Most Immediate

Government of India
Ministry of ShiPPing
(Minor Port Section)

No. PD -26017 I | 12012-\{P nut"d,D4anuary, 2013

Council
Subject :- Minutes of the 14th Meeting of Maritime States Development
(MSDC) chaired by Hon'ble Minister of Shipping held at Mumbai on
7-8th January,2013.

SirAvladam,

am directed to forward herewith a copy of the recommendations

I of
14th Meeting of the Maritime States Development
Council (MSDC) chaired
Hon,ble Minister of Shipping held at Mumbai on 7-8th January, 2013 fi
necessary action and comPliance.

2. You are requested to take the necessary action on the action Poi
Taken RePorts to thi
pertaining to your organisation and furnished the Action
Ministry at the earliest.

Yours faithfull

.$y
(Ashwa u

To,
As per list attached.
Recommendations of the 14th Meeting Maritime
States Development Council IMSDCI held in Mumbai
on 7-8th January. 2O13

The 14'h Maritime States Development Council Meeting (MSDC) held

under the Chairmanship of Shri G.K. Vasan, Hon'ble Minister for Shipping,
Government of India on 8th January, 2013 in the presence of Shri Sh. Milind
Deora, Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Shipping and IT, Sh. Ganta
Srinivasa Rar:, Hon'ble Minister, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Sh. Subrat
Tarai, Hon'ble Minister, Govemment of Orissa and Sh. Narayan T. Rane,
Hon'ble Minister, Govt. of Maharashtra. Representatives from Maritime
States/uTs/State Maritime Boards, Ministry of Shipping and other Central
Government Ministries attended the session and participated in the
deliberations"

2. After deliberations on various issues concerning the maritime sector, the

following major decisions were arrived at:-

i) Formation of Maritime Boards: At present, three Maritime States have

formed State Maritime Boards. In the remaining Maritime States, the
process of formation of such Boards is at an advanced stage' It was
resolved to expedite the formation of such Boards in the ensuing financial
year.

Action-State Governments

ii) nof i DG (Shipping) will

review the Security of MajorA{on-Major Ports and suggest the level of
security required in the ports. It was agreed to upgrade securitY and
navigational safety in MajorA{on-Major Ports by installing VTMS and
makirag all the Ports ISPS complaint.

Action- DG(S)/DGLL/State Government/state Maritime Boards

iii)
Maritime Boards: Presently the wrecks outside the port Limits, but
within the territorial waters are within the jurisdiction of the Directorate
General of Shipping and the District Collectors are designated
as

receivers of the wrecks. On the request of the Maritime States,

it was
the Port
decided to delegate the powers of 'receiver of wrecks' outside
 limits, but within the territorial waters to the CEOs of the respective
Maritime Boards.

Action- DG(S)

iv) National Waterwav No.4 & 5 Proiect: It was decided that IWAI should
take necessary action on National Waterway No.4 & 5 Projects and as &
when work will progress, IWAI will consider opening of regional offices
to implement the works.
Action- IWAI

v) Registration, Survev and Certification of Fishing vessels - Delegation

of Powers to State Authoritv: It was decided to delegate powers of
registration, survey and certification of all fishing vessels from
Directorate General of Shipping, Government of India to concerned State
Government Authorities. Further, it was also resolved that the State
Fisheries Department should function as a nodal agency for all fishing
related issues, including management of fishing harbours.

Action-DG(S)/State Government

vi) Development of New Fishing Harbour near New Mangalore Port: It

was decided to establish a new fishing harbour near New Mangalore Port
at Kulai, decision for which has been pending for the last 10 years.
Central Government will provide 75Yo assistance through Department of
Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries. The remaining 25Yo of the
project cost will be funded primarily by New Mangalore Port Trust and
partially by the State Government, if feasible. Operation and
maintenance of the new fishing harbour will be looked after by the State
fisheries Department.

Action- D/o Animal Husbandry/llMPT/State Government of Karnataka

vii) B Refuse for Wo : It was

decided to identiff one or two disused Ports on either of the coasts to
locate places of refuge for disabled/unseaworthy vessels. The decision
will result in providing safety to the lives of the crew and also prevent
marine accidents and Pollution.

