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Mormugao Port Authority

January 01, 1970

Mormugao Port Authority (MPA) is a port on the western coast of India, in the coastal state of Goa. Commissioned in 1885 on the site of a natural harbour, it is one of India's oldest ports.[1] The port employs around 2,600 employees and has about 4,000 pensioners.[2]

Mormugao Port Authority(MPA)
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Location
CountryIndia
LocationMormugao, Goa
Coordinates15°24′32″N 73°48′04″E / 15.4089°N 73.8012°E / 15.4089; 73.8012
UN/LOCODEINMRM
Details
Opened1885
Operated byMormugao Port Authority
Owned byGovernment of India
Size450m, draft of 14.1m
No. of berths11
Employees2600
Statistics
Website
www.mptgoa.gov.in

The Mormugao Port Authority, which operates the port, is the largest employer in the Vasco region and has a complete mini-township in Headland Sada which includes schools, residential complexes and amenities (like a hospital) for employees of the Port.[3] It was renamed from 'Mormugao Port Trust' to 'Mormugao Port Authority' in 2022.[4]

Location edit

 
Aerial view of Mormugao Harbour

Mormugao Port is located in the town of Mormugao,Goa, India. It has a naturally protected open-type harbour, that lies on the southern part of the mouth of the river Zuari. This harbour is also protected using a breakwater and a mole that was built from the outer end of the breakwater and runs parallel to the wharf.[5]

History edit

 
Mormugao port c. 1890s

In the 19th century, Portuguese India and British India decided to join forces to improve maritime trade, under the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1878.[6][7][8][9][10] Mormugao was identified as having one of the best natural harbours, and a metre-gauge railway line was constructed to connect it. The work of modernising the port and laying the metre-gauge railway was undertaken by a British company, ‘The Western Indian Portuguese Guaranteed Railway Company’. This company was founded in Britain exclusively for this purpose. The Portuguese paid a huge sum for the project, and even paid for the registration of this company in England. Work began in 1878. The harbour was commissioned in 1885, and the railway line (running till Sanvordem, and later to Castle Rock) was inaugurated in 1887. The first ship to sail into Mormugao Port was the SS Westbourne, which brought railway equipment, in April 1885.[11]

During World War II, Mormugao Harbour was the site of Operation Creek, which resulted in the bombing of a German merchant ship, Ehrenfels, which had secretly been transmitting information to U-boats. In 2017, MPA announced that it would salvage the remnants of the ship, as they were hindering the progress in a project of setting up a fishing harbour.[12]

The port was recognised as a major port in 1963 under the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963, shortly after the Liberation of Goa.[1]

Transport links edit

The port is connected by its own railway line, with the erstwhile Marmagao railway station situated in its compound. It is thus connected to Maharashtra and Karnataka hinterlands via South Central Railways and Konkan Railways. MPT is connected by road by the National Highway 17A. There is a plan to connect it with a four-lane highway to the National Highway 17B, which was scheduled to be completed in October 2018.[13] Ore mined in interior regions of Goa and Karnataka is brought to MPA by barges navigating the rivers Mandovi and Zuari.[14]

Facilities edit

 
View of Mormugao Harbour from the Zuari river

MPT has berths for coal and iron ore. It also has a berth for cruise ships and even has a dedicated Cruise Terminal building, and hosts a variety of cruise ships the year-round.[15][16] It plans to expand with a dedicated multipurpose cargo berth, a general cargo berth project (to replace the ship repair yard), and dedicated berths for Navy and Coast Guard.[17]

Ore brought via barges is either collected to be loaded onto bulk carrier ships or directly loaded onto the ships using trans-shippers. Ore which is collected on the port is handled by machinery called MOHP (Mechanical Ore-Handling Plant). This includes massive bucket wheel loaders and miles of conveyor belts.[18] MPT's MOHP has now been converted to a general cargo handling berth.[19]

