Marine Services

Marine Operations :

Pilotage:

The port provides round the clock pilotage to all ocean going vessels calling the port. A total of 15 pilots are on JNPT with 2 more likely to join soon.

Brief details of Ports Floatilla's :

A total of 8 tugs are hired on charter :

a) Two (2) tugs of 50 tonnes Bollard pull from M/S Tag Offshore Ltd.

b) One (1) tug of 60 tonnes ,  two (2) tugs of 50 tonnes, three (3) tugs of 30 tonnes Bollard pull from M/S Ocean Sparkle Ltd. 

All tugs have fire fighting equipments and are equipped to deploy booms for spraying oil spill dispersants to contain oil pollution. 

c) A total of 4 Pilot Launches (speed boats ) and 2 patroling speed boats are hired on charter by JNPT.

d) 1 Pilot launch (speed boat) and 2 VIP launches (speed boats) are owned by JNPT. 

Vessel Traffic Management System :

Regular co-ordination of vessel movement is being carried out through collection , verification , organization and dissemination of information through this system.

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A. Marine Conservancy and Pollution Control

Anti-Pollution measures:

1. The pollution control cell carries out regular inspection and control checks on all vessels entering the port.
2. Regular planned drills are being conducted every week in each tug in rotation to check the Oil Spill Dispersant spraying systems.
3. The Port has provided reception facility for ship generated garbage as per Regulation 7(1), Annex-V of MARPOL 73/78 through below mentioned private party to the vessels calling JNPT. 

Oil Spill Response Facilities at JNPT

1. To combat the oil spill around JNPT and Mumbai Harbour, a common oil spill response Tier- I facility (spillage upto 700 MT) is set up at Jawahar Dweep, Mumbai Port Trust by placing the Work Order on M/s. Sadhav Shipping Ltd., Mumbai as per the Memorandum of Understanding between Mumbai Port Trust, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and other public and private sector oil companies. M/s. Sadhav Shipping Ltd. has prepared Oil Spill Response Contingency Plan for Mumbai & JNPT Harbour.
2. JNPT has also carried out the oil spill risk analysis and prepared the local contingency plan based on the risk analysis conducted by National Oceanography and same has been vetted by Indian Coast Guard.
3. Oil Spill Response Contingency Plan for Mumbai & JNPT Harbour. 
4. Download JNPT'S Port Waste Management Plan (for ship generated wastes)

B. FIRE

JNPT Fire Service

JN Port is having full-fledged fire service with centralized Fire Station running round the clock with qualified and experienced fire professional trained from National Fire Service College, Nagpur.

The following fire protection facilities are available at JN Port:

1. Fixed Fire Fighting System:

The following Fixed Fire Fighting Systems are available at JN Port to combat various types of Fire hazard. These systems are designed and commissioned as per the standard of NFPA, Bye-Laws of Government of Maharashtra Fire Protection System and latest National Building Code guidelines.

a) Sea Water Fixed Fire Fighting System at JNP Container Berth, Shallow Water Berth and Import -Export yards at JNPT.

i. The control philosophy of sea water pumping system is considered fully automatic operation of pumps and control systems. Normally, system is kept pressurized at a pressure of 10.5 kg/cm² to take care of minor leakage from the system. When there is leakage of water, jockey pump starts automatically so that the system pressure is maintained.

ii. In case, when any landing valve is opened, the water pressure in the respective network will drop resulting in automatic starting of Jokey pump.

iii. When the pressure in the hydrant network falls below a preset value, the electric motor driven water pump will start automatically and jockey pump which was in operation shall stop automatically. In case the electric motor driven main water pump fails to start, the diesel engine driven stand by water pump starts. There is separate control panels for electric, instrumentation and diesel engine.

iv. The complete system is provided with auto as well as local mode of operation. The local mode of operation is override the auto mode. Individual selector switches (Local/auto/Off) are provided for drives of pumps. For jockey pumps, the selector switches is also have a selection for reserve pump. The selection of working and reserve pump are depend upon the operations choice. The status of various pumps (On, off, trip) are available in the control panel.

b) High-velocity water spray system (HVWSS) for 4 MVA Transformer located at Electrical Substation E-6A at JNPT

c) Smoke Detection and Fire Alarm system and Pressurized Water Yard Hydrant System in and around Administration Building of JN Port.

d) Pressurised water yard hydrant system, smoke detection and fire alarm system at JNPT Training Centre.

e) Pressurized Water Yard Hydrant System & Alert Public Alarm Detection System installed at the Port User Building of JNPT.

The fire fighting systems installed by considering the location encompassing the various hazardous areas. The specification covers Design, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of the system complete with civil structural, electrical, instrumentation, hoisting and handling facilities.

These systems are manned and maintained by the contractor round the clock 

f) Total Gas Flooding System (FS 125) at CTCC located at POC Building and PMC located at Administration Building at JNPT.

g) Fixed Fire Protection System at Hazardous Bund area at JNPT.

2. Mobile Fire Fighting System:

Equipment Available With Port For Combating Fire:

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