JNPA presently handles liquid cargo through Liquid Cargo Terminal operated by M/s BPCL. The liquid cargo terminal (LB01/LB02) was developed on BOT basis as per the licence awarded to M/s. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and M/s. Indian Oil Corporation Limited in August 1999 for the construction of a twin-berth liquid cargo jetty for 30 years. The twin-berth liquid cargo jetty is functional from 14th Oct 2002.
The salient features of BPCL liquid Cargo Terminal are as follows:
i. A twin berth liquid cargo jetty for handling liquid cargo including POL products
ii. 300 meters long and 40.5 meters. wide Jetty.
iii. Can accommodate two vessels: 120,000 DWT in the seaside berth & 45,000 DWT on the side berth.
iv. The dredged draft on the seaside is 15 meters. and 10.5 meters. onshore side.
v. Mooring Dolphins are provided at both ends of LB01/LB02 to facilitate double berthing of vessels.
vi. The capacity of 7.2 million tonnes per annum.
vii. The jetty is provided with six 12' diameter marine loading and unloading arms, 2 Loading arms with 16'' diameter, 2 loading arms with 8" diameter, fire fighting system as per OISD 156 norms and state-of-art environmental protection measures.
viii. 23 nos of pipelines of different sizes varying from 8” to 30” diameter are connected to jetty from tank farms for handling various types of cargo like POL products, edible oil, chemicals, acids etc.
To ease pressure on the existing BPCL liquid jetty and to cater to additional liquid cargo demand, JNPA has developed an Additional Liquid Cargo Berths (ALCB) LB03/LB04 on EPC mode. Interim operation of ALCB started on 06.03.2024 by extending 3 no of edible oil pipeline to LB03/LB04 to handle edible oil vessels. JNPA has appointed a concessionaire, M/s JSW JNPT Liquid Terminal Private Limited to operate Additional Liquid Cargo Berths LB03/LB04 on PPP mode and a concession agreement signed on 08/04/2024. The ALCB will be fully operational by March 2024 for handling various types of cargo like POL products, edible oil, chemicals, acids etc.
The salient features of Additional Liquid Cargo Berths (ALCB) LB03/LB04 are as follows:
Description |
ALCB LB3 & LB4 |
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LB03 |
LB04 |
Length of berth (m) |
300 |
300 |
LOA permissible (m) |
285 |
285 |
Capacity (MTPA) |
4.5 Million Tons |
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Operation of Jetty |
Jetty is developed by JNPA through internal funding on EPC mode. Equipping and O&M to be carried out on PPP mode. |
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Permitted Draft (m) |
14.8 |
11.8 |
Max vessel size (DWT) |
ALCB i.e. LB3/LB4 is a twin berth type jetty to handle 22000 to 90000 Displacement Tonnage vessels simultaneously on both sides |
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Pipeline Connectivity |
19 nos of pipelines of different sizes varying from 8” to 24” diameter will be extended to LB03/LB04 from LB01/LB02 for handling various types of cargo like POL products, edible oil, chemicals, acids etc |