Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has announced big investments in IndiaĆĀ“s ports and roads sector. These investments are the first step in economic growth, as well-laid infrastructure is a crucial need for improving the efficiency of cargo flow.
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Turnaround time in Indian major ports is a matter of concern
The current cargo handling capacity of Essar Ports is 150 MTPA. Essar Ports specialises in development and operations of ports and terminals for handling liquid, dry bulk, break bulk and general cargo.
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We plan to develop India as a Southeast Asia hub
At the moment, we estimate the market to be around 130 million square metres. And we expect this to potentially double within the next five to six years. So maybe we are talking about 200 million square metres. This is also the reason why we have moved into India as we see good potential in this market segment. We are aware that there are some challenges involved.
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Awareness creation is the biggest challenge
Currently, the demand is much less than the supply. We all have an installed capacity, but are not able to sort of utilise that fully because the demand still has to pick up locally.
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Hidden Benefits
Notwithstanding the tremendous potential to expand revenues, general lack of awareness about the benefits of using geosynthetics might delay projections set by firms in the sector. However, despite challenges, growth is eventually inevitable.
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CWAB 2.0 | 11th Architect And Buildier Awards 2016
Ever heard of the Oscars for the world of design, architecture and building? Of course you have! Last year, we completed 10 glorious years of our Construction World Architecture and Builder (CWAB) Awards!
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Gen-next mining solutions
As the Indian economy continues to grow from strength to strength, significant investments are being made to improve the much needed infrastructure of the construction and the mining industries, that are not far behind, with a high demand for fuel efficient and high productivity tippers.
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SENNEBOGEN 870 E-Series with Green Hybrid energy recovery system
As the latest model in the current E-Series, the SENNEBOGEN 870 comes with a powerful 261-kW diesel engine complying with Tier 4f emission standards, including automatic idle stop and EcoMode.
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Railways rationalises coal tariff
The Railways has rationalised coal tariff by reducing the rate for long-distance transportation and increasing it for short distance while imposing Rs 110 per ton coal terminal surcharge at loading and unloading for distance beyond 100 km.
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Navi Mumbai airport project to be further delayed
The Navi Mumbai airport bidding process is likely to be delayed further with the entry of a fourth player, a consortium of Voluptas Developers (Hiranandani Group) and Zurich Airport, into the fray. A deadline of September 1 was set for submission of request for proposal (RFP) documents for the three bidders in the fray earlier.