Visakhapatnam Port is planning to develop a dedicated berth for coastal shipping within six months, which will help to save time in handling coastal cargo, according to the Chairman MT Krishna Babu.
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Cargo ports to come up
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Bangladesh to allow neighbours to use its ports
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VOC Port to increase port capacity
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Great Eastern ups capacity
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Air travel in smaller cities to take off
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Tibet rail link close to Sikkim
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Kerala mulls light Metro in place of monorail
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ER commissions new signalling system in WB
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