The Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) is scheduled for commissioning in December 2009. Construction work of the terminal is in progress and is scheduled to be completed by 30 November 2009, shipping minister G K

Vasan informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply.  He said rail
connectivity to the ICTT at Vallarpadam is being implemented by Rail
Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) and the national highway connectivity is
being implemented by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). 
Vasan said the ministry of shipping proposed to take up 276 port
development projects under the National Maritime Development Programme
(NMDP), which will be implemented over a period up to 2011-12. These
cover the entire gamut of activities, including
construction/upgradation of berths, deepening of channels, rail/road
connectivity projects, equipment upgradation/modernisation schemes and
other related schemes for creation of back-up facilities in the major
ports.
The ports covered under the NMDP projects include Kolkata, Haldia,
Paradip, Visakhapatnam, Ennore, Chennai, Tuticorin, Cochin, New
Mangalore, Mormugao, Mumbai, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and Kandla.
These projects together will involve an expenditure of over Rs55,803
crore, the minister said. The government also has taken up various
other port-related projects under the public-private partnership
scheme, the minister said. These include: the construction of a
multipurpose berth 4A and the allotment of multipurpose berth No 12 at
a cot of Rs25.8 crore, both for the Kolkata Port Trust; construction of
a captive coal berth for IFFCO at the Paradip Port, at a cost of
Rs26.17 crore; setting up a container terminal on a build, operate and
transfer (BOT) basis, including supply, installation and operation of
container handling equipment at multipurpose berth at outer harbour at
Visakhapatnam Port, at a cost of around Rs94.5 crore; construction and
licensing out equipping operation, management and maintenance of two
multipurpose berths EQ8 and EQ9 in the northern arm of inner harbour at
Visakhapatnam Port Trust on BOT basis, involving an investment of Rs317
crore; building a 600-metre container terminal at Chennai port stage-I
at a cost of around Rs470 crore; constructing a 285-metre container
terminal at Chennai port at a cost of Rs100 crore; construction of
crude oil handling facility for BPCL Kochi Refinery (Formerly KRL ) at
Cohin port at a cost of Rs720 crore; construction of a two-berth
container terminal (NSICT) for JNPT at cost of Rs975 crore;
construction of Rs200-crore liquid cargo terminal at JNPT;
redevelopment of bulk terminal at JNPT into a container terminal, at a
cost of Rs 900 crore; building a Rs750-crore oil jetty at Vadinar for
Essar at Kandla port; development and operation of a Rs223 crore
container terminal at Kandla Port; construction of an oil jetty for IOC
at Kandla Port involving an expenditure of over Rs20 crore as also the
development of a container freight station at Kandla Port at an
expenditure of Rs41.07 crore. The minister said the current global
recession has affected the working of some major ports in the country,
including Visakhapatnam port. The growth rate of traffic handled at
major ports has come down to 2.13 per cent during 2008-09 as compared
to 11.97 per cent during 2007-08. Similarly, the growth of the traffic
at Visakhapatnam during 2008-09 was a negative 1.07 (-) compared to
14.56 per cent growth recorded during 2007-08. Iron ore traffic, which
is mainly for export, recorded a growth of 2.3 per cent in 2008-09
compared to 14.2 per cent in 2007-08. Cargo growth in crude and
petroleum was modest at 3.3 per cent during 2008-09 compared with 10.0
per cent in the same period last year. Container traffic, which largely
reflects trade in manufactures and components, showed a marginal growth
of 0.9 per cent in 2008-09 compared with a robust increase of 25.6 per
cent in 2007-08. Major impact of recession was noticed in certain
commodities, he said.

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