Document Details
Name of Department/Committee : CED 47
Document Number : CED 47 ( 28402)
Document Title [English] : Planning and Design of Ports and Harbours Code of Practice Part 5 Layout Functional and Environmental Requirements First Revision
Document Title [Hindi] : पत्तनों और पोताश्रयों की योजना और रूप — रीति संहिता भाग 5 अभिन्यास, कार्यात्मक और पर्यावरणीय अपेक्षाएँ (पहला पुनरीक्षण )
Document Type : Revision
Language : English
Priority : 3
ICS Code : 93.140
Date of Project Approval : 12-07-2025
Standards to be Revised :
Sl.No. Is No & Year
1 IS 4651 : Part 5: 1980
Standards to be Superseded :


Classification Details
Group : Civil Engineering Design and Construction
Sub Group : Ports harbours and offshore installations
Sub Sub Group : Ports, Harbours and Offshore Installations
Aspects : Code of Practice
Risk : Low
Certification : None
Short Commom Man's Title :
ITCHS Code :
Ministry :
  • Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Sustainable development Goals :
Degree of Equivalence : Indigenous
Identical/Equivalent Standards :
Organization Type:

Sl.No. Synosis Points
1 This standard outline some of the desirable technical characteristics of ideal ports and harbours and is intended to provide some guidelines to the planners and designers who may be required to select a specific site, with in the general locality specified, and develop a new or an existing port and harbour.
2 This standard (Part V) lays down functional requirements for the planning and developing of commercial ports and harbours and gives a general recommendation for the layout, functional and environmental requirements: a) Site investigation; b) Navigation Channel; c) Navigation studies (shipping manoeuvrability study, passing ship analysis); d) Harbour basin; e) Piers and wharves; f) Storage areas and sheds and storage of hazardous/obnoxious cargo; g) Open storage area; h) Other functional and operational buildings; j) Roads and port railways; k) fire protection measures; m) EIA and EMP for Port Projects; n) Dredging & Reclamation including disposal (Reuse of dredge material); p) Tranquility of port; and q) Material Handling system (Semi mechanised or fully mechanised, optimum handling facility).

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1 18-07-2025 18-12-2025 05-03-2026 20-07-2026 Mr. ASHOK SARAN 18-07-2025