Trombay Coal Terminal
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Trombay Coal Terminal, officially known as the Tata Power Coal Jetty Trombay, is an operating captive coal-import facility in the Trombay area of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The terminal is owned and operated by Tata Power and supplies imported coal to the adjoining Trombay power station.
The terminal is a non-major port facility within Mumbai Harbour. It is not a conventional deep-water coal terminal: imported coal is discharged from ocean-going vessels at Mumbai Port anchorages and transported to the terminal in smaller barges.[1]
Location
The terminal is located at Tata Power's Trombay generating station on Mahul Road in Chembur, Mumbai. The coal jetty is situated on the eastern waterfront of the generating-station complex.
Background
Tata Power commissioned the coal jetty in 2009 to supply coal to the Trombay Thermal Power Station. The jetty has an annual coal-handling capacity of 2.4 million tonnes.[1]
Because the terminal is located in shallow, tidal waters, large ocean-going coal carriers cannot berth directly at the jetty. Mother vessels carrying imported coal anchor at the inner or outer anchorages of Mumbai Port. Coal is then transferred into barges with capacities of approximately 1,800 to 3,200 tonnes and transported to the Trombay jetty for unloading.[1]
The terminal is a captive facility: coal unloaded at the jetty is consumed by the adjoining Tata Power generating station rather than being distributed as general commercial cargo. A 2024 Mumbai Port Authority master plan reported that the Trombay power station's coal traffic had fluctuated between approximately 1.6 million and 2.5 million tonnes per year during the preceding five years. The plan anticipated future traffic of approximately 2.5 million tonnes per year and stated that the power station had no capacity-augmentation plans.[2]
Mumbai Port Authority subsequently reported that 2.66 million tonnes of coal were moved to the Trombay power station jetty in fiscal year 2023–2024.[3]
Cancelled expansion
In 2012, Tata Power proposed converting the oil- and gas-fired 500 MW Unit 6 at Trombay to coal. The proposal included increasing the coal terminal's capacity from 2.4 mtpa to 4.4 mtpa, installing additional coal conveyors and developing a new coal-storage yard.
The terminal expansion received coastal-regulation-zone clearance in May 2015, but the associated Unit 6 coal conversion was not implemented. Unit 6 was subsequently retired instead, and the proposed coal conversion was cancelled.[4]
Mumbai Port Authority's current master plan confirms that the Trombay generating station has no capacity-augmentation plans,[2] suggesting the proposed jetty expansion is also cancelled.
Terminal Details
- Owner: Tata Power Company Limited
- Operator: Tata Power Company Limited
- Location: Mahul Road, Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Coordinates: 18.991606, 72.908227 (exact)
- Coal capacity: 2.4 mtpa
- Status: Operating
- Type: Imports
- Use: Captive supply to Trombay Thermal Power Station
- Start year: 2009
- Coal source: Imported coal, primarily sourced from Indonesia
- Proposed additional capacity: 2 mtpa
- Expansion status: Cancelled
Resources and articles
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Trombay Thermal Power Station". Tata Power. Retrieved 2026-09-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Comprehensive Master Plan for Mumbai Port Authority with Planning Horizon 2047" (PDF). Mumbai Port Authority. 2024. Retrieved 2026-09-17.
- ↑ "Integrated Mumbai Port Masterplan 2047" (PDF). Mumbai Port Authority. Retrieved 2026-09-17.
- ↑ "Trombay power station". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2026-09-17.
