Enayam Port

Tamil Research Institute
RAPID TECHNO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF COLACHEL PORT AT TAMILNADU
FINAL REPORT
8. DESIGN CRITERIA
8.1. TRAFFIC AND PHASING
The Traffic and Market Study summarized in earlier provides an estimate of Colachel's trans-shipment and
gateway traffic under multiple scenarios. It also explains in detail the factors that may substantially impact the
traffic movements. Besides, the report provides traffic estimation for bulk (coal) traffic.
The conclusions drawn in the aforementioned study for the Base Case, which is the selected one to design the
port facility, is shown in the table below:
Table 17: Traffic estimates for Base Case
Three phases have been defined to size the berths and operational area of the port, which lead to:
• Phase 1: From 2018 (beginning of operations) to 2020. The facilities will be defined to cater the
forecasted traffic for 2020.
• Phase 2: From 2021 to 2025. The facilities will be defined to cater the forecasted traffic for 2025.
• Phase 3: From 2026 to 2030: The facilities will be defined to cater the forecasted traffic for 2030..
Although a forecast for traffic has been made for years 2030 to 2045, planning a facility for such a long period
is very risky. Many of the factors which have been used on the traffic study and nowadays are considered valid
may change in the future. In any case, the port facility will be designed to be easily expandable beyond the
2030 traffic forecast.
According to this phasing, the expected traffic volume for each phase is presented below.
Units Phase 1 (2020) Phase 2 (2025) Phase 3 (2030)
Bulk traffic (coal)
Container traffic (total)
M. Ton 0.00 3.30 6.60
M. TEU 1.70 4.90 6.80
Table 18: Estimated traffic for each phase
Although no estimations have been made for other traffic, some general cargo, liquid bulk or solid bulk are
expected to be attracted by the new port.
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