Action- DG(S)/State Government/SMB

viii) List of Non-Maior and disused Ports: It was decided that MD, IPA will
collect the information of disused & non-major ports from the states and
made it available to the Security agencies. This is required not only for
 locations' but will also be useful
assessing security requirements in these
and Coastal Shipping'
for taking initiatives to promote Coastal trade
Action-IPA/State Govern ments

vessels Acts l9l7:. It was

ix) Model rules to be framed under inland
frame rules under Inland Vessels
decided that all Maritime States should
of inland waterways'
Act l9l7 ,which will help in the development
Action- State Government/SMB
rruat us" te
x) New central scheme to support State lvlantrme decided to
Governments, Om;q*; of tn" Maritime,t'"'"ll^t'^was
evolve central schemes to provide assistance in the areas of:-

Government owned Non Major

o Support for capital dredging in State
the State Ports and facilitate larger
Ports. This will help in deepening
vessels to call on these Ports'
Boards to combat oil sPills
o To build the capacity of the State Maritime
and oil Pollution.
for trade and exclusive berths for
o To develop exclusive ports Coastal

coastal shiPPing'
(VTMS) and other
o To install Vessel Traffic Management System
Ports'
navigational aids in State owned Non-Major
make an inventory of non
It was also decided that the MD, IPA will
India's coastline.:"1::::iT:":
major Ports and disused Ports along
li# ;;;entified and deveroped into exclusive coastal
to coastal shipping whic
ffi.ffi.|i ot*.oustal porrs will give a boost
will help in decongesting roads and railways'
Action- M
Mumbai

level meeting of MSDC was held on 7th January' 2013 in

The officers
MumbaiundertheChairmanshipofSecretary(Shipping).Representativesfrom
of Major Port
State Governments (except west Bengal)' chairmen
Maritime DGLL'
bhancellor, IMU, DG (Shipping)'
Trusts, chairperson, IWAI, vice
GoI and representatives from Indian Navy, Coast Guard
Chief Hydrographer, The following
other centrar Govemment departments attended the meeting.
and
meeting:
decisions were taken during this

have
of Maritime Boards: At present, three Maritime States
1.. Constitution
Maritime Boards. In the remaining Maritime States, the
formed State stage' IfIt rxrqq
was
ffi;;ion of such Boards is at an advanced
;:r".-, Boards in the ensuing financial
to expedite the formation of such
resolved
year.StateMaritimeBoardswererequestedtohandlemattersrelatedto
coastalshippingandinlandwaterwuy,ul,osothattherecanbeonenodal
sector related issues'
agency to handle maritime
Action- State Governmen
to contin
2. DedicatedBerthingtoCoastGuardVessel:Itwasdecidedtocont
^ .r.,:-- r^..
*tilities for +L^ Guarda{avv vessels at Malor
coast GrrardA'Jaw
the rranocr
Major a
ffi;;il,.-nt* r, ^r^^ decided ro^irl oA that oossibility of providi
that the possibilitv
ii"_d;;";;r. '.rrt was also wll be explored bv- n^..+/\lf.
porr/Maritime Board
)ff#:,o"t.*, Navar/cG
to availabilitY ofc land
^- l ^-,{
.t
and nthp
oth
on dePosit-work basis, subject
considerations.
Action- Major Port/State Government/SM

Ports where EXIM

3. Establishment of VTMS in all :1:?:1::
Ports
to be installed iin Major and Non-Major
handled: VTMS
ffiil"*;, uu,.a on vorume
ilr?* r""t"",',,rli. ;J"*" fo'
"1 :"1t::Till1^:::*"'ti;
Prov i dine
te cnni c al
::*'
u
vTMs in the State
-1ay 31, P
--- ^l \T^n,Itr[oinr
owned Non-Maior Por
:il;ff;.',lrnil*.",ation of

Action- State Government/SMB/DG

4. EnvironmentclearanceofPortprojectsbyStateAuthorities:in time -
may expedite environmental clearances
State Governments
boundmannerinrespectofPortprojects.ThestateGovernmentof
with respect to the development
Goa was requested to expedite clearances
projects of Mormugao Port Trust'

