solution also
entails static radio connectivity
using radio over IP (ROIP). Arya
Communications suggested and
provided the radios, which are
encrypted with the Advanced
Encryption Standard (AES) to
ensure the utmost secrecy of their
operational communications.
The UP Police Dial 100 system
presently has over 3500+ mobile
radios along with software to cater
to their fully digitised Dial 100
solution needs. This again reflects the
trust reposed by UP Police in Arya
Communications as their public safety
communications solution partner
The UP Police Dial 100 system presently has over 3500+ mobile radios along
with software to cater to their fully digitised Dial 100 solution needs.
UTTAR PRADESH POLICE
MDS DIAL 100 PROJECT
Uttar
Pradesh
Maharashtra
Andhra
Pradesh
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Agriculture: Facing New
Challenges Yet Optimistic
T
he Southwest Monsoon had
failed successively - in both
2014 and 2015 and this had
severely constricted India’s
agro commodity export volumes,
while increasing the pressure for
agri-related imports, especially in
edible oils and pulses. India also had
experienced unseasonal rains and
hailstorms over the last two years
that damaged good deal of crops,
resulting in poorer overall yield
per acre of cropped area and other
market-related losses.
The adverse natural conditions not
only curtailed the output but further
aggravated with continuous fall in the
global agricultural commodity prices,
which led to shrinkage in export
volumes, dramatically witnessed in
respect of India’s oilmeal exports.
Over the last two decades, India has
however, seen through a notable
surge in its farm exports, which went
up six fold in value terms from $7.5
billion to $43.25 billion between 2003
to 2015. But by the end of last year,
the decadal long term commodity
boom had been reversed with exports
diminishing from $39 billion in 2014-
15 to 32.5 billion by the end of the
fiscal year. A drastic decline of $10.5
billion from the peak level has been a
notable one.
While the government had tried to
give some incentives in terms of
Minimum Support Prices (MSP), it
could not effectively result in any
increase in exports with depressed
global pricing. India during this
period, exported grains at an average
price of $310 and $275 per tonne
respectively, but due to the domestic
and global situation, it could not
realise the price it had expected.
The price of wheat at the load port
for instance, was Rs. 1,197 ($175-
180) far too below the MSP of Rs.
1,525. The market downtrend also
affected across-the-board agricultural
commodities including Basmati rice,
Guar Gum and other agro products,
which in turn depressed India export
performance.
Good monsoon in 2016
The ongoing monsoon season in 2016
has already recorded a satisfactory
precipitation across the states and
extensive sowing operations and
increase in area under cultivation has
picked up the pace. It has helped the
farmer in meeting the targets set for
major crops such as paddy and pulses.
The only worrying factor is the deficit
of 11% rainfall that has affected certain
regions out of total 25% deficiency
that was predicted. However, this
problem can be mitigated through
measures to supply irrigated water
from water reservoirs .
Key Highlights OF
government initiatives
• Crop Insurance: The Central
government has unveiled the
operational guidelines for the
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima
Yojana, which aim to provide
farmers with crop insurance
• Irrigation Schemes: Ministry of
Power, Coal, New and Renewable
Energy, Mines has announced
government’s plans to invest Rs
75,000 crore (US$ 11.08 billion)
in an energy-efficient irrigation
scheme over the next three to
four years.
• Digitising APMCs: Gujarat
Government has planned to
connect 26 Agricultural Produce
Market Committees (APMCs) via
electronic market platform, under
the National Agriculture Market
(NAM) initiative.
• Dairy Development: The National
Dairy Development Board (NDDB)
announced 42 dairy projects with
a financial outlay of Rs 221 crore
(US$ 32.42 million) to boost milk
output and increase per animal
production of milk.
