RAWA PORT

• Rawa (Surasenayanam) is in East Godavari District was declared as a Minor Port vide G.O.Ms.No.19 TR&B (P) Dept., Dt. 30-1-96. it is an off shore single buoy mooring system established about 11 Km, from Surasenayanam for collecting off shore oil from oil rigs of 6 Nos., on the Rawa Basin to pump the same into the oil tankers for transporting to other Ports.
• Located at:-
  • (A) Lat : 16º 24’.05’’ N.
                   Long : 81º 57 ’.30’’ E.
  • (B) Lat : 16º 34’.55’’ N.
                   Long : 82º 17 ’.55’’ E.
  • (C) Lat : 16º 18’.25’’ N.
                   Long : 82º 17 ’.55’’ E.
  • (D) Lat : 16º 18’.25’’ N.
                   Long : 81º 57 ’.30’’ E.
  
  
• Port Conservancy powers vested with The Port Officer, Kakinada Port.
• The port handled 1.56 Million Tons, of cargo during the year 2010-11 and it is 1.37 Million Tons during the year 2011-2012 (upto 01/2012).
• M/s. Cairn Energy (I) Ltd., an Australian Company has installed SBM at Rawa Port and handling Crude Oil transportation to HPCL’s Oil Refinery at Visakhapatnam and Haldia under private sector. The above facility is used for handling Oil transportation and deriving revenue to the Government.