Enayam Port

Tamil Research Institute
RAPID TECHNO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF COLACHEL PORT AT TAMILNADU
FINAL REPORT
18. CONCLUSION
This rapid techno-economic feasibility report discusses five key aspects of the port: 1) technical feasibility, 2)
traffic potential, 3) financial viability, 4) key imperatives for the success of the port and 5) the way forward.
Technical feasibility
After studying and comparing four locations, Enayam has been chosen as the most suitable location. Further,
detailed port layout, design and cost estimation for Phase 1 of the port has been undertaken to assess the
technical feasibility of the port. From the technical point of view, the port is highly feasible due to the site
conditions and the proposed design. These characteristics are listed below:
a) Site conditions:
• Enough natural depth. This helps the port to have high draft ad to be designed without long approach
channels.
• Proximity to main shipping routes.
• Low population on the vicinity of the port. This allows the port to be well connected to main transport
networks, and industries to be settled near the port.
• Enough available shoreline to expand the port easily.
• Geotechnical conditions are expected to be favourable, being the soil easy to dredge and with enough
bearing capacity for foundations.
b) Design conditions
• Terminals have been designed with a high productivity in a semi-automated operation mode. Productivity
can reach 2,000 TEU per meter and per year.
• Permeability between port and land is very high.
• The port layout gives very low downtime for container berths (less than 2 days per year).
• Taking advantage of available shoreline, an expandable port has been designed, with an approx.
construction cost of Rs. 19,300 Crores for 3 phases. Eastward expansions can quadruplicate the
container handling capacity, reaching 8 million TEUs per year if all shoreline is used.
• Further, this capacity can be expanded to 16 million TEUs by expanding the port seawards and taking
advantage of the vertical breakwater to use it as a berth line.
Traffic Potential
A comprehensive traffic and market study was conducted to determine the traffic potential of the port. It has been
estimated that the port has a potential of 6.8 Mn TEUs container traffic (2.9 Mn TEUs gateway and 3.9 Mn
TEUs trans-shipment) and 6.6 Mn Tonnes of Coal traffic in 2030.
Financial Viability
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