Recently, the authority of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) opened the request for qualifications for the Rs 8,000-crore fourth container terminal project. JNPT plans to set up the fourth terminal with a capacity of 2.4 million TEUs or standard truck units and a berth of 2 km, making it among the biggest in the countr
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Port authorities flout norms:CAG
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) alleged that the union shipping ministry and some port authorities floated norms and this cost an estimated loss of Rs 1.5 lakh crore. In its report, the CAG found that some port authorities allowed unauthorised agents to carry out onshore operation without sharing royalty with the ports
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Jawaharlal Nehru Port loses place in top 30 list
For a number of years Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) lost its 30th rank among the world's container handling ports owing to issues like strong competition from ports such as Mundra, Pipava and Hazira and delay in the developing the fourth container terminal. The London-based ĆāContainerisation InternationalĆā publishes the list of leading 30 container ports. Until now,
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Dawei port project to benefit India
India may get an alternative sea route to Southeast Asia once the Dawei deep sea port in Myanmar, which is being developed jointly by Myanmar and Thailand, is completed. The $8-billion project would reduce dependency on the congested Strait of Malacca and cut transport time for India
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One more seafarers centre at Kandla Port
For the service of seafarers visiting the Liquid Cargo Berths of Kandla Port, one more Seafarers' Centre was dedicated recently. On the Independence Day, on last August 15, the inauguration of the new Seafarers' Centre was done by unveiling of the plaque followed by cutting of the ribbon by the chief guest of the function P D Vaghela Chairman.
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Govt asks NHAI to drop slow-progress projects
The Union government has asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to review all its languishing projects and identify those projects that can be terminated on contractual grounds, so that they can be bid for all over again. Several of NHAI projects awarded in recent years are either stranded midway or have been complete non-starters.
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Court orders probe into road work in Kochi
In Kochi, the Vigilance Court has ordered a probe into the Manikkanamparambu road work allegedly constructed using the municipal fund to help a private builder. The probe may put Tripunithura Municipal Chairman R Venugopal in a fix. Fund misappropriation has also been alleged in the road work.
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Plea to Kerala govt to construct new roads to ease traffic
In Kochi, local civic bodies have demanded the Kerala government to complete construction of Tripunithura bypass road to decongest Kochi city roads. The local city bodies want the State government to initiate action and take up new road projects that will ease the traffic congestion on the city roads while also connecting the southern and eastern regions of Kochi.
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Centre receives proposals for monorail projects
The Tamil Nadu government sent a proposal to the central government for a Chennai City mono rail project. The state government decided to implement Phase 1 of the Chennai Monorail Project of a total length of 57.09 km
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India consumed 17.80 mn t steel during April-June: Govt
India had a steel stock of 1.824 million tonne after real consumption of 73.33 million toone by the end of 2012-13, said the Union Minister of Steel Beni Prasad Verma recently. By the end of last June this year, the country had a steel stock of 1.626 million tonne, he added.