Company

Indomer Coastal Hydraulics (P) Ltd. is the leading oceanographic company in India promoted by the team of former scientists of National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR), Goa. Dr. P. Chandramohan, the Managing Director of the company has served 25 years in NIO as Assistant Director and Head of Ocean Engineering Group. It was formed in April 1998 and since then, it has grown by leaps and bounds and today it has emerged as one of the best equipped institution to undertake multifarious coastal related development studies, planning and investigations. In fact, Indomer has effectively replaced foreign expertise in various governmental and private sector projects and carried out more than 450 projects in different areas of oceanography and coast based projects.

Infrastructure and in-house expertise

Indomer is the only private sector organization having its own in-house latest equipments like Benthos dual frequency CHIRP Seismic Profiler, Benthos dual frequency CHIRP Side Scan Sonar, Elac Multibeam Echosounder, Benthos C3D Multibeam cum Side Scan Sonar, ODOM Dual frequency Echo sounders, DGPS, RTKs, underwater positioning, ROVs, RDI ADCP Current meters, Aanderaa RCM 9 Current meters, Datawell Directional wave rider buoys, Aanderaa Tide recorders and YSI Water Quality Data logger.

Indomer has developed unique expertise in carrying out marine EIA studies for ports, seawater intakes and marine outfalls, seabed investigations on bathymetry, shallow seismic and side scan survey, measurements on currents, tides, waves, MIKE 21 modelling studies on: mixing of hot water and brine discharge, nearshore wave transformation, wave tranquility inside harbour, littoral drift, shoreline changes, siltation in channels, dredge disposal and oil spill.

Major projects executed in a nut-shell

Desalinization projects

    Intake and outfall for 100 MLD Desalination Plant for Chennai Metrowater

    Desalination Plant at Kalpakkam for BARC,

    Desalination Plant at Kudankulam for NPCIL

Other coast related studies/projects

    Modelling study for Sethusamudram Ship channel,

    ONGC Pipeline route,

    Tsunami impact survey along Tamilnadu coast,

    Monitoring of Chilika Lake for Govt. of Orissa,

    Environmental monitoring for Ministry of Earth Sciences,

    Measurements of currents and waves at Dahej for LNG Petronet etc.

    Post Tsunami surveys at Andaman Islands

    Shoreline monitoring for Project Seabird at Karwar,

Ports and harbours

Most of the port development investigations in India were carried out by Indomer. Some of them are:

Navlakhi Port, Positra Port, Pipavav Port, Sutrapada Port, Jaigarh Port, Manappad Oil Terminal, Ennore Port, Cheyyur Port, Marakkanam Port, Pondicherry Port, Cuddalore Port, Cuddalore Shipyard, Karaikal Port, Thirukuvalai Port, Krishnapatnam Port, Vadarevu Port, Nizampatnam Port, Machilipatnam Port, Bhavanapadu Port, Gopalpur Port, Astrang Port, Subarnarekha Port, Simar Port, Nana Layja Port, Chhara Port, Redi Port, Dhamra Port, Chudamani Port, Krishnapatnam Port, Honnavar Port etc. and development of Port at Indira Point in Andaman Islands besides many projects in Qatar and Srilanka.

Marine EIA related studies/clearances

Indomer plays a vital role in assisting the client for getting the clearances from both State EAC and MoEF for the developments along the coastline. Indomer has carried out oceanographic investigations for construction of jetty, seawater intake and outfall for more than 75 % of the coal based thermal power plants coming up in India. The studies covered Cuddalore Thermal Power Plant for IL&FS, Tridem Thermal Power Plant at Nagapatinam, Thermal power plant at Alamelumangapuram of SRM Energy, Nagapattinam Thermal Power Plant of Nagai Power, Thermal Power Plant at Akkurmukkuttu of PEL Power Ltd., Thermal Power Plant at Kattupalli for CPGL, Tuticorin Thermal Power Plant of Sterlite, Krishnapatnam Port Thermal Power Plant of Simhapuri and Meenakshi Energy, Bhavanapadu Thermal Power Plant of Energy Infratech, Nizampatnam Thermal Power Plant of Jayavenkatrama Industries, Spectrum Power Plant in Kakinada, Thermal Power Plant at Polatitippa Village of Thermal Powertech, Thermal Power Plant at Sompet of NCC Infrastructure, Thermal Power Plant at Krishnapatnam for Nelcast, Thermal Power Plant in Chhara, Gujarat for Shapoorji, Thermal Power Plant at Sanghipuram of Sanghi Energy, Thermal Power Plant at Palavalasa, Vizag of Hinduja National Power Corporation, Thermal Power Plant at Ankulapatur of VSF Projects etc.

Certification

INDOMER has been certified as approved consultant for Fishing harbour development by Ministry of Agriculture, Delhi and A-grade Hydrographic surveyors by Inland Waterways Authority of India, Noida. INDOMER has got the ISO 9001:2008 certification.

Futuristic vision

The company's keeps abreast of the technological developments in the field with a view to augmenting the infrastructure facilities on modern lines commensurate with the demand maintaining at the same time the quality, technical expertise and knowhow so that outside dependency could be kept to a minimum.