Even as the board of the Jawaharlal Nehru port (JNPT) decided to award the Rs 8,200 crore container terminal project through a single tender, some experts support the earlier decision of splitting the project. The earlier decision to split the contract into two was supported by the trade, terminal operators and consultants alike. They felt that splitting the project into two
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Mumbai Port closes Hay Bunder
Mumbai Port Trust will ensure from this month there is no docking at Hay Bunder and barges are re-routed. Hay Bunder has been inactive because a lot of vessels heading there do not comply with security requirements. Hay Bunder has been used extensively by vessels transporting chemicals and fertilisers
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Dhamra Port takes steps for environment protection
Santosh Kumar Mohapatra, Chief Executive Officer of Dhamra Port Company (DPCL) said the port undertook several initiatives in the field of environment protection under the guidance of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). These include installation of special designed environment friendly and dark-sky friendly lighting system within the port premises
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Mormugao Port to develop as cruise terminal
Mormugao Port Trust is holding discussion with various cruise liners to call at the port as Goa is also a popular holiday destination. The port is making attempt to develop cruise tourism as it would serve as an alternate source of revenue at a time when the iron ore cargo volume declined following the ban on mining
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Large container ship calls at Mundra Port
The ultra-large container ship MSC Valeria, having a capacity of 14,000 twenty feet equivalent unit (TEUs), recently called at the new container terminal of the Mundra port. TEUs, or twenty feet equivalents, are the standard units for quantifying cargoes at the container ships. The ship has an overall length of 365.5 metre (1,199.2 feet) and Mundra port is said to be the first in the country to handl
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Bangladesh seeks clarity on container terminal project
Bangladesh government sought clarification from the Indian government about the proposed container port project in Narayanganj by the bank of the Shitalakhya river. Narayanganj is a crucial port facility on the outskirts of Dhaka which is also used by Indian cargo vessels under the India-Bangladesh water transport protocol. It is learnt that the Bangladesh government was
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Govt charters vessel from Waterways Shipyard
The Ports Department of Kerala government chartered a vessel from the Waterways Shipyard, Goa with a capacity of 154 TEU containers and a built-in crane facility. The vessel would be operated by the Kerala State Maritime Development Corporation (KSMDCL) to ferry cargo between Kollam Port and the International Cont
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PPT handles 42% more cargo in Apr-May
During April-May 2013-14, Paradeep Port Trust (PPT) handled 42.41 per cent more cargo volume at 11.55 million tonne (mn t) from 8.11 mn t handled in the year-ago period. This enabled the port reach the second slot among all major ports in the country in terms of total cargo handled and also traffic growth achieved during the period
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Panel to make key suggestions to shipping ministry
The Parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and culture will suggest the union shipping ministry to extend the proposed National Waterways No 3 beyond Kottapuram to the historic site of Muziris to benefit tourists. This is part of a slew of recommendations that the committee plans to make to the ministry. The com
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Essar Ports chief feels its debt level is reasonable
Rajiv Agarwal, MD and CEO of Essar Port is quoted as saying that the debt level of the company (Rs 5,700 crore) was reasonable for the size of the firm. The firm has an equity of about Rs 2,800 crore and a debt of about 5,800 crore. The company is making efforts to reduce the interest cost, he is quoted as saying in a media