Water Transport Workers Federation urged the Chennai Port to develop the proposed mega container terminal of its own instead of awarding the project to a BOT or PPP (public private partnership) operator. This is one of the demands made by the federation in its representation submitted to the Union Shipping Secretary recently. The other demands include full budgetary support for the development of the outer harbour project at VOC Port
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KoPT awaits nod for full-fledged ship breaking operation
RPS Kahlon, Chairman of the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) informed that the port is awaiting statutory clearances from the West Bengal Pollution Control Board to begin full-fledged ship breaking operations. The port authority partially resumed ship breaking operations, which was stalled for almost three years since 2010, at its Kolkata Dock System (KDS). The port stopped operation in 2010-11 owing to technical reasons
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APSEZ handles 82 mn t cargo
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) handled
82.13 million tonne (mn t) cargo in 2012-13, a growth of 21 percent from the previous year. During January-March, APSEZ handled 22.89 mn t cargo, an increase of 38 percent over the same period last year. This growth was driven by container and bulk (ma
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SCI takes delivery of Kamsarmax carrier
A Chinese ship builder has reportedly delivered the second of the four Kamsarmax Bulk carrier ordered by Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) to replace its existing Daewoo series Handymax bulk carriers. Daewoo series Handymax bulk carriers of SCI were built in 1986 and 1987. It may be noted that SCI has so far been operating the small-sized Handymax and Handysize bulk carriers and now it wants to use Kamsarmax bulk carri
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HUDCO allots Rs 20 bn for cities in Punjab
On the sidelines of a review meeting of Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), Punjab Local Bodies Minister Bhagat Chunni Lal informed that the corporation allotted Rs 2,000 crore for major cities in Punjab. The amount would be used for the overall development of major cities in the state. Lal presided over a meeting with HUDCO CMD VP Baligar to review various loan schemes of HUDCO for development of cities across the stat
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PCMC prepares DPR for effluent treatment plant
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is preparing detailed project reports (DPR) for construction of a common effluent treatment plant for 2,500 small industries in Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation areas. This is part of a slew of civic amenity projects planned by the corporation. They include preparation of a city sanitation plan with provision for construction of toile
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Centre asks UT to set up SPV for metro rail project
At a review meeting, the union government asked the union territory of Chandigarh to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) on the lines of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for implementing tri-city metro rail project. The proposed project consists of two corridors Ăâ one running on a North-South axis and the other oriented East-West. From North to South the metro syst
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TN govt’s solar project yet to take off as clarity eludes
Lack of clarity on the implementation of incentives provided by the Tamil Nadu government affected the installation of rooftop solar power systems in households and industrial and commercial buildings. While the solar policy mandates industries and commercial entities to procure 6 percent of their power from solar sources, there has been no official com
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Delhi govt asks discoms to improve power supply
The Delhi government on May 22 pulled up the private power distribution companies and asked them to improve power supply urgently as several areas across the city were reeling under severe power cuts in sweltering heat. The Delhi Power Department said the city has more power than the current demand and blamed the long outages on local faults and other technical problems in the distribution network.
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Govt may regulate preferred seats in flights
In India, the recent ĂâunbundlingĂâ of some services such as seat preferences or meals on board might be helping airlines to earn a lot of ancillary revenue, but the government is considering whether it could limit the number of Ăâpreferred seatsĂâ on sale on each flight. The government has been prompted to step in just days after it unbundled these services, following reports that some airlines were charging for a very large number of seats, with one of them even imposing fees for the ĂâcongestedĂâ m