Bunkering Industry – Gujarat Bunkering is one of an important ancillary industry, driving the overall growth of the maritime industry. Presently, the industry is dominated by Singapore Port, Fujairah Port, and Rotterdam Port. India is still in its nascent stage of growth with Mundra port (Gujarat), Mumbai Port and Chennai Port picking the market.
Bunkering Scenario-Gujarat
Bunkering is an emerging sector in Gujarat. The Port led business development model employed by Gujarat Maritime Board has given a required strategic thrust to the bunkering sector. The State plans to take advantage of its strategic located coastline and pick up a share of Fujairah. GMB is in plan to set up a bunkering terminal at its coastline. Currently Gujarat is anticipating a 3 fold increase in handling traffic, with an augmentation in its port infrastructure which will entitle it for a significant growth in the entire maritime sector.
Gujarat Bunker Sale Volume
At present, Gujarat accounts for approximately 70,000 Mt/month of duty free bunker sales volume. Bunker potential in Gujarat is immense. Currently Gujarat is catering to around 0.76 million ton of bunker annually with 63% of total Indian bunker supply, out of this 63% share, Gulf of Kutch shares the predominate chunk of bunker volume.
Bunkering is predominantly carried out at four ports of Gujarat & these terminals suffice the bunkering requirement of other ports of Gujarat. The prominent bunkering locations are:
- Various upcoming bunkering locations in Gujarat with their total bunker volume supplied per month are as below:
Gulf of Kutch (Mundra, Kandla & Sikka) does a monthly bunkering of 53,000 ton where as Gulf of Khambat (Dahej & Magdalla) roughly accounts for bunkering of 15,000 ton per month. Presently ports in Gujarat caters to inherent ship calls only, many small players suppliers supply bonded fuels to ships, though Chemoil-Adani joint venture has just begun its operation a year back and have even established a foot in the region.
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