To carry out any construction in its operational area
Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) will now have to obtain prior permission from the Goa government authorities. The State's Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA) has directed MPT to submit a layout and building plans of the area allotted to MPT, along with a master plan for future development to the statutory authorities.
Category: Ports & Shipping
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Goa asks MPT to take its permission for any construction
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JNPT to award Rs 82 bn terminal project as single contract
Unconfirmed reports indicate that the board of trustees of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) decided to award the Rs 8,200-crore fourth container terminal project as a single contract instead of the earlier proposal to split it into two. The board of trustees decided this at a recent meeting. It also decided to issue a tender for the much delayed project in the next few
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Mechanisation to raise capacity at Vizag port
The mechanisation of cargo handling facilities in the Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) would increase the cargo handling capacity of the port by additional 50 million tonne per annum, Ajeya Kallam, Chairman of the port informed reporters. The port recently commissioned the Rs 444.1 crore mechanised coal handling facility of Vedanta Resources at VPT. Following this, the outer harbour would be totally clean and prevent vehicular movement which spreads coal parti
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Vizag Port takes up mechanisation at Rs 444.1 cr
Residents of Visakhapatnam's old areas like Kotha Veedhi and other areas in the locality will be relieved from dust pollution if the proposed mechanisation programme at Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) goes as per the plan. The VPT has lined up a series of coal mechanisation programmes involving crores of rupees.
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Govt may take back navaratna tag from SCI
With the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) announcing loss for two consecutive years, it may lose the coveted navaratna status, which is given to only profit-making state-run companies. It may be noted that the loss of the firm stood at Rs 428.2 and Rs 114.3 crore in 2011-12 and 2012-13 respectively
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Proposed port project in AP faces road block
Media reports indicate that the proposed major port project at Dugarajapatnam of Vakadu mandal in Andhra Pradesh may not take off because of complications in the identified site. A technical committee that studied the project objected the Dugarajapatnam location keeping in view the reservations expressed by the Isro scientists as well ecologists as it was close to the Pulicat Lake, a reserved bi
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Port sector in India faces key challenges
A study conduced by industry body Assocham found that port sector in India faces issues like uncertain relationship between major and minor ports, delay in clearances. Further, there is a debate on bringing minor ports under regulation of Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP). According to Ravindra Sanareddy, Assocham Chairman (southern region), minor ports should be allowed to come up to a certain level, before bringing them
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Ministry to promote shipping sector
Union Ministry of Shipping plans to promote shipping sector as part of its Maritime Agenda 2010-2020, which is a perspective plan of the ministry for the present decade. The ministry plans to promote the shipping sector through increase in the tonnage, declaration of coastal shipping policy, establishment of a ‘Freight Exchange’, creation of ombudsman or tribunals for shipping matters, amo
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Lulu group decides to exit land deal with port
For some undisclosed reason, the LuLu group decided to exit the land deal it entered into with the Cochin Port Trust some years ago. According to the deal, the group took 26 acre land on Bolghatty island from the port trust on a 30-year lease.
The port trust leased the land to the group to build a convention centre and associated facilities. However, the group reportedly planned to build 572 serviced apart
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Union wants SCI to use Vallarpadam for transshipment
Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) was asked to use the Vallarpadam port for transshipment of cargo instead of its current practice of using Colombo port. The Joint Forum of Trade Unions in Kochi Port submitted a memorandum to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, which visited the city recently