Magdalla Port

The Deep Water Anchorage is 15 nautical miles southwest from Magdalla Port. The approach channel is 16,000 meter in length and 150 meter in width.

 

MHWS - 8.40 m
MHWN - 7.40 m
MLWS - 1.70 m
MLWN - 0.70 m
MSL - 4.50 m

• Floating Units:
  a. 01 No. Patrol boat for patrolling operation under ISPS code 470 BHP.
  b. Work Barge (Dumb) 100 MT
• Crawler crane (Tata - 320) with capacity of 16 MT and boom length 40 feets
• Computerized weighbridge (GPIDCL) with 100 MT capacity
• Open Plots: 6 nos. with an area of 29644 sq.m.
• Godown - 1 no. (Used for departmental stores/workshop etc.)
• Vessel Traffic and Port Management System

It is the only Minor Port in the country to have developed its own Vessel Traffic and Port Management System for safe navigation in the long navigational channel of River Tapi. VTPMS station is round the clock manned by qualified Master Mariners and provided with:

• Radar System
• A.I.S
• Weather Station
• V.H.F.
• H.F. Sets.
• Telephone/Fax
• Computers and Electronic Charts.

Fire fighting system at Magdalla port

• Fire Tailor Pump: 1 no. with capacity of 1800 LPM
• Fire Tender: 1 no. with capacity of 3200 LPM
• Fire fighting network System :

a. Centrifugal Pump - 1 no., Capacity 171 Cum/hrs.
b. M. S. Pipe Lines - 830.33m. and 150 mm dia.
c. Double headed Fire Hydrant - 13 Nos.
d. M.S. Stand Post. - 13 Nos.
e. Hose Box - 13 Nos.
f. Branch Pipe - 13 Nos.
g. Hose Reel 15m. - 26 Nos.

GMB jetties

• GMB RCC Jetty No.1 (GMB Jetty at Magdalla Port)
• GMB RCC Jetty No.2 (Jetty leased to NCCL at Magdalla Port)

Captive jetties

• KRIBHCO
• Essar Steel Limited
• Essar Sponge Iron Jetty
• Reliance Industries Limited
• Larson & Toubro Ltd.
• Gujarat Ambuja Cement Ltd.
• Single Buoy Mooring of Reliance Industries Ltd.

Private Shipyards

• ABG Shipyard Ltd.
• L & T Shipyard

Private Ports

• Hazira Port Pvt. Ltd.

GMB Jetty No. 1 (4 points)
Length : 210 m
Breadth : 21 m
Cargo handled -
Import : Rock Phosphate, Coal, Machinery
Export : Mill Scale, Soyabean and Molasses etc.

Length : 143 m
Breadth : 11 m
This jetty is used by M/s. NCCL (Recently Taken Over By the Aditya Birla group) for importing Bulk Cement from Pipavav and Clinker from Jafrabad Port.

Essar Main Jetty
Length :457 + 592 = 1049 mBreadth :12 m Commencement of Jetty: 05 October 1989
Cargo handled at Essar jetty
Essar Steel Ltd imports their captive raw materials viz. Iron Ore, Scrap, Lime Stone, Pig Iron, Steel Slabs etc. and exports. H.R.Coils, Sheets, Iron ore fines etc. from the jetty.

Reliance Industries has constructed three captive jetties on the bank of River Tapi for import & export of Gases, Chemicals and Petroleum products for their plant. Captive jetties of Reliance mainly handled following cargo -
Import: E.D.C., Ethylene, Butene-1, V.C.M. etc. imports from Iran, West Bulgaria, Singapore, South Korea, Brazil and others.
Export: Ethylene, Butadiene, Benzene, Mix-C4 exports to Sikka, Dahej, Mumbai, Ratnagiri, Cochin and other Ports.

Reliance Industries Ltd. had installed SBM connected with pipelines from SBM to their plant at Suwali (in sea) for import and export of liquid cargoes.
Commencement of Operation: 25th December-1995
RIL Captive SBM handles following cargo:
Import: Naphtha, Paraxylene, H.S.D., Motor Spirit etc. from Sikka, U.A.E., Bahrain and Kuwait.
Export: Naphtha to Sikka
M/s. O.N.G.C. also uses RIL, SBM for the export of Naphtha to Korea, U.A.E. and Singapore.

Larsen & Toubro Ltd., constructed Captive jetties at Hazira for import and export of Project Machinery fabricated at their Hazira works.
Specifications of JettyMain Jetty Ro-Ro Jetty
Length 72 m 90 m
Breadth 16 m 10 m
Draft 6 m 4 m
L & T Captive jetties handled following cargo:
Import: Machinery, Steel from Mumbai High, Abudhabi etc.
Export: Machinery to Mumbai High

Main Jetty
Length: 44 m
Breadth: 6 m
Draft: 6.50 m
Gujarat Ambuja Cement Ltd. constructed Captive jetty at Magdalla Port for import of Cement in bulk from Mul Dwarka.

Hazira port Pvt. Ltd. (HPPL) has developed a private port at the mouth of the River Tapi at Hazira area to handle the LNG cargo.

KRIBHCO revamped the unused jetty on the River Tapi at Hazira, within Magadalla Port area near Surat by strengthening of the existing wharf (147m x 40m) and ramp (72.5 m x 20 m). The Jetty became functional in November 2010.