The main inward shipping channel of the port divides in to the Ernakulam and Mattancherry channels .The Ernakulum Channel is 4.90 Km long, with the width varying from 250 to 500 m and has a draft of 12.5 m up to the Oil Terminal and Q8 / Q9 and a draft of 9.14 m up to the wharves and the north and south tanker berths.. The 1024 m long Ernakulam Wharf has six alongside berths, five for general cargo and a fertilizer berth. Besides there are three oil berths in the Ernakulum channel. The Mattancherry channel is 4.08 Km long, with the width varying from 180 to 250 m and a draft of 9.14 m except at Boat Train Pier where the draft is 10.0 m. On the Mattancherry Channel there are four alongside berths, for general cargo, one Boat Train Pier and two jetties for miscellaneous cargo. The details of the berths (including SPM) are shown below.
|
Sl. No. |
Berth Name/No. |
Type of Berth / Products Handled |
Permissible draft (mtrs) |
Length overall (mtrs) |
|
Mattancherry Wharf |
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|
1 |
UTL |
Passenger |
5.3 |
300 |
|
2 |
SCB |
Liquid Cargo |
9.14 |
184 |
|
3 |
Q1 |
General Cargo |
9.14 |
182 |
|
4 |
Q2 & Q3 |
General Cargo |
9.14 |
228 |
|
5 |
Q4 |
POL Products / Petro Chemicals |
9.14 |
240 |
|
6 |
NCB |
General Cargo |
9.14 |
209 |
|
7 |
BTP |
Cement/ Dry/ Liquid Cargo/ Cruise |
10 |
270 |
|
Ernakulam Wharf |
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|
8 |
Q5 & Q6 |
Cement/ General Cargo |
10 |
250 |
|
9 |
Q7 |
General Cargo/CBFS |
10.5 |
250 |
|
10 |
Q8 & Q9 |
General Cargo / Cruise |
11 |
414 |
|
11 |
Q10 (FACT) |
Fertilizer Raw Materials |
10.7 |
207 |
|
Oil Tanker Berths |
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|
12 |
COT |
Crude Oil/ POL Products |
12.5 |
250 |
|
13 |
NTB |
POL Products |
9.14 |
213 |
|
14 |
STB |
POL Products |
9.14 |
170 |
|
Container Terminal |
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|
15 |
ICTT (V2 & V3) |
Containers |
14.5 |
600 |
|
Multi User Liquid Terminal |
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|
16 |
MULT |
LPG/ Other Liquid Cargo |
13 |
230 |
|
LNG Terminal |
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|
17 |
LNG |
LNG |
12.5 |
320 |
|
Single Point Mooring |
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|
18 |
SPM |
Crude Oil |
22.5 |
370 |
