Terminal operations

TMILL runs terminal operations in Haldia at berth #12 and other berths of Haldia Port, as well as in Kolkata and Paradip. Port management services of TMILL include container stuffing / destuffing facility and handling of various types of clean cargo, both bulk and break bulk including project cargo. The company owns a fleet of pay loaders, forklifts and trailers to provide cargo-handling services. Berth # 12 with a total length of 220 meter was taken on lease from Haldia dock in 2002 for a period of 30 years. A larger warehousing facility of 63,000 square metres is being developed to enhance services further. The master plan envisages a combination of open as well as covered warehouses with railway siding facility capable of accommodating two full-length railway rakes simultaneously. On its completion, berth #12 will have significant augmentation in capacity in terms of handling and storage of voluminous and over dimensional project cargo. This will significantly reduce waiting time for ships with project cargo on board. A part of this facility has been completed and is currently being used for handling bulk cargo and project cargo.

Services at berth # 12 Equipped with a modern harbour mobile crane of 100 MT maximum lifting capacity, the berth is ideal for handling all types of steel and project cargo for ships sailing on the ocean as well as for barges. Service is further augmented by a fleet of trailers and heavy lift forklifts of up to 30 MT lifting capacity making it capable of handling any type of heavy lift consignments. Cargo handled includes steel products, project cargo for various industries, bulk sugar, iron ore, limestone and fertiliser raw materials. A total of 14,000 square meter of concrete storage area is located adjacent to the berth with covered warehousing facility for finished steel products to handle steel and project cargo for various clients.

Handling Agency Services

The company offers handling agency services at ports of Haldia (at berths other than berth#12), Kolkata and Paradip. As handling agent, company provides full turnkey services to customers covering all activities from cargo operation in or out of ship, to receipt or dispatch of cargo from port premises. The total cargo handled during FY 08-09 was in excess of 6 million tons covering coking coal, thermal coal, metallurgical coke, limestone, iron ore, chrome concentrate, ferro chrome etc. TMILL has its own establishment and fleet of equipment for carrying out the handling activities efficiently.

Heavy Lift Equipment Facility

TMILL owns a modern shore crane (Liebherr make) capable of lifting any odd dimensional heavy project equipment of up to 100 MT unit weight. In addition, the crane’s ultra quick throughput time also helps to achieve quick turnaround of ships carrying all types of dry bulk and break bulk cargo. Services are further augmented by heavy lift shore handling facilities e.g. forklifts, which have found wide acceptance and usage by the various port users including ship owners, ship agents and all bulk cargo receivers handling heavy steel coils and odd dimensional heavy lift project cargo.

Agency Services

This division compliments TMILL's port management services rendered at Haldia and Paradip by offering integrated services to vessel owners and clients in the best possible manner while the ships are in the port. The division assists in safe and expeditious berthing of vessels at the ports on arrival and ensures quick turnaround, thereby assuring considerable savings to the ship owners.

Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of Bulk Material Handling System (BMHS)

TMILL is the chosen O&M operator at the port of Dhamra in the State of Odisha. Situated midway between the existing ports of Paradip and Haldia, Dhamra Port is designed as one of the deepest ports in the country, capable of handling capesize vessels drawing up to 18 metres draft. The port is designed to be a multi-user, multi-commodity, all-weather, deep-water port. The first phase of operations consists of a bulk terminal with 700 metres of berthing face, a mechanised cargo handling system, railway connectivity and associated infrastructure.

TMILL handles the overall operations and maintenance activity of the mechanised cargo handling system comprising ship loader, ship unloader, stackers and reclaimers, wagon tippler, rapid rail loading system and conveyor lines with transfer stations and control centres.