Adani Ports & SEZ Limited
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| Type | Public BSE: 532921 |
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| Industry | Ports & Shipping |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Founder(s) | Gautam Adani |
| Headquarters | Ahmedabad, India |
| Key people | Gautam Adani (Chairman) |
| Revenue | US $454 million(2011) |
| Net income | US $205 million(2011) |
| Parent | Adani Group |
| Website | [1] |
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZL) is promoted by the Adani Group. The Adani Group started as a trading house in 1988 and has since grown to become one of India's most trusted and fastest growing conglomerates with diverse ventures spanning Commodity Trading, the Development of Infrastructure and Energy. The major port projects the company operates in India / overseas is as follows:
• Adani Mundra Port: Designing, engineering, financing, construction, development, management and operation of multi user and multi-cargo port at Mundra on build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) basis situated at Mundra in the District of Kutch, Gujarat under a concession granted by the Government of Gujarat (GOG).
• Adani Petronet (Dahej) Port Pvt. Ltd.: Operates a port in Dahej in Gujarat State under Sub-Concession with Petronet LNG Ltd for handling dry bulk and break bulk cargoes in pursuance to the Concession granted by Government of Gujarat
• Adani Hazira Port Private Ltd.: Engaged in designing, engineering, financing, construction, development, management and operation of a multi-cargo port in Hazira in Gujarat State under Sub-Concession route with Shell B.V. for non-LNG cargoes like coal, containers, automobile and chemicals
• Adani Murmugoa Coal Terminal Pvt. Ltd. : Licensee for development and operations of coal import terminals in Major Port of Goa under Concession from Mormugao Port Trust.
• Adani Vizag Coal Terminal Pvt. Ltd.: Licensee for development and operations of coal import terminals in Major Port of Visakhapatnam under Concession from Visakhapatnam Port Trust.
• Adani Abbot Point Terminal Pty Ltd.: Recently acquired Abbot Point Coal Terminal in Australia on 99 years lease in June, 2011
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[edit] Adani Mundra Port
Adani Mundra Port is presently the largest private port in the country. Adani Mundra port has diversified into various cargoes like coal, container, steel, agri commodities, ship to shore, automobile exports, containers, crude, vegetable oil and chemicals. In the financial year 2010-11, port handled over 52 millon tons of cargo growing at an impressive rate of over 40% CAGR for the last 4 years.
Adani Mundra Port Berths
• Multipurpose Terminal 1 : 4 Berths (Bulk, Break Bulk and Liquid Cargo)draft of 14.5 m to 17.5 m
• Multipurpose Terminal 2 : 4 Berths (Bulk and Break Bulk cargo) having draft of 14.5 m to 17.5 m
• Multipurpose Terminal 3 : 5 Berths (2 already operational 3 under construction)(Bulk and Break Bulk cargo) having draft of 14.5 m to 17.5 m
• West Basin : 3 Berths (Bulk cargo) having draft of 18 m to 20 m
• South Basin : 2 Berths (under construction)(Container) having draft of 18 m to 20 m
• Container Terminal : 4 Berths with a length of 1264 m having draft of 17 m
• Single Point Mooring : 2 SPM berths with a discharge rate of 6000 MT/hour
Port Connectivity
Rail Connectivity: Adani Group has developed a 117 Km railway network including Mundra to Adipur rail link. Keeping the increased rake movements in future, the doubling of this stretch has also been completed. Presently over 25 rakes which carries fertiliser, coal, agro commodities, liquid and containers are handled every day and is expected to touch over 50 in the coming years.
In the financial year 2010-11 Adani Mundra Port handled over 6300 rakes which was possible due to the infrastructure available at the port. Presently port has 5 locomotives, 9 sidings for general cargo, 3 sidings for containers, 3 sidings for agri commodities, 5 sidings for coal and lines available for handling black and white oil. This rail infrastructure is also capable of handling double stack trains. The port presently has over 400 kms distance advantage over Mumbai region ports from Northern hinterland. The port will have connectivity to high speed Dedicated Freight Corridor between Delhi and Mumbai.
