ECTPL is a common user coal terminal facility located at Kamarajar Port Limited, Ennore, Tamil Nadu, India. This terminal caters coal requirements to its various customers via road and rail to respective destinations of the Customers. The Customer appoints a CHA and Shipping Agent to process customs / duty clearances for bringing the cargo from international load ports to our terminal.

ECTPL, being a custodian of the cargo is responsible for verifying the documents like IGM, Bill of Entry, over side Delivery Order that are given by the customer or customers appointed agent. Once the verification is done and the port dues are cleared by the customer, berthing clearance is forwarded to the marine department of Kamarajar port by our Business Development team. Vessel unloading plan is evolved by the Operations and Maintenance Team in the terminal and a discharge request form is raised to the Centralized control room of the terminal for commencement of coal unloading process. Once the vessel is safely berthed, all statutory inspection is done from PHO, Customs and draft survey is conducted by the surveyor.

The cargo is discharged using 2 Nos of Rail Mounted Gantry Type Ship Unloaders and the coal is safely transferred through mechanized coal handling belt conveyors to the designated plots in the coal stack yard using 2 Nos of luffing type Stacker Reclaimers. Upon completion of the vessel discharge process, cargo is evacuated by road and rail as per the requirement of the customer.

The customer issued a delivery order stating mode of transport, destination and their authorized transporter for evacuating the cargo. The cargo is loaded via trucks with Heavy Equipment (Pay loaders). For evacuating the cargo by railway, indent is placed with the Railways and the cargo is loaded onto the wagons with the help of Mechanized loading system. The cargo that is being evacuated is weighed before dispatch using static weighbridge (For road) and In Motion Weighbridge (For Rail).