According to a source-based information, union shipping ministry may not rush to relax cabotage laws for other ports in the country. This follows the demand from different ports, including JN Port and Vishakhapatnam for similar relaxations. The ministry may first study the impact of relaxation of the laws for international container transhipment terminal (ICTT) at Vallarpadam Kochi before relaxing it in other ports
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Paradip Port gets new chairman
Paradip Port Trust, which has not had a regular Chairman since then Chairman GJ Rao left in April, has got a new boss. SS Mishra, who was Member (Traffic) of the Inland Waterways Authority of India, has taken over as the Chairman of the port. An officer of the 1986 batch of the Indian Railway Traffic Servi
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Seaworld blames owners of ship
Seaworld Shipping and Logistics, the agent of
the vessel MT Pratibha Cauvery that ran aground near Chennai beach, said the owners of the ship are to be blamed for non-supply of food and fuel to the crew. In a statement released by Seaworld Shipping, the firm said there was an internal procedure in place for the supply of provisions, stores and bunkers between the master of the s
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APSEZ may pick stake in multi-commodity terminal
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) plans to acquire stake in Vizag Seaport, which is the largest multi-commodity terminal at Visakhapatnam port. The terminal can handle all types of cargo except petroleum, oil and lubricants. It started operations on a 30-year contract from 28 November 2001 and loaded 5.55
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APSEZ may pick stake in multi-commodity terminal
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) plans to acquire stake in Vizag Seaport, which is the largest multi-commodity terminal at Visakhapatnam port. The terminal can handle all types of cargo except petroleum, oil and lubricants. It started operations on a 30-year contract from 28 November 2001 and loaded 5.55
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Posco determined to set up world-class plant
YW Yoon, CMD of Posco India, the local arm of South Korean steel major Posco, remarked that the firm was determined to move ahead and construct a world class steel facility for the benefit of all stakeholders in Odisha. POSCO will do its best efforts to construct a state-of- the-art steel plant in Odisha, Yoon said, while awarding the POSCO Asia Fellowship on behalf of POSCO TJ Park Foundation at
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Posco determined to set up world-class plant
YW Yoon, CMD of Posco India, the local arm of South Korean steel major Posco, remarked that the firm was determined to move ahead and construct a world class steel facility for the benefit of all stakeholders in Odisha. POSCO will do its best efforts to construct a state-of- the-art steel plant in Odisha, Yoon said, while awarding the POSCO Asia Fellowship on behalf of POSCO TJ Park Foundation at
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NMDC allegedly produces less than allowed output
Steel and sponge iron makers of Karnataka alleged that NMDC was not producing iron ore at the permitted levels of 12 million tonne per annum and it was operating at less than half the threshold. Sponge iron and steel companies are facing severe shortage of iron ore because of ban on iron ore mining in Karnataka. These companies largely stayed away from the two recen
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NMDC allegedly produces less than allowed output
Steel and sponge iron makers of Karnataka alleged that NMDC was not producing iron ore at the permitted levels of 12 million tonne per annum and it was operating at less than half the threshold. Sponge iron and steel companies are facing severe shortage of iron ore because of ban on iron ore mining in Karnataka. These companies largely stayed away from the two recen
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Funds crunch may delay Kolkata airport metro project
Change in design and delay on the part of Railway Board to approve cost escalation, may affect the implementation schedule of the proposed Airport-New Garia Metro link in Kolkata. The 30-km line running along the eastern fringes of the city is executed by Metro Railway, Kolkata, a wing of Indian Railways.