A study on the working methodology of Cochin Port - India

Type :

Indian project

Pages :

15 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

08/28/2009

Category :

Business & market

Sub category :

Management

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Summary :

Introduction
Location
Hinterland
Present facilities
Port facilities
Cargo handling equipment
Extent of back up area at Q9 berth for container
Features
Significant achievements of Cochin Port Trust
1. Award of ISO 9001:2000 certification
2. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
3. Implementation of ISPS code
Private sector participation
Terminal and service facilities
1. International Container Transshipment Terminal at Vallarpadam (ICTT)
2. LNG regasification terminal
3. International bunkering terminal
4. International ship repair complex
5. Crude oil handling for Kochi Refineries Ltd
6. International cruise terminal
7. Port based special economic zone
Organisation structure of Cochin Port Trust
1. General administration department
2. Department structure
3. Planning and research divisions
Revenue for the prot
1. Traffic revenue
2. Wharf age revenue
Other sources of revenue
1. Revenue from lease rent of land
2. Revenue from the electric supply
3. Revenue from the water supply
Civil engineering department
1. Department structure
Mechanical engineering department
1. Container terminal
2. Work shop and dry dock
3. Electrical division
4. Internal combustion engines division
Traffic department
Marine department
1. Harbor master's division
2. Dredging division
3. Marine survey
4. Fire services
Medical department
Stores and purchase department
SWOT Analysis
Findings
Conclusion

Abstract

The ports are the inevitable part of Shipping Industry. They play a major role in import and export of materials through the sea root from and to various destinations around the globe. Ports come under the ministry of shipping, government of india. The general body of the port management is constituted by the board of trustees which contains 19 members. The chairman is head of the management.

Of the 13 ports in india today, the cochin port trust occupies a prominent position in the international trade of country. From the earlier years, cochin has been flourishing as the international trade center. The origin of port is linked with a major geographical development in 1314 A.D, when there was a change in the mouth of Periyar, the 'River of Sorrow' of Kerala with its devastating flood, when it is said to have forced a way in to the sea opposite to the present town Ernakulam and there by made the emergence of cochin harbor. cochin is a very important port, with its harbor filled with ships, street crowded with merchants and warehouses stored with goods from every part of Asia and Europe.