Adani Ports & SEZ Limited has a one-berth terminal (Berth 7) at MPA. It has a capacity of 7 MMT cargo. It can handle coal cargo, Panamax and capesize vessels. Its main feature is a mechanized material handling system of conveyor systems and stacker cum reclaimers. This system has a stacking capacity of 5000 TPH and reclaiming capacity of 2500 TPH.[20][21] Jindal South West Port Ltd has two berths, and berths 8 and 9 are currently run by Vedanta. They all mainly handle coal.[22]

Types of cargo edit

MPA briefly became the leading iron ore exporting port in India, with about 54.50 million metric tonnes (MMT) of iron ore traffic in 2010–11 (about 90% of this was exported to China).[23] Subsequently, the port's cargo volume dropped to 39 MMT in 2011-12, with iron ore accounting for 29.21 MMT, due to a global reduction in demand for iron ore.[2]

Berth numbers 10 and 11 of MPA are dedicated to coal handling.[24] MPT also exports managanese and bauxite.[25][26]

In 1992, berth numbers 1, 2 and 3 were decommissioned and given to Western India Shipyard Ltd. for the creation of a modern ship repair facility equipped with a floating dry dock. Berth no. 7 is a shallow drafted berth meant for shipment of coastal cargo (now given to Adani).[27]

Ships carrying naphtha, ammonium or phosphorus unload at MPA, and this is transported to Zuari Indian Oil Tanking Ltd (ZIOL), located in Zuarinagar, via tankers and pipelines. A leakage in one such pipeline caused the naphtha fire incidents of 2011.[28][29]

As of 2014, MPA's main exports were frozen fish, liquor, iron casting, pig iron and pharmaceutical products, while its main imports were of heavy melting scrap, shredded scrap, potassium carbonate and steel turning.[27]

Philanthropy edit

MPA Education Society runs three schools at the Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary levels, named Deepvihar.[30] MPT also plays a major role in the working of New Dawn Ashadeep School for special children. Both these institutions are located in MPA's mini-township of Headland Sada.[31]

Awards edit

MPA has won two awards from the Union Ministry of Shipping, for the year 2015-2016: for maximum traffic growth compared to all the major ports of the country, and for having the maximum score for RFD (Result Framework Document) implementation.[32]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Correia, Sherwyn veloyd (8 December 2018). "Mormugao Port Modernisation: Proceedings of an Environmental Public Hearing". Economic & Political Weekly. 53.
  2. ^ a b Manoj, P. (5 December 2012). "India's top iron ore port hit by Goa mining ban". Livemint.
  3. ^ "MPT seeks closure of garbage dump at Sada". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  4. ^ "MPT drops 'trust' wrests 'authority'". oHeraldo. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Mormugao Port Trust (MPT)". GCCI. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  6. ^ Borges, Charles; Pereira, Oscar; Stubbe, Hannes (2000). Goa and Portugal: History and Development. New Delhi: Concept Publication Company. pp. 144–145. ISBN 8170228670.
  7. ^ DaCosta, Murelle Maria Leonildes (2002). History of Trade and Commerce in Goa 1878-1961 (PhD in History thesis). Goa University. pp. 219–242.
  8. ^ Nagvenkar, Harischandra Tucaram (1999). Salt and the Goan Economy: A Study of Goa's salt industry and salt trade in the 19th and 20th centuries during the Portuguese rule (PhD in Economics thesis). Goa University. pp. 196–250. hdl:10603/31915.
  9. ^ Pinto, Eric (17 September 2013). "The Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1878 - Impact on Goa". Goanet (Mailing list). Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  10. ^ Noronha, Frederick (28 June 2015). "Goa's Babel". The Navhind Times. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  11. ^ Sharma, Sangita (30 January 2018). "RECLAIMING VASCO-DA-GAMA, THE PORT TOWN". The Neutral View. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  12. ^ "MPT to salvage remnants of German ships wrecked in World War II". The Indian Express. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  13. ^ Jha, Navin (18 August 2016). "Will 4-lane to Mormugao be a reality by Oct 2018?". oHeraldo. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  14. ^ "High Court rejects pleas to allow ore transportation in state". The Times of India. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  15. ^ "Italian cruise ship brings over 1,000 visitors to Goa". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Gadkari To Inaugurate Cruise Terminal & Fishing Harbour at Vasco Tomorrow". Digital Goa. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  17. ^ "Mormugao port in Goa lines up Rs 3,141 crore projects". The Economic Times. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  18. ^ "Iron ore handling starts in Goa port after 18 months, Supreme Court lifts ban". KNN India - Knowledge & News Network. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  19. ^ Tandon, Shubra (8 April 2015). "Mormugao Port Trust to come out with fresh tender for dredging project". The Financial Express. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  20. ^ "Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited: An economic gateway for the nation". Adani.com.
  21. ^ "APSEZ to commission coal terminal at Mormugao Port this fiscal". The Hindu: Business Line. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  22. ^ Jamwal, Nidhi (31 August 2017). "Meet the Mega-Project That Goans Fighting 'Dirty Coal' Are up Against". The Wire. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  23. ^ "Highest ever iron-ore exports from Goa ports this fiscal". The Economic Times. 8 September 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  24. ^ "Mormugao Port banned from handing coal, coke". The Hindu. 26 September 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  25. ^ "No Court Has Indicted Me In Goa Mining Scam, Says Ex-Goa Chief Minister". NDTV. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  26. ^ "Cruising the Spice Route with Azamara: feast your senses from Dubai to Singapore". Australian Financial Review. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  27. ^ a b Pradhan, Sisir. "Mormugao Port - In search of a fulcrum". The Dollar Business. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  28. ^ "No ZIOTL ships till assurance given: MPT". The Times of India. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  29. ^ "After naphtha scare, MPT writes to ZIL". The Times of India. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  30. ^ Jha, Navin (16 September 2017). "Some Vasco schools have security measures in place, others not". oHeraldo. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  31. ^ "First cruise liner of season arrives with 535 guests". oHeraldo. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  32. ^ "MPT bags two prestigious awards from Union Ministry of Shipping". Navhind Times. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

