The Central Inland Water Corporation (CIWTC) must deploy its barges to Kolkata port for ferrying cargo from large ships, which cannot call at the port. This suggestion was reportedly made by the Rajya Sabha Standing Committee on Port and Shipping in its report. According to the committee, the port must follow the operation model of Shanghai port in China. The Chinese port,
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GPCB orders closure of Navlakhi Port
Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) asked Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB), which runs Navlakhi Port in the gulf of Kutch to stop operation in the port because of air pollution. Navlakhi is an all-weather lighterage working port located in Gulf of Kutch and about 50 km from Morbi in Rajkot district
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CPT plans dedicated terminal for coastal shipping
Paul Antony, Chairman of the Cochin Port Trust (CPT) informed that the port would allot a dedicated terminal for berthing coastal shipping vessels bringing domestic cargo. The terminal is dedicated to bulk and break bulk cargo and it would come up in the Mattancherry Wharf area where the draft is less than six metre. This follows the demand from firms operating coastal ships for a dedicated berthing area for their vessels in all majo
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Odisha govt rethinks leasing land for port project
Odisha government reportedly considers whether to postpone the handing over of land for the Rs 10,000-crore expansion of Dhamra port following reports of the promoters reducing their holding in the port venture. Earlier there were reports that Larsen and Toubro (L&T) and Tata Steel , which own 50 per cent each in Dhamra Port Co (DPCL), were planning to sell their entire stak
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Proposed port in AP to boost cargo volume from east coast
Industry chambers feel that the proposed Rs 8,000 crore major port in at Dugarajapatnam in Vakadu 'mandal' or block of Andhra Pradesh may boost export and import from the east coast and contribute to the economic progress of the state. It may be noted that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs recently cleared the proposed port project, which is coming up on a 5,000 acre land in the stat
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Shares of Gujarat Pipavav Port change hands
Recently, a bunch of shares of ` Port changed hands in the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). On May 13, 2013, a bulk deal of 2.80 lakh shares of the firm was executed at Rs 47.50 per share. On the same day, another bulk deal of 11.62 lakh shares was struck, reports suggest. The small-cap company has an equity capital of Rs 483.44 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10
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Paradip port focuses on mechanising berths
SS Misra, Chairman of Paradip Port Trust (PPT) informed that the port management has given top priority to berth mechanisation and acquisition of two mobile harbour cranes. He said this while explaining the cargo volume handled by the port in April 2013. During the month, the port handled 5.65 million tonne (mn t) of traffic, thus posting 4.24 per cent growth over the same period
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Cabinet to consider chartering demands of SAIL, RINL
According to unconfirmed media reports, the union cabinet may decide on whether to allow Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) to charter hire vessels to import raw materials. Every year, the two firms together import around 14-15 million tonne of raw materials. As SAIL is expanding capacity to 23.46 million tonne per annum and RINL
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KoPT expects Rs 5 cr from ship breaking operation
Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) expects to earn revenues worth nearly Rs 5 crore a year initially through ship breaking operation, which it decided to resume after a gap of almost three years.
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JNPT reviews plan to split Rs 82 bn container terminal project
The board of trustees of the Jawaharlal Nehru port (JNPT) is considering whether to award the Rs 8,200 crore container terminal project by splitting it into two contracts or awarding it as a single contract. L Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the port, advocated splitting the project on grounds that developing the terminal through two competing partners by redesigning the p