ROLE OF PORTS IN MARITIME

INDUSTRIES

SR.N
O.

NAME OF STUDENTS

ROLL NO.

1.

PRASHANT MENON

MBALS014009

2.

NADIM KHAN

MBALS014008

SUBMITTED TO:- PROF. D.N.MAURYA

INTRODUCTION
India has 12 major ports and 187 non major ports.
1,052 MMT of cargo traffic were recorded in 2015
It is expected to reach 1,758 MMT by 2017.
India is the sixteenth largest maritime country in
the world, with a coastline of about 7,517 km.
The Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and
Industry, reported that the Indian ports sector
received FDI worth US$ 1,637.3 million between
April 2000 and May 2015.

TOPICS TO BE COVERED
1.

MARINE FOOD REQUIREMENT

2.

GENERATES EMPLOYMENT

3.

MILITARY SHIPS

4.

GROWTH OF ALLIED INDUSTRIES

5.

BULK CARGO HANDLING

6.

REVENUE TO GOVERNMENT

7.

GRAPH OF SEA FOOD EXPORT (ANDHRA PRADESH)

8.

DEVELOPMENT OF PORTS

MARINE FOOD REQUIREMENT

Marine foods are one of the basic supplement of

human diet along with other dietary habits.
Large ships alone can venture to travel far into the
sea and withstand the rough weather condition of the
sea including cyclone and large creatures into the sea
which are harmful to the human being.
These large ships have capacity to hold large stock of
catch of fish in multi tones to supply to market all
over the city.

GENERATES EMPLOYMENT

Marine industries require great manpower to carry out

functions of operations in running the ships, catching the fish
from deep waters, maintaining fish stock for days into the ship
till the ship returns to the port, supplying the fish stock to the
different markets, cold storages as fish is perishable in nature.
There is added requirement for manpower at port and out of
port for distribution chain.
The Marine industry generates great employment
opportunities to meet its manpower requirement for its regular
operation.

MILITARY SHIPS

71% of earth is covered with ocean. Therefore the waterway

connects all the nations world over and boundaries of the
nation are drawn into the sea in terms of certain limits.
. In order to guard these boundaries into the sea and prevent
unauthorized entries of citizens from one country to another.
The marine industries provide large ships for stationing navy
into the sea as a defense mechanism for preventing the attack
from enemy countries across the border.

 GROWTH OF ALLIED INDUSTRIES

While the function of marine industries is limited to operations

in water but the marine industries requires technical,
mechanical, material support for manufacture and maintenance
of its infrastructural facilities.
The allied industries include building of ships, manufacturing
machines for operation of ships, development and maintenance
of ports, harbors, small boats, cranes for transfer of stock of
catch of fish from the ship to the port.

BULK CARGO HANDLING

Bulk cargo is commodity cargo that is transported

unpackaged in large quantities.
Basically, it is only a large vessel which can take load of
bulk cargo commodities in large number of quantities
from one port to another or from one country to another.
Modernized handling equipment such as advanced
cranes should be used so that the loading and unloading
of bulk cargo can be done quickly.

REVENUE TO GOVERNMENT

The government sets a tariff plans for all the importer and exporter
which needs to be followed by them in accordance for the payment of
cargo. The tariff plans are set on the basis of two most important
criteria i.e. coastal vessel and foreign going vessel.

The various ways of revenue generation for government are as follows:

1) Per cargo handling charges
2) Pilotage charges
3) Storage charges at port
4) Dwell time charges
5) Cranes charges
6) Bunkering charges
7) Handling and stevedoring charges

GRAPH OF SEA FOOD EXPORT (ANDHRA

PRADESH)

DEVELOPMENT OF PORTS

1) Investment
The Indian ports sector received FDI worth US$1,635.40
million between April 2000 and May 2014, according to the
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry
of Commerce and Industry.
The ports sector in India were awarded 30 projects in 2013-14
entailing an investment of over Rs 20,000 crore (US$3.32 billion),
marking a threefold increase over the preceding year.

Government initiatives

The Government has allowed FDI up to 100% under the projects related to the
construction and maintenance of ports and harbors.
A 10-year tax exemption has been given to the enterprises engaged in the business
of developing, maintaining and operating ports, inland waterways and inland ports.

Future plans

The Planning Commission of India in its 12th Five Year Plan expects a total
investment of Rs 180,626 crore (US$30.05 billion) in the ports sector.
Visakhapatnam port looks forward to a bright year in 2014-15, as several
development projects are on the verge of completion, and the port expects to
handle 65 MT of cargo during the year.

CONCLUSION
1)

2)

3)

Indias marine and fish industry is likely to reach Rs

67,800 crore by 2015 from the current level of Rs
53,000 crore.
As India is second largest fish producer in the world, we
can get to know how important is the role of port in
maritime industry.
For greater no. of exports and imports, more ports
should be developed so that we can get more business
opportunities from foreign countries which will
improve the economic growth of the country.