Officials of the Vizhinjam Port in Kerala highlighted certain issues before the state Ports Minister K Babu, when the latter visited the port. The port does not have a tug to guide ships in and cranes for off-loading large containers from the vessels. The p
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CSL to spend Rs 490 cr to develop ship repair facility
Cochin Shipyard (CSL) would spend around Rs 490 crore to develop an international ship repair facility on a 41 acre land in the western side of Willingdon Island facing the Mattancherry channel. In September 2012, the Cochin Port Trust awarded the project to the Cochin Shipyard. The facility will enable ships visiting Kochi port undertake both floating and docking repairs
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Gujarat Ambuja to use NMPT for shipment of its products
Gujarat Ambuja Exports decided to use the New Mangalore Port in Karnataka for shipment of its products to Sudan in Africa. The company decided to use the port for moving its export consignments after the recent visit of Manish Kumar Gupta, Managing Director and Prashanth Pillai, DGM of the company
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AP govt takes steps to expedite project at Gangavaram Port
Andhra Pradesh government is taking steps to evolve a time-bound action plan to implement the Rs 4,500-crore LNG terminal project at Gangavaram Port. The proposed terminal, which is being jointly set up by the Gangavaram Port, and the Petronet LNG, will have an initial capacity of 5 million tonne per year. Work on th
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Consortium agrees to transfer terminal to Kandla Port
A consortium of ABG Infralogistics and PSA International, which operates a container terminal at the Kandla port in Gujarat, agreed to transfer the terminal assets to the port authority, reports indicate. Consequently, a 30-year concession agreement signed between the the port authority and ABG Kandla Container Terminal in June 2006 for developing and oper
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Kandla Port invests in bonds of Ennore Port
Kandla Port Trust is said to have invested Rs 20 crore in the tax-free bonds issued by Ennore Port, the entity that runs Ennore Port in Tamil Nadu. According to Kandla Port, the ministry of shipping asked it to subscribe to the bond issue of Ennore Port. The direction from the ministry came understandably because of the poor response from investors to the bond
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CPT wants govt to introduce registry system
The Cochin Port Trust (CPT) suggested the port department of Kerala government to introduce a system of issuing the certificate of registry to boats on an annual basis. The port said this in a statement filed in the Kerala High Court in response to a writ petition seeking a directive to ensure that boats plying in the backwaters had valid
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New tariff norms may apply if JNPT calls fresh bidding
The new port tariff norms, introduced by the shipping ministry, would be applicable to the 330-metre container berth project at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) if the award of contract were to be cancelled for any reason and bids re-invited for the same project next fiscal. DP World emerged the successful bidder for the proje
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CCI clears investment in 5 oil and gas blocks
Exploration project at five oil and gas blocks, which where stuck as the defence ministry had objected to civilian activity, received approval from the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) recently. Oil and gas exploration projects at several regions were affected by the objection of the defence establishment on concerns of security or proximity to sensitive locat
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Power industry demands gas price pooling
Industry players in the power sector demanded the union oil ministry to form a common natural gas price pool for core sectors such as power and fertilisers. They also asked the ministry to raise the domestic supply of natural gas for power plants by diverting 6 million standard cubic metre per day (mscmd) of gas being supplied to the non-core sector and reserving the new