Road Ahead
Agriculture sector in India is
expected to accelerate the growth
momentum over the next few
years with increased investments
in agricultural infrastructure,
including in irrigation facilities,
agro warehousing and cold chain
and storage facilities. Factors
such as reduced transaction costs
and lead times, varied policies and
packages, improved port gate
management and better fiscal
incentives are likely to contribute
to the sector
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47. 7
19. 8
37. 1
28. 7
44. 3
7.4 3
30. 5
215 .8
19. 8
9.6
17. 6
6.9
44. 3
7.4
19. 7
124 .9
0
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100
150
200
250
Rice Pulses Coarse
Cer eals
Oil
seeds
Sugarcane Jute &
Mes ta
Cotton Total
Area Lakh Hectares
Crop planting Jumps
01 July
01 Weeks Ago
Rain fall improves
30
june
east
northeast
251.8
Northwest
64.4
central
136.9
All india
(Average)
145.4
South
200.3
24
june
east
northeast
209.1
Northwest
45.9
central
75.2
All india
(Average)
99.7
South
136.7
Port Statistics
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SHIPPING & CARGO PERFORMANCE
INDIAN PORT PERFORMANCE - Q1 & FY 2016 - 17 THROUGHPUT (QTY IN METRIC TONNES)
APRIL - JUNE 2016 (I
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QUARTERLY UPDATES ON INDIAN MAJOR & MINOR PORTS (QTY IN MILLION TONNES)
APRIL - JUNE 2016 (I
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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
FINISHED FERTILIZERS & FERTILIZER RAW MATERIALS
COAL
STEEL & RELATED ORES
UREA
THERMAL COAL
STEEL PRODUCTS
COKING COAL
SCRAP METAL
MET COKE
CHROME
PET COKE
MAGNESIUM ORE
ANTHRACITE COAL
IRON ORE
37
18 32 38 10
30
20 49 35
248
165
22
57
194
175
14
34
169
6
4
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142
250
7
4
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1.526
0.409 1.430 1.470 0.230
1.698
0.424 1.834 1.477
13.144
9.834
0.720
20.679
0.230
10
9.927 10.061
0.403
1.416
2.558
0.153
0.103
0.500
7.793
2.927
0.218
0.009
0.139
1.526
0.252 1.430 1.470 0.230
1.698
0.141 1.834 1.477
6.455
9.786
0.720
20.494
0.230
2.886
9.843
0.403
1.317
1.559
0.153
0.022
0.500
2.353
2.032
0.218
0.005
0.139
0.000 0.157 0.000 0.000 0.0000.000
0.283 0.000 0.000
6.689
0.048
0.000
0.185
0.000
7.041
0.218
0.000
0.099
0.999
0.000
0.081
0.000
5.440
0.895
0.000
0.004
0.000
No. of Ships called
No. of Ships called
No. of Ships called
No. of Ships called
Total Cargo Handled
Total Cargo Handled
Total Cargo Handled
Total Cargo Handled
Import
Import
Import
Import
Export
Export
Export
Export
SULPHUR
ROCK PHOSPHATE
MOP
DAP
SUGAR
17 5
0.394
0.117
0.141
0.000
0.253 0.117
2
0.059
0.000
0
0.050
0.000
0.009
0.000
SOYAMEAL
1
7
0.024
0.159
0.024
0.019
0.000
0.140
WHEAT
25
5
0.629
0.099
0.000
0.000
0.629
0.099
RICE
0.000
0
0.000
0.000
MAIZE
1
0.026
0.000
0.026
19
0.497
0.497
0.000
5
0.084
0.084
0.000
97
4.789
2.763
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LIQUID CARGO BULK CARGO CONTAINERS (
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Types of Ports
286
2.576
2.082
4.925
-
3.056
4.888
8.211
-
535
4.800
8.327
11,069
485
372
6.421
1.797
8.297
11,060
103
1.310
0.224
1.534
1,108,315
-
191
1.661
0.256
1.917
1,027,052
131
0.246
3.422
3.914
181
0.323
6.379
6.948
-
275
6.276
2.482
8.781
12,927
345
6.053
2.607
8.683
279,499
165
4.149
0.458
4.675
93,507
129,095
388,073
-
169
3.877
0.404
4.349
119,871
246
0.369
5.886
6.626
277
0.406
5.941
6.718
161,986
279
3.763
1.552
5.577
269
3.777
2.252
6.291
373,948
198
0.999
6.242
7.289
225
1.176
6.427
7.651
-
401
4.033
8.057
12.218
53,839
205
2.102
3.150
5.380
87,448
426
5.214
14.316
19.535
-
426
7.370
15.383
22.758
-
88
0.611
0.728
1.364
24,884
432
2.495
4.157
6.677
22,595
84
0.297
0.056
0.382
137,383
-
201,023
68
0.232
0.001
0.262
164,689
42
0.000
2.931
2.931
18
0.000
1.564
1.564
-
201
0.010
1.863
1.916
122
0.143
1.488
1.674
171,742
692
6.319
13.096
19.467
672,514
-
760
6.589
10.649
17.290
837,765
149
4.926
2.943
7.911
158
6.395
1.776
8.213
-
59
0.365
0.946
1.314
43,255
22
0.123
0.313
0.439
88,086
44
0.000
2.277
2.277
-
57
0.369
0.161
0.871
-
33
0.000
1.716
1.716
-
179
0.586
2.689
3.616
-
4937 4461 52.785 46.632 73.837 73.170 3,345,741
2,875,884
128.654 122.413
Total Vessel
Calls at all ports
Ports
Kandla
Nhava Sheva
Mumbai
Mormugao
Mangalore
Cochin
Tuticorin
Chennai
Ennore
Vishakhapatnam
Paradip
Haldia
Kolkata
Gangavaram
Pipavav
Mundra
Kakinada
Dahej
Hazira
Navlakhi
Major Port Non-Major Port
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