Action-StateGovernmentsofGoa/SMB/StateGovernments
Ports: DG (Shipping) had
f,. NPS compliance by all MajorAlon.Major
to monitor the implementation of ISPS compliance and also
been asked
directed to draw a pran for ail Major
& Non-Major Ports.
at SecuritY level- II. It was
PresentlY, all Major Ports are oPerating the
take aPProPriate stePs to review
decided that DG (ShiPPing) would
level of securitY requirement'
Action- DG(S)

Ministry of Shipping may

6. Tier-I Pollution Control Equipment:
the current status of pollution control equipment (Tier-I level)
review lvllnlsry level.
rt'Yet'
,. \T^a t\rainr porfs the Ministry
Ports in India at tne
available at Major and Non-Major
for tti:lT:^f.:j:t::'"u^::::-tt::
Appropriate action plan to be prepared.
software for
ffi;H;* C"ru-ouard to suggesr the required
oil-spill in mid sea'
Action- MOS/State Government/S

7. Fixing of IV Limits: This issue was flagged by GMB

all
(ShiPPing) to examine afresh
Government of Goa' DG
;;;"ffil"*ot"* those relatins to
:"'.:::: ::tJi:'::*:
shourd be to facilitate seamless
movement
ffi;;.^^"i:";" | ,t^ C^-^^
system can come into force.
It
T+

e\ integrated
ffi;#J,;
DitlB.'b/ veDDvrp' that an
,.
*""tirrg ---^--.1 .l 1^o
would convened at
be ^^r".r.ned a1

decided that a seParate revlew

issue'
Shipping Ministry level on the
Action-

System (PCS) by Non Major

Po
8. Implementation of Port Community
MD.IPAtofollowupwithallMaritimeBoards/MaritimeStates
implementing PCS'
Action-I
9. Installation of
Radioactive Metal Detectors: was decided to install
Radioactive Metal Detectors in all Non-Major P on following basis-

(a) Relevant traffic; and

(b) To be made mandatory above a particular shold in respect of

container traffic.

Ministry of Shipping will clariff the threshold I els.

Action te Government/SMB

made on endas in L4th

t. Receiver of Wreck Power to be delegated to Maritime Board:

Presently the wrecks outside the port Limits, within the territorial
waters are within the jurisdiction of the Di General of Shipping
and the District Collectors are designated as recei ers of the wrecks. On
the request of the Maritime States, it was deci to delegate the powers
of 'receiver of wrecks' outside the Port limits, t within the territorial
waters to the CEOs of the Maritime Boards.

Action- DG(S)

,,
To continue Shipbuilding Subsidy provided by Government of India:

The Committee was informed that comprehensi proposal for providing

support to Indian shipyards has been submi to the Committee of
Secretaries. This includes a request for grant fsubsidy to the shiP-
building sector, linked to sourcing of domestic w materials, as well as
other tax-incentive measures.
Action-MoS

3.Waiver of Income Tax liabilities imposed on the tate

Non-Major Ports/
(Shipping) informed
Tax exemption for Port Development' The Sec
and the same was not
that the issue was taken up with Ministry of Fi
funher. However,
agreed to. Therefore, the proposal need not be
ce to re-examine the
Ministry of Shipping will once again request IWo F
proposal.
Action-MoS
4. Ship Entry Rules: It was decided that DG (Shipping) will constitute a
committee to examine the issues raised by the S,tate Maritime Boards.
Further, it was also decided that DG (Shipping) will take appropriate
steps for early processing of applications of thr: remaining insurance
companies.
Action-DG(S)

f,. Relaxation of Cabotage Law for Gujarat Portrs: Secretary (Shipping)

stated that in Vallarpardam, the relaxation of
Cabotage Law is of implemenlation. Therefore, other
in its initial stage
proposals can be considered in due course afte:r seeing the impact in
ICTT, Vallarpardam.

6. Port Regulatory Authority Bilt 20llz It was informed that the Central
Government has decided not to pursue the Port R,ogulatory Authority Bill
taking into account the concerns of the State Governments.

