Essar Shipping
Ports & Logistics Limited (ESPLL), is an end-to-end
logistics services provider with investments in
ports and terminals, logistics services, sea transportation
and oilfield drilling services. The integrated business
model provides opportunites to cater to the complete
supply chain management services to clients in oil
& gas, steel and power generation industries.
ESPLL operates in the following businesses
• The Ports & Terminals business
operates a crude oil and petroleum products terminal
at Vadinar and includes the construction of a
dry bulk port at Hazira and a Coal jetty at Salaya,
all in the state of Gujarat. The Vadinar terminal,
is an all-weather, deep-draft port, which provides
crude oil and petroleum products storage, handling
and terminalling services. The port has a Single
Point Mooring system capable of handling crude
capacity of upto 27 MMTPA and marine facility
for export of petroleum products of upto 6.5 MMTPA.
The dry bulk port being constructed at Hazira
involves setting up a 30 MTPA all-weather, deep-draft
port and jetty facility. The port will have a
berth of 550 meters length and an alongside depth
of 12.5 meters. The proposed berth will handle
the import of iron ore, pellets, coal, limestone
and export of finished steel products. The port
facility at Salaya comprises of setting up of
a 10 MTPA marine material handling facilities
to cater to the need of imported coal requirement
and export of petroleum coke.
• The Logistics business
provides end-to-end logistics services –
from ships to ports, lighterage services, intra-plant
logistics and dispatch of finished products. It
owns trans-shipment assets to provide lighterage
support services, and onshore & offshore logistics
services. It also operates a fleet of 4,200 trucks
(of which 38 are owned) to provide inland transportation
of steel and petroleum products.
• The Oilfields drilling business
offers onshore and offshore contract
drilling, and offshore construction services.
The current fleet includes a semi - submersible
offshore and twelve land rigs.