Institution building Gujarat Maritime Board in India

ECORYS Transport provided technical assistance to the restructuring of the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB). ECORYS advised the GMB about restructuring the institutional and organizational set-up of Gujarat ports. It provided training to GMB staff and assisted in commercializing port activities and setting up a legal framework.

Components of the restructuring activities conducted by the ECORYS team were:

• To provide an overview of the current status of the Gujarat ports in terms of throughput, facilities, hinterland connections, infrastructure, port capacities;
• To provide detailed cargo forecasts per commodity, port & region and to assess the required port capacities for these cargo flows by port & region;
• To confront the required port capacities with the available – and planned port capacities;
• To provide recommendations for the future port development requirements;
• To transfer the knowledge/ know-how of the project to Indian counterparts/future members of the Strategic Planning Unit (SPU) through in-house training and the production of a handbook containing all information required for the execution of the activities mentioned above;
• To provide guidance and assistance to the SPU in its first year of operation.

Client: Gujarat Maritime Board.