7. Development of Ports in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg Districts of

Maharashtra- Environment Clearance: The representative of
Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India informed that
Ministry has set up a new Committee to examine the issue of moratorium
imposed on development of Port projects along the coast of Maharashtra.
The report of the Committee is expected by the end of February , 2013 ' A
decision will be taken thereafter.
Action- Ministry of Environment & Forest

8. National Waterway No. 5 Project: It was decided that IWAI should

take necessary action on National Waterway No. :5 Project and as &
when
work will progress, IWAI will consider opening of regional offices.
Action-IWAI

9. Setting up and operating satellite or Dedicated Quay / Fishing

Harbour facilities. secretary (Shipping) stated that an integrated
approach should be adopted by the Department of Fisheries,
Govt' of
India, after due consultation with State Goventments and other
stake-
of
holders. Secretary (Shipping), also impressed upon the Department
scheme taking into
Fisheries to act as the nodal agency and formulate a
consideration the following aspects:-
 (a)Streamliningtheprocessofregistrationoffishirngvessels;

(b) Development of dedicated fishing harbours;

(c)Developingasuitablecommunicationsystemforfishingvessels.

that the Department of Fisheries' Government of India will

It was decided
DGLL
examine the reports on Pilot studies
being conducted by the Coast Guard'
after, select a suitable/appropriate
and west Bengal Government and there of
Further, the Department of Fisheries may explore the possibility
technology.
the selected technology through Rashtriya
lirishi vikas Yojna' as
funding
suggested bY Chairman, KoPT'

Action.D/oAnimalHusbandry&Fisheries/SitateGovernment/SMB

|.0.PolicyonpreventivemeasuresforavoidingAccidentsofFishing
of Fisheries' Government
Vessels: It was decided that the Department
oflndiawillworkoutaschemeforprovidingcompensation'l*::I,1
was also decided
caused by such accidents' Further'
it
;i".i"""d
";ilr
that the responsibility for implementing the schrlme is to be
vested with

the State Fisheries DePartments'

Fishe
Action- D/o AnimalHusbandry&
of the
ll.ProhibitionofThurayaPhone:Itwasdecidedthatinview includi
onThurayaPhones'DG(Shipping)willissuenecessaryorders, in the
P
declarationofusage/possessionofThurayaPhonesonboard
arrival notice (PAN)'
Action- DG(

|2.ProvidingPlacesofRefuge:Itwasdecidedtoidentiffoneor
disusedPortsoneitherofthecoaststolocateplacesofrefuge
I li-^
in providing c.
sat'
ffi;t"*"u*ortnv vessels. The decision will result
prevent marine accidents and
pollution'
lives of the crew and also
to the
Action-DG(

13. ManagementofFishingllarboursunderSta'teMaritimeBoard.
observed thrrt it
matter was discussed and it was T"11^Ot"::5i
to risherman
ffi;;#;"i?rnt", harbours and ail issues relating
handledbythefisheriesdepartmentasthenodalagencyinstead
multiPle agencies'
 Action-State Government

under Inland Vessel

14. Fitment of AIS on Barges and Crafts registeredl
decided that DG (ShiPPing)
Act Operating within Port Limits: It was
and suggest the aPProPriate
would examine all the four Applicable acts,
amendments.
Action-DG(S)

15. List of Non Major and Disused Ports:

The Secretary (ShiPPing)
of disused & non-
directed that MD, IPA will collect the informatiLon
major ports and made available to the Security,"ttl:t":
I;;;J;;;
VV 9rr ve ;; for security requirements in these .locations, '...:Tr:
but also for
o ,- . ^t^1+-^A^
interventions to promote coastal shipping
& coastal trade'
finalising the
Action-IPA

16.LaningofPortsforManagementofTraffic:Itwasdecidedthatthe
and the same can
Port authorities
demarcation of lane can be done by the
be communicated to all the stake-holders'
It was also decided that
ma'y be undertaken by the
enforcement and penal action for violation
Fisheries Department of the respective
States' Simultaneously' a drive
to educate thefishermen, so as to create lane
should be launched
discipline.
Action- litate Government/SMB

|l.AlternativeCommunicationChannelforFish.ermen.
Discussed as in Agenda No' 9'

18. ProvidingSecurityofSinglePointMooring(SPM)
Secretary(Shipping) directed that
a Committee may-
:",:::*tH:O"T
respective^t"11*:i1:'"t
L::ffi'#;;lr-r"*i".a at the
CommitteeistobeheadedbytheChairmanofthePortTrustconcerned

