Mumbai Port's 2nd Liquid Chemical Berth Inaugurated
Mumbai Port Trust commissioned its second Liquid Chemical Berth at Pir Pau on January 13th 2016. The facility was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari.
The second Chemical Berth is a modern state-of-the-art facility with four mooring dolphins, equipped with Quick Release Mooring Hooks (QRMH), two breasting dolphins having cell fenders with frontol pads for smooth berthing of chemical tankers and a service platform with a provision of seven Marine Loading Arms (MLAs) connected with 650 Mtrs long trestle having roadways and pipelines. The berth is designed to handle 55,000 DWT vessels carrying liquid bulk chemicals and POL products, which can be upgraded to 65,000 DWT in future. The total project cost about $ 20 million. The safety standards provided at this facility conform to the Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD) norms.
With the full commissioning of this berth, the cargo handling capacity of the port will increase to 2.5 MMT per annum. However, this will not add to the burden of the city's road / rail infrastructure as the discharge of the cargo from the ship to the storage will be through the pipelines. Full commissioning of this berth will also result in substantial reduction of the cost to the importer amd faster turnaround of the ships carrying bigger parcel size informed the Chairman of Mumbai Port Trust Ravi Parmar.
