The design and study of structural behaviour of figer jetty in royapuram fishing harbor at Ennore port

Abstract

            Chennai is one of the metropolitan cities of India, situated in the eastern coast. Chennai port trust is located at 13°18’ east on the eastern seaboard of India. The port is well connected to the Chennai city through a well-developed network of roads in all directions and to other important cities. The airport is located at a distance of about 25km from port of Chennai are interlinked by both road and rail networks in the city. Chennai port, formally known as madras port, is the second largest port of India behind the Mumbai port, and largest port in the Bay of Bengal. This is the third oldest port among the 12 major ports of India situated in the Coromandel Coast in South-East-India. Strategically located and well connected with major parts of the world, it is today the hub port on the Indian subcontinent. Committed to efficiently through innovation the four corner stone’s of the port will see much growth in the years to come. The main aims are continuous modernization, efficient services at minimum cost, simple and integrated procedures and user-friendly approach. The port with 3 docks, 24 berths and draft ranging from 12 to 16.5m (39 to 54.1ft) has become a hub port for containers, cars and project cargos in the east coast of India. Chennai fishing harbour handles maximum fishing activities compared to other major fishing harbour for the past 5 yrs. In 2009-10, the port handled 61.06 million tonnes of cargo against 57.49 million tonnes in 2008-09 marking an increase of 6.20 per cent and has set a target to handle75 million tonnes in 2011-2012 and 100 million tonnes in 2015-16.this increasing traffic lead to the construction of finger jetties at royapuram fishing harbour to meet the increasing demand.