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Major Fields of Specialisation
Ports & Harbours and Inland Waterways
The ever increasing quantum of maritime trade arising from the rapid economic
growth, following the liberalisation of the economy, has brought into focus the
urgent need to upgrade existing major ports and develop new greenfield sites.
With the accent on privatisation, there is a growing awareness for upgrading the
existing ports, by way of additional berths and equipment, fishing jetties, loading
unloading jetties and development of new sites.
India has 5700 km of coastline
with the associated territorial waters and exclusive economic zones.
The bulk of ocean trade is presently handled through its eleven major ports.
Intermediate, minor and fishing ports, which contribute less than 10% of
the total maritime trade, would have to take up a much larger share of the
future growth. Rivers and canals constitute 99.95% of the 1,64,106 km long
inland waterways in the country, out of which nearly 9% can safely be utilised
for inland navigation. The recent trends in India towards speedier development
of Ports and Inland Waterways, through private sector participation, have
given , impetus to this field. With the diversification of the activities
of WAPCOS in the field of Ports, Harbours and Inland Waterways alongwith
emphasis on private sector investment in ports infrastructure, today the
company has a leading share of the private sector market in Ports and Harbours
consultancy.
Ports and Harbours unit of WAPCOS with
the support of physical and mathematical modelling techniques offers complete
range of consultancy services right from conception to commissioning of
the projects related to Ports and Harbours, Coastal Engineering and Inland
Water Transport.
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Project Reports |
- Traffic analysis and projection
- Hinterland economics and demand
- Project identification and appraisals
- Construction material and manpower
- Economic and financial analysis
- Investment analysis of BOOT BOST BOLT ports
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- Project planning
- Preparation of techno-economic feasibility
- Cost estimation
- Specifications of works
- Tender engineering
- Detailed project reports
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| Investigations |
Detailed Engineering Design |
- Topographic surveys
- Hydrographic surveys
- Seismic surveys
- Geo-technical investigations
- Measurements of oceanographic/meteorological
parameters, i.e. wind, wave, current; tide,
silt charge, salinity etc.
- Forecasting/ hindcasting of oceanographic/ meteorological data
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- Construction drawings
- Detailed design
- Construction schedule
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| Physical/Mathematical Model Studies |
Construction Management |
- Tranquility conditions
- Optimisation of length of breakwaters
- Harbour layouts, alignment of jetties and berths
- Optimisation of dimensions and alignment of
navigation channels
- Ship motions at berth and manoeuvring area
- Sedimentation in channel, basin, and berth
areas
- Wave flume studies
- Location & alignment of training works and
other protection works
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- Time scheduling
- Cost control
- Material management
- Construction supervision
- Training
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| Others |
- Fishing harbours and ports
- Dredging and reclamation
- Coastal engineering
- Port related facilities
- Electrical and mechanical services
- Cooling water systems
- Risk analysis and management
- SPM and SBM studies
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