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Table 9: Average Ships’ Turnaround Time at Major Indian Ports (in days)
2020-21
PORT 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
(Apr- Sept)
Kolkata 4.18 3.98 4.73 4.11 3.84 4.21 3.09
Haldia 3.37 3.27 3.45 3.76 3.04 3.62 3.07
Paradip 7.01 4.50 4.99 3.31 2.51 2.98 2.76
Visakhapatnam 5.67 3.84 3.75 2.58 2.51 2.48 2.67
Kamarajar (Ennore) 4.32 6.53 2.70 2.20 1.97 1.85 1.90
Chennai 2.54 2.53 2.51 2.21 1.98 2.00 2.22
V.O. Chidambaranar 3.55 3.73 4.40 2.69 1.96 2.01 2.14
Cochin 1.69 2.18 1.99 1.54 1.47 1.51 1.66
New Mangalore 2.46 2.63 2.35 2.04 1.93 1.91 2.05
Mormugao 4.15 3.65 4.51 2.63 2.63 2.69 3.94
Mumbai 5.28 4.61 3.27 3.72 2.52 2.56 2.96
JNPT 2.24 2.44 2.01 2.24 2.13 2.00 2.12
Deendayal (Kandla) 5.38 4.66 4.40 2.51 3.01 2.94 3.27
All Major Ports 4.00 3.64 3.43 2.68 2.48 2.59 2.62
Source: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
9.34 To harness the coastline, 14,500 km of potentially navigable waterways and strategic
location on key international maritime trade routes, the Government has embarked on the
ambitious Sagarmala Programme to promote port-led development in the country. The vision of
the Programme is to reduce logistics cost of Exports-Imports and domestic trade with minimal
infrastructure investment. This includes reducing the cost of transporting domestic cargo;
lowering logistical cost of bulk commodities by locating future industrial capacities near the
coast; improving export competitiveness by developing port proximate discrete manufacturing
clusters, etc. The Sagarmala programme has identified 504 projects under four pillars – 211 port
modernization projects, 199 port connectivity projects, 32 port-led industrialization projects
and 62 coastal community development projects which can unlock the opportunities for port-
led development and are expected to mobilize more than ` 3.57 Lakh Crore of infrastructure
investment. Between July 2019 – October 2020, 20 Sagarmala projects worth ` 4,543 crore
have been completed which comprise 9 projects of Port Modernization worth ` 1,405 crore,
7 Port Connectivity projects worth ` 2,799 crore and 4 Coastal Community Development
projects worth ` 339 crore.