Road Connectivity: Adani Mundra Port has seamless connectivity through National Highway (NH 8A Ext.) & State Highway (6 & 48) from Northern and Western parts of India. The port also has over 70 knsof arterial and sub-arterial road network within the SEZ .
Air Connectivity: The nearest commercial airports to Mundra SEZ are at Bhuj (65 km) and Kandla (60 km).Mundra Airport is a licensed airport in ‘Private Category’ with Air Traffic Control (ATC) which is operated by Airport Authority of India (AAI). Present runway strip is 1900 meters, which will be expanded to 4500 meters. Precision Approach Path Finder is already installed to facilitate the smooth approach of Jet Aircraft. Night landing facilities are also available for the jets. There is also a plan to upgrade this facility to an international Air Cargo Hub. The company has earmarked over 1000 Ha for developing Logistic Hub, MRO and Terminal Buildings.
Pipeline Connectivity: Because of the distance advantage over large ports like the ones at Mumbai, Adani Mundra Port is a port of choice for crude and other liquid cargo bound for the northern hinterland including the refineries of Punjab. Pipelines have been laid to Bhatinda.
[edit] Adani Petronet (Dahej) Port Pvt. Ltd
Operates a port in Dahej in Gujarat State under Sub-Concession with Petronet LNG Ltd for handling dry bulk and break bulk cargoes in pursuance to the Concession granted by Government of Gujarat
Strategic Advantages
Strategically located in the gulf of khambhat there by having access to dense industrial areas of Gujarat and Maharshtra(North) & central MP.
Only commercial terminal in GMB port of Dahej handling solid cargos in bulk /break bulk and also project cargo.
Fully mechanized berths with conveyor handling system for handling coal in bulk at very fast evacuation rate of 4600 MT/hr.
Two deep draft berths capable of handling up to cape size vessels.
Connectivity
42 km long two lane highway connects Dahej with the district headquarter at Bharuch which lies on the Highway no 8 from Mumbai to Ahmedabad. The road network within GIDC leading to APPPL is a 6 KM stretch concerted 2 lane road network setup within the area from the main highway APPPL is presently developing its own dedicated 2.5 km private rail line connecting Dahej Railway Station.
[edit] Adani Hazira Port Private Pvt.Ltd.
Adani Hazira Port Pvt. Ltd. (AHPPL) is strategically located on the west side of the Hazira peninsula at approximately Latitude: 21° 06’ North, Longitude: 072° 37’ East. Adani Hazira Port will provide a convenient international trade gateway to Europe, Africa, America and the Middle East.
In the year 2002, Hazira Port Concession Agreement(CA) was signed between the Gujarat Maritime Board, The Government of Gujarat and Hazira Port Private Limited. Construction of an LNG import terminal at Hazira started in April 2002. The LNG terminal with an initial capacity to handle about 2.0 MMTPA (Phase1A) and has the capacity to be expanded to a long-term throughput of 10.0 MMTPA.
Adani Hazira Port Pvt Ltd (AHPPL) will operate all non-LNG facilities in Hazira Port under the terms of the agreement with Hazira Port Pvt. Ltd. (HPPL). The port development plan includes the long-term port development with non-LNG cargo terminals (container and bulk terminals, and a proposed liquid terminal). LNG Terminal will continue to be operated by HPPL. In the future, both entities together will constitute the Hazira Port. AHPPL expects to commence operations in the first quarter of 2012.
5 Berths will be developed and operated as part of the first phase. Out of the 5 berths, 2 will cater for the containers, 1 for coal and 2 berth will be used as a multi-purpose terminal for handling vessels of sizes varying from 80,000 DWT to 150,000 DWT.
