The decline in the supply of natural gas from Reliance Industries' (RIL) KG D6 basin to gas-based power plants may prompt these units to import costly
R-LNG to operate their facilities. Anticipating sufficient gas availability, power producers set up a substantial amount of gas-based power capacity in recent
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Import of natural gas to operate power plants
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Ministry examines proposal on pricing of KG D6 gas
Union petroleum ministry is examining the proposal of the Finance Ministry to ask Reliance Industries (RIL) to sell natural gas at lower rates ($4.2 a unit) for the supplies it still owes. In a recent letter to the petroleum ministry, the finance ministry suggested that the government must subject gas producers to closer regulation, especially on the
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APM Terminals Pipavav upgrades container infrastructure
In a move that raises the operational capacity of APM Terminals Pipavav, the port authority upgraded its infrastructure with the ability to carry Double Stack High Cube Containers. The double stack container trains commenced recently and this made APM Terminals Pipavav one of the
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Great Eastern to buy gas carrier
Great Eastern (GE) Shipping, which has a fleet size of 28 ships comprising 20 tankers and 8 dry bulk carriers, decided to buy a very large gas carrier of about 49,300 dry weight tonnage (73,800 cbm). The gas carrier, once bought, would become the 29th ship of the firm. GE Shipping Company entered into a cont
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Mundra port handles more cargo than Kandla
Cargo volume handled by Mundra port stood at 24 million tonne (mn t) during April and June and this is more than the 23 mn t handled by Kandla port in the same period. With this, the Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ)-run port became the first private port to overtake the cargo volume of a major port in the coun
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Industry wants govt to focus on issues in port sector
Industry players suggested the government to pay renewed attention to the issues facing port sector in India. Some of the issues facing the sector are lack of clarity on land acquisition policy in an around port area, implementation delays in public private partnership (PPP) projects and faulty tariff structure governing major port
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Industry wants govt to focus on issues in port sector
Industry players suggested the government to pay renewed attention to the issues facing port sector in India. Some of the issues facing the sector are lack of clarity on land acquisition policy in an around port area, implementation delays in public private partnership (PPP) projects and faulty tariff structure governing major port
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Ennore Port gives concession to Nissan for cargo export
Ennore Port agreed to handle automobile exports cargo of Japanese auto major Nissan Motor India at a concessional rate for a period of 10 years. According to an agreement signed by both the parties, the port gave Nissan concessions in the wharfage up to 60,000 units per annum at the rate of 0.36 percent per unit
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Net profit of Essar Ports rises 48% in June quarter
Net profit of Essar Ports rose 48 percent to Rs 101.4 crore during April-June 2013 from Rs 68.5 crore in the year-ago period. The port announced 22 per cent growth in revenue at Rs 403.7 crore during the quarter under consideration from Rs 330.3 crore in the corresponding period last year. Cargo volume of the firm rose to 14 million tonne during the quarter from 12.65 million tonne in the year-ago
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Funds allocated for road works in Varanasi
A budget of Rs 396.47 lakh has been released for road works in Varanasi. The fund for road construction has been allocated to PWD. With this, the turmoil of the Varanasi city commuters may soon come to an end after monsoon seasonl, said the district magistrate PranjalYadav.