Enayam Port

Tamil Research Institute
RAPID TECHNO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF COLACHEL PORT AT TAMILNADU
FINAL REPORT
3.2. TECHNO ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR COLACHEL PORT (2010)
This report was made by M/s i-maritime Consultancy Private Ltd. for Tamil Nadu Maritime Board (Ministry for
Highways and Ports) in July 2010 and analyses the viability of establishing a multi-purpose commercial port,
concluding that the port would only be viable if a captive thermal power plant is set up.
I-maritime proposes a port on the Manavalakurichi shoreline, which, from a technical point of view, has certain
issues, for example:
• It is poorly protected from the swell coming from the south.
• The stocking yard of container terminals are onshore while the berths are far from them and seem too small
for the expected vessels.
• The solution needs a large and difficult dredging.
• Since the port is located in the middle of a physiographic unit between Colachel and Manavalakurichi, it
would have a big adverse impact to the beach dynamics and shape.
• Again, the port needs large amount of land to be acquired for terminals, which is likely to be difficult to
achieve in this district.
Figure 10: Location (left) and concept layout (right) for Colachel port by i-maritime Consultancy Private Ltd
Inputs have been taken on traffic and financial study from this report.
3.3. OUTER HARBOUR OF VOC PORT
M/s i-maritime Consultancy Private Ltd prepared a Detailed Project Report for the development of Outer Harbour
at VOC Port in December, 2013, and a Supplementary Report adding some considerations and comments from
VOCPT in October, 2014.
On February, 2015, Indian Ports Association (IPA) submitted a Report to Review and Validate the Detailed
Project Report made by i-maritime. This report undertakes a detail review and proposed a new optimized layout
(see figure below) and several adjustments on the design.
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