Navy/ Coast Guard and

with representatives drawn from Indian
Company' The said Committee
will draw up a detail
participating Oil of SP
securityprotocolforeachSPM.Thecostforprovidingsecurity
the SI'>M'
will be borne by the oil company owning
Compan
Action- Ports/CG/IN/Oil PSUs/Pvt'
19 & 20. Financial Assistance from Government 'of India
- (oil cess
Fund) & Discussion on scheme for proviiding central
Govt

Assistance to Maritime Board/States:

The committee was informed that the Governmerrt
of India is presently
e schemes :-
formulating the following comprehensive assistanc
(a) To assist the maritime states in developing capacity
to combat oil
spills/oil Pollution.
(b) Providing assistance for the development of coastal berths/ports;
(c) Providing assistance for implementation of vTMS in state owned
Non Major Ports.
Action- MoS

and jetties in the new

21. Allotment of land for security related buildings
Land PolicY is under
coming Ports: It was informed that at presenrt
formulation. It will inter-aha, address the issue
of land allotment for
security agencies.
Action-MoS

Lct 1917: It was

22. Model rules to be framed under Inland vessels
decidedthatallMaritimeStatesshouldframeru].esunderlnlandVessels
of inland waterways'
Act lgIT,which will help in the development
Action- State Government

Dual Registration of River sea vessels

(RSV): Presently' merchan
23.
Shipping Ott
ships can have registration under Merchant ": Ti::t:]:i:
move from the sea
ffiil;; ^, ^;rpoint
of time. when the vessiels
to surrentler one of the registrati
inland waters utdui".-,rersa they have
in promoting Inlan
certificates. This is a hindrance and bottleneck
operalion in Inland waters an
water Transport. To facilitate seamless -: ^+-
coastalwatersinasingleVoyage,itwasdecidedtopermitdualregi
of )legistry at a given ti
and vessels can hold both the certificates
cargo through Inl
This decision will promote movement of'
waterwaYs.
Action-DG(
Sh. Pankaj Kumar,
VC & CEO,Gujarat Maritime Board,Sec-10-4,
Gandhinagar-382043
Sh. Shyam Sunder Shinde,
CEO,
Maharashtra Maritime Board,3'd Floor, Ramji Bhai Kamani Marg,Bal
Estate, Mumbai-400038
Sh. Ramesh Kumar Khanna,
VC & CEO,
Tamil Nadu Maritime Board,
Variams ComPlex, 2'd Floor,
112, Sir TyagaraYa Road,
T.N Chennai-600 017

Sh. Hage Batt,

Secretary(Ports),
Government of Goa
Sh. Sadashiv RaddY P. Patil,
PPl. Secretary to the Govt.
(Deptt. of Ports &IWT),
Govt. of Karnataka,
Public Works DePartment,
3'd Floor, Vikasa Soudha,
M. S. Building,
Dr. Ambedkar Road,
Banqalore-560001
Sh. James Vargehese,
Principal Secretary (Forest, Ports& Environment),
Govt of Kerala,
ThiruvananthaPurarA !95 !9!
Thiru. P.R. MEENA, IAS
Secretary (Ports), Chief Secretariat,
Govt. of Fudducherry-60500 1
Sh. Sunil Sharma, Secretary,
Transport, Roads & Buildings (Ports),A P Secretariat, Govt of Andh
Pradesh,HYderabad - 5OOO22

Sh. G. Mathivathanam,
Commissioner cum Secre ,Govt of O4qla, EhUb'aneswar
Sh.BPGoPalika, IAS
Secretary (TransPort)
Govt of West Bengal,
Writers Building,
Kolkata - 700001
 A3 N. I"lrlnds, Secretariat, Port
Str. .latai Srivastava, Secretary(Ports),UT "f
Blatr-744lOl
Sh. H. Rajesh
Administrator UT of Lakshadwee
@a11a, Administrator,
UT of Daman & Diu and
UT of Dadar A Negef H4wgli
Sh. G. C. Pati,

