Power of Board to execute works and provide appliances -(1) The

Board may, subject to any other law for the time being in force, execute such works, within or beyond the limits of a port and provide such appliances as it may deem necessary or expedient.

1. (2) Such works and appliances may include,-
   • (a) wharves, quays, docks, stages, jetties, piers, place of anchorage and other works within the Port or Port approaches or on the foreshore of the Port or Port approaches in the State, with all such convenient arches, drains, landing places, stairs, fences, roads, bridges, tunnels and approaches, and buildings required for the residence of the employees of the Board as it may considered necessary;
   • (b) buses, locomotives, rolling stock, sheds, hotels, warehouses and other accommodation for passengers and goods and other appliances for carrying passengers and for conveying, receiving and storing goods landed, or to be shipped or otherwise;
   • (c) moorings and cranes, scales and all other necessary means and appliances for loading and unloading of vessels;
   • (d) reclaiming, excavating, enclosing and raising any part of the foreshore of the port or port approaches which may be necessary for the execution of the works authorised by this Act or otherwise for the purposes of this Act;
   • (e) such breakwaters and other works as may be expedient for protection of the port;
   • (f) dredgers and other machines for cleaning, widening, deepening and improving any portion of the port or port approaches or of the foreshore of the port or port approaches;
   • (g) light-houses, light-ships, beacons, buoys, pilot boats and other appliances necessary for the safe navigation of the port and the port approaches in so far as it relates to State functions;
   • (h) vessels, tugs, boats, barges and launches and lighters for the use within the limits of the port or beyond those limits, whether in territorial waters or otherwise, for the purpose of towing or rendering assistance to any vessel whether entering or leaving the port or bound elsewhere and for the purpose of saving or protecting life or property and for the purposes of landing, shipping or transhipping passengers or goods under section 32;
     • (i) sinking of tube wells and equipment, maintenance and use of boats, barges and other appliances for the purpose of the supply of water at the port;
   • (j) engines and other appliances necessary for extinguishing of fires;
   • (k) lands abutting the sea coast including creeks;
   • (l) ferry boats and other works and equipment appertaining to the running ferry service at or between the ports;
   • (m) construction of models and plans for carrying out hydraulic studies;
   • (n) dry docks, slipways, boat basins and workshop to carry out repairs or overhauling of vessels, tugs, boats, machinery or other appliances;
   • (o) all other works and appliances as may be necessary for achieving the objectives set out for the Board under this Act.
2. (3) The Board shall comply with the relevant environmental regulations and applicable laws while undertaking works and services at ports in the State;
3. (4) The Board shall ensure that all the non-major ports as well as upcoming private ports have security infrastructure in place before commencing operations and security clearance pertaining to Projects/developments operation of non-major ports are processed in consultation with concerned Central Security agencies;
4. (5) The Board shall ensure the port managements are accountable for security infrastructure including, deployment of Police personnel/armed security guards in keeping with the security environment, threat inputs and security advisories from Central and State security agencies. The board will have powers to take action against the port (Management) including suspension of operations, for failing to ensure required security arrangement.