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Mormugao Port Authority MPA is a port on the western coast of India in the coastal state of Goa Commissioned in 1885 on the site of a natural harbour it is one of India s oldest ports 1 The port employs around 2 600 employees and has about 4 000 pensioners 2 Mormugao Port Authority MPA Click on the map for a fullscreen viewLocationCountryIndiaLocationMormugao GoaCoordinates15 24 32 N 73 48 04 E 15 4089 N 73 8012 E 15 4089 73 8012UN LOCODEINMRMDetailsOpened1885Operated byMormugao Port AuthorityOwned byGovernment of IndiaSize450m draft of 14 1mNo of berths11Employees2600StatisticsWebsitewww wbr mptgoa wbr gov wbr in The Mormugao Port Authority which operates the port is the largest employer in the Vasco region and has a complete mini township in Headland Sada which includes schools residential complexes and amenities like a hospital for employees of the Port 3 It was renamed from Mormugao Port Trust to Mormugao Port Authority in 2022 4 Contents 1 Location 2 History 3 Transport links 4 Facilities 5 Types of cargo 6 Philanthropy 7 Awards 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksLocation edit nbsp Aerial view of Mormugao Harbour Mormugao Port is located in the town of Mormugao Goa India It has a naturally protected open type harbour that lies on the southern part of the mouth of the river Zuari This harbour is also protected using a breakwater and a mole that was built from the outer end of the breakwater and runs parallel to the wharf 5 History edit nbsp Mormugao port c 1890s In the 19th century Portuguese India and British India decided to join forces to improve maritime trade under the Anglo Portuguese Treaty of 1878 6 7 8 9 10 Mormugao was identified as having one of the best natural harbours and a metre gauge railway line was constructed to connect it The work of modernising the port and laying the metre gauge railway was undertaken by a British company The Western Indian Portuguese Guaranteed Railway Company This company was founded in Britain exclusively for this purpose The Portuguese paid a huge sum for the project and even paid for the registration of this company in England Work began in 1878 The harbour was commissioned in 1885 and the railway line running till Sanvordem and later to Castle Rock was inaugurated in 1887 The first ship to sail into Mormugao Port was the SS Westbourne which brought railway equipment in April 1885 11 During World War II Mormugao Harbour was the site of Operation Creek which resulted in the bombing of a German merchant ship Ehrenfels which had secretly been transmitting information to U boats In 2017 MPA announced that it would salvage the remnants of the ship as they were hindering the progress in a project of setting up a fishing harbour 12 The port was recognised as a major port in 1963 under the Major Port Trusts Act 1963 shortly after the Liberation of Goa 1 Transport links editThe port is connected by its own railway line with the erstwhile Marmagao railway station situated in its compound It is thus connected to Maharashtra and Karnataka hinterlands via South Central Railways and Konkan Railways MPT is connected by road by the National Highway 17A There is a plan to connect it with a four lane highway to the National Highway 17B which was scheduled to be completed in October 2018 13 Ore mined in interior regions of Goa and Karnataka is brought to MPA by barges navigating the rivers Mandovi and Zuari 14 Facilities edit nbsp View of Mormugao Harbour from the Zuari river MPT has berths for coal