Ministry of Agriculture
Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi
iolo etti*tl H.t"btttdw & DtitYi
Sft. V RajagoPalan, Secretary' Bhawan,
Ministry of Environment & Forest' Paryavaran
Lodhi Road, New Delhi
Department of Revenue, North Block,
Shrt Sumtt Btse, Revenue Secretary
of Petroleum & Natural Gas,
sh. G. c. chaturvedi, secretary, Ministry
Shastri Bharvgn,Jgw lglhi
Secretary,
New-D4bt'
Telecommunication' Sanchar Bhawan,
Slt Rat "sh Singh,
Joint Secretary FM),
NDCC-I,New Delhi bwarka, t'lgw lglhi
sh. R. P. si , Cft4l4a"' NFI4I G5&6,Sec!q49
Sh. Vitt"Y Mittal'
of Railways'
Chairman, Railway Board, Minitry
Rail Bhawan,
New Delhi
Vi;Admiral S. K. Jha NM,
Chief HYdrograPher,
Govt of India 107-4,
Rajpur Road,
Dehradun-24-8-901 -

D-irectorate of Naval OPerations '

Naval Headquarters,
Room No 185, South Block'

DG,
Coast Guard Headquarters'
National Stadium ComPlex'
ChedrPerson, Cen
sh. Praveen Mahajan,
Board. of Excise & Custom'
North Bloclq, T:w Delhi. ,=
(operation)
Sh. S. B"ltkn"nn--.n,Ditector
Directorate of Naval OPeratrons '
Naval Headquarters'
Room No 185, South Block'
New Delhi
-aptPVKMohan,
Chairman,
National ShiPPing Board,
Room No. 316,
Third Floor,
TransportBh.@
SmL Rani A. Jadav, ChairPerson,
Tariff Authority for Major Ports, MumM
Sfr. VisttwaPati Trivedi, IAS
Chairman,
Indian Waterw s Authori Sector 1
Sh. Cautam Chaterjee,
DG (ShiPpins),
Directorat. G"rr"ral of Shipping, Walchand Hirac
Mumbai - 400 0!q
Capt. A. M. Sura1,
od llighthouse and Light:hiP:),
A-lb,iulsi Marg, Sector -24, Noida-2O1301
Sftti R. Janardhana Rao,
MD, IPA, l"t Floor,
South Tower, NBCC Building, Bhisham Pitamah
New Delhi-110003
Capt. D. K. MohantY,
CMD, DCI,
VisakhaPatnam- 530 035
Mr. S. Hajara Ho"
Cnnn, Shipping Corporation of India' Fl^ill1"g
z+i, w"a;
Str- tvtanish Jain, IAS
Chairman, Kolkata Port Trust'
Kolkata-700001
Stt SS Mishra,IRTS
Chairman, ParadiP Port Trust
Orissa-7541+2
iln.e:"v" Kallam, IAS
Port Trust
Cft"ii*"tt, Visakhapatnam
g q 99!
VisakhaPatnalq:q
Sft. at rtYa Misra, IAS,
Chairman, Chennai Port Trust'
n"i"ii Salai Marg, Chennai-600 001

Sh. s. Natarajan,
Chairman,
V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust
Bharti Nagar, Tuticorin628 OO4
Sh. Paul AntonY,
Chairman'
Cochin Pot f4lq!
Willingdon Island
Cochin-682 0O9
Sh. P Tamilvanan,
Chairman,
New Mangalore Port Trust
Panambur,
Mansalore-575010
Sh. P. Mara Pandiyan,
Chairman,
Mormugao Port Trust
Headland Sada,
Goa-403 804
Sh. L. Radakrishnan, IAS,
Chairman,
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
Admn Building, Navi Mumbai,
Mumbai- 4OOO7O7

Sh. Rajeev Gupta, IRSME,

Chairman,
Mumbai Port Trust, Port House,
SV Mars. Mumbai-4OOOO 1
Sh.PDVaghela, IAS
Chairman,
Kandla Port Trust, Post Box-50
Gandhidham, Kutch, Gujarats7 O2OI
Shri S.Velumani,CMD,
Ennore Port Limited
No.23, First Floor,
P.T. Lee Chengalvaraya Naicker Maaligai,
Rajaji Salai,
Chennai - 600 001

Prof. G Raghuram
VC,
IMU,
East Coast Road,
Uthandi, Chennai.
Sh. Bimal Sinha,
CE&A, ALHW,
Port Blair-744 l}l
Cmde. K Subramaniam,
CMD,
CochinShipyardlimite d
Government of India Enterprise)' peru