Chennai Port Trust Recruitment For The Post Of Dock Master In Chennai

Chennai Port Trust Jobs Notification 2023 information for the hiring of 4 Dock Master Posts has been released on the official website at chennaiportgovin Candidates Planning to start their career with Chennai Port Trust can apply Online application on or before 2023-07-07

Dock Master: 4 Posts

• Qualification: Indian National and Must hold a Certificate of Competency as Master (FG) issued by the Ministry of Shipping, Govt.
  
  of India (or) an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of Shipping, Govt of India (ii) One-year post-qualification experience as Master/ Chief Officer of a foreign going ship
• Salary Details: Rs 90,000 – 2,40,000/- Per Month
• Age Limit: 43 years

Important Dates

Application Last Date: 7th July 2023

Masters Degree

Chennai Port Trust is looking for PG Diploma profile candidates.

How to Apply: Interested and eligible candidates may apply at the website chennaiport.gov.in on or before 7th July
2023

Chennai Port, the third oldest port among the 12 major ports, is an emerging hub port in the East Coast of India. This gateway port for all cargo has completed 137 years of glorious service to the nation’s maritime trade.

Maritime trade started way back in 1639 on the sea shore Chennai. It was an open road -stead and exposed sandy coast till 1815. The initial piers were built in 1861, but the storms of 1868 and 1872 made them inoperative.So an artificial harbour was built and the operations were started in 1881. The cargo operations were carried out on the northern pier, located on the northeastern side of Fort St. George in Chennai. In the first couple of years the port registered traffic of 3 lakh tonnes of cargo handling 600 ships.

Being an artificial harbour, the port was vulnerable to the cyclones, accretion of sand inside the basin due to underwater currents, which reduced the draft. Sir Francis Spring a visionary skillfully drew a long-term plan to charter the course of the port in a scientific manner, overcoming both man-made and natural challenges. The shifting of the entrance of the port from eastern side to the North Eastern side protected the port to a large extent from the natural vulnerabilities. By the end of 1920 the port was equipped with a dock consisting of four berths in the West Quays, one each in the East & South Quay along with the transit sheds, warehouses and a marshalling yard to facilitate the transfer of cargo from land to sea and vice versa. Additional berths were added with a berth at South Quay and another between WQ2 & WQ3 in the forties.