and iron ore It also has a berth for cruise ships and even has a dedicated Cruise Terminal building and hosts a variety of cruise ships the year round 15 16 It plans to expand with a dedicated multipurpose cargo berth a general cargo berth project to replace the ship repair yard and dedicated berths for Navy and Coast Guard 17 Ore brought via barges is either collected to be loaded onto bulk carrier ships or directly loaded onto the ships using trans shippers Ore which is collected on the port is handled by machinery called MOHP Mechanical Ore Handling Plant This includes massive bucket wheel loaders and miles of conveyor belts 18 MPT s MOHP has now been converted to a general cargo handling berth 19 Adani Ports amp SEZ Limited has a one berth terminal Berth 7 at MPA It has a capacity of 7 MMT cargo It can handle coal cargo Panamax and capesize vessels Its main feature is a mechanized material handling system of conveyor systems and stacker cum reclaimers This system has a stacking capacity of 5000 TPH and reclaiming capacity of 2500 TPH 20 21 Jindal South West Port Ltd has two berths and berths 8 and 9 are currently run by Vedanta They all mainly handle coal 22 Types of cargo editMPA briefly became the leading iron ore exporting port in India with about 54 50 million metric tonnes MMT of iron ore traffic in 2010 11 about 90 of this was exported to China 23 Subsequently the port s cargo volume dropped to 39 MMT in 2011 12 with iron ore accounting for 29 21 MMT due to a global reduction in demand for iron ore 2 Berth numbers 10 and 11 of MPA are dedicated to coal handling 24 MPT also exports managanese and bauxite 25 26 In 1992 berth numbers 1 2 and 3 were decommissioned and given to Western India Shipyard Ltd for the creation of a modern ship repair facility equipped with a floating dry dock Berth no 7 is a shallow drafted berth meant for shipment of coastal cargo now given to Adani 27 Ships carrying naphtha ammonium or phosphorus unload at MPA and this is transported to Zuari Indian Oil Tanking Ltd ZIOL located in Zuarinagar via tankers and pipelines A leakage in one such pipeline caused the naphtha fire incidents of 2011 28 29 As of 2014 MPA s main exports were frozen fish liquor iron casting pig iron and pharmaceutical products while its main imports were of heavy melting scrap shredded scrap potassium carbonate and steel turning 27 Philanthropy editMPA Education Society runs three schools at the Primary Secondary and Higher Secondary levels named Deepvihar 30 MPT also plays a major role in the working of New Dawn Ashadeep School for special children Both these institutions are located in MPA s mini township of Headland Sada 31 Awards editMPA has won two awards from the Union Ministry of Shipping for the year 2015 2016 for maximum traffic growth compared to all the major ports of the country and for having the maximum score for RFD Result Framework Document implementation 32 See also editMormugao Dabolim Airport Operation Creek Mumbai Port Trust Vasco da Gama GoaReferences edit a b Correia Sherwyn veloyd 8 December 2018 Mormugao Port Modernisation Proceedings of an Environmental Public Hearing Economic amp Political Weekly 53 a b Manoj P 5 December 2012 India s top iron ore port hit by Goa mining ban Livemint MPT seeks closure of garbage dump at Sada The Times of India Retrieved 12 December 2018 MPT drops trust wrests authority oHeraldo 6 February 2022 Retrieved 29 December 2022 Mormugao Port Trust MPT GCCI Retrieved 12 December 2018 Borges Charles Pereira Oscar Stubbe Hannes 2000 Goa and Portugal