The relevant and required back up yard along with the Material handling systems (Rail Mounted Quay Cranes, Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes, Mobile Harbour Cranes, Stacker Cum Reclaimer, Conveyor System etc) shall be in place to support the operations by the end of the project.
• Bulk & Break bulk handling: This will involve 1 mechanised coal handling berth and 2 multipurpose berths. Handling systems with state of art dust suppression system will be constructed for smooth handling of cargo.
• Containerised cargo: 2 container berths with a quay length of 650 meters available for handling over one million TEUs per annum. The facilities will include 4 Rail Mounted Quay Cranes, 12 Rubber Tyre Gantry Cranes and on dock container Freight stations.
• Liquid Cargo: Proposed to develop 50 tanks with a capacity of 94500 KL. This is planned to service the requirements of South Gujarat industries.
[edit] Adani Murmugoa Coal Terminal Pvt. Ltd.
Marmugao Port ( AMPTPL) is a brown field project with development of a Coal Handling Terminal at Berth No.7 on DBFOT basis for handling up to 7.5 MMTPA of coal.The berth have length of 300 m and draft of (-) 16.5m capable of handling cape size vessels. A single stream of conveyor system having capacity of 5000TPH with stacker cum reclaimer including mechanised rapid in motion wagon loading silo system for evacuation of coal by rail and automatic truck loading system for evacuation by road with state of art DSS & FFS.
Specially designed underground tunnel for reclaiming coal from stacks is a unique feature of the project. This terminal will have a strategic advantage in south western region.
[edit] Adani Vizag Coal Terminal Pvt. Ltd.
APSEZL has been selected by the Visakhapatnam Port Trust to develop the 6.5 million tons per annum coal import terminal. The concession period will be 30 years. The facility will be fully mechanised with 280 meters quay length and 16.1 meters draft capable of handing Panamax vessels. This project is expected to be operational by FY 14.
[edit] Adani Abbot Point Terminal Pty Ltd.
APSEZL has scored yet another first in the annals of Indian port business by acquiring the Abbot Point X50 Coal Terminal (APCT) located in the State of Queensland, Australia. APSEZL acquired APCT following international competitive bidding. The international bid attracted local and foreign companies and international consortia and the bid passed through three distinct stages of selection lasting over six months. APSEZL beat other international players to bag this prestigious acquisition with a bid price of about AUD 1.83 billion (Australian dollar) which had full financial closure.
APCT is most northerly coal export port in Queensland and is owned by North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation Limited (NQBP). The State has structured the sale of APCT through a 99 year lease of existing coal terminal facilities and associated infrastructure. The coal terminal has two berths capable of handling cape size vessel over 2 lakh tonnes deadweight with annual capacity to load 50 million tonnes. It is highly mechanised coal terminal together with rail loop, conveyor and modern loading system and serves the demand of coal mines in northern Queensland which have committed to export 50 MMT in the near term. There is also a scope of further addition taking the port capacity to 80 MMT.
[edit] APSEZL in News
February 2012
January 2012
- Rail Min's green signal to run Gurgaon-Mundra double-stack container train
- APSEZL Q3 2011-12 Results
- Mundra Port renamed Adani Ports & SEZ Limited
- Not the right way to clear Port Projects
- Adani Commissions second jetty at Dahej
- Andhra Pradesh invites Adani group to set up port
2011
- Chennai Port Rejects Mundra Bid for Container port terminal
- Mundra Port sole bidder for Chennai port terminal
- Adani group brings 'Indian model' to Australia
- Adani Group acquires Australia’s Abbot Point Port
- Adani Mundra Port crosses a record 50 MT Cargo handling - mark in 2010-11
- Adani enters eastern coast with Vizag deal
2010
- Adani Mundra Port hosts largest container vessel call to India
- Adani Mundra Port lines up Rs 6k-cr expansion
2009
- Adani Mundra Port on course to become India’s top port of call
- Adani to develop coal berth for Mormugao Port Trust
- Adanis plan to invest Rs 800 cr in Hazira Port