History and Development New Delhi Concept Publication Company pp 144 145 ISBN 8170228670 DaCosta Murelle Maria Leonildes 2002 History of Trade and Commerce in Goa 1878 1961 PhD in History thesis Goa University pp 219 242 Nagvenkar Harischandra Tucaram 1999 Salt and the Goan Economy A Study of Goa s salt industry and salt trade in the 19th and 20th centuries during the Portuguese rule PhD in Economics thesis Goa University pp 196 250 hdl 10603 31915 Pinto Eric 17 September 2013 The Anglo Portuguese Treaty of 1878 Impact on Goa Goanet Mailing list Retrieved 13 December 2018 Noronha Frederick 28 June 2015 Goa s Babel The Navhind Times Retrieved 13 December 2018 Sharma Sangita 30 January 2018 RECLAIMING VASCO DA GAMA THE PORT TOWN The Neutral View Retrieved 12 December 2018 MPT to salvage remnants of German ships wrecked in World War II The Indian Express 12 October 2017 Retrieved 12 December 2018 Jha Navin 18 August 2016 Will 4 lane to Mormugao be a reality by Oct 2018 oHeraldo Retrieved 12 December 2018 High Court rejects pleas to allow ore transportation in state The Times of India 30 March 2018 Retrieved 12 December 2018 Italian cruise ship brings over 1 000 visitors to Goa The Times of India Retrieved 12 December 2018 Gadkari To Inaugurate Cruise Terminal amp Fishing Harbour at Vasco Tomorrow Digital Goa 21 December 2016 Retrieved 13 December 2018 Mormugao port in Goa lines up Rs 3 141 crore projects The Economic Times 4 January 2015 Retrieved 12 December 2018 Iron ore handling starts in Goa port after 18 months Supreme Court lifts ban KNN India Knowledge amp News Network 2 April 2014 Retrieved 12 December 2018 Tandon Shubra 8 April 2015 Mormugao Port Trust to come out with fresh tender for dredging project The Financial Express Retrieved 12 December 2018 Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited An economic gateway for the nation Adani com APSEZ to commission coal terminal at Mormugao Port this fiscal The Hindu Business Line 23 June 2013 Retrieved 13 December 2018 Jamwal Nidhi 31 August 2017 Meet the Mega Project That Goans Fighting Dirty Coal Are up Against The Wire Retrieved 13 December 2018 Highest ever iron ore exports from Goa ports this fiscal The Economic Times 8 September 2011 Retrieved 12 December 2018 Mormugao Port banned from handing coal coke The Hindu 26 September 2012 ISSN 0971 751X Retrieved 12 December 2018 No Court Has Indicted Me In Goa Mining Scam Says Ex Goa Chief Minister NDTV 2 April 2018 Retrieved 12 December 2018 Cruising the Spice Route with Azamara feast your senses from Dubai to Singapore Australian Financial Review 7 May 2018 Retrieved 12 December 2018 a b Pradhan Sisir Mormugao Port In search of a fulcrum The Dollar Business Retrieved 12 December 2018 No ZIOTL ships till assurance given MPT The Times of India 21 August 2011 Retrieved 12 December 2018 After naphtha scare MPT writes to ZIL The Times of India 26 August 2011 Retrieved 12 December 2018 Jha Navin 16 September 2017 Some Vasco schools have security measures in place others not oHeraldo Retrieved 12 December 2018 First cruise liner of season arrives with 535 guests oHeraldo 15 November 2017 Retrieved 13 December 2018 MPT bags two prestigious awards from Union Ministry of Shipping Navhind Times 8 June 2016 Retrieved 12 December 2018 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mormugao Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mormugao Port Authority amp oldid 1171777075, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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