Container traffic at the ports in northern Hebei of China rose 22.8 percent on a year-on-year basis to 142,000 Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU) in the first 2 months 2013. The collective cargo throughput increased 10.9 percent to 134.83 million tonne (mn t). While the port of Qinh
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Minister clarifies on boat building industry in Lakshadweep
The boat building industry in Lakshadweep Islands is not dormant owing to shortage of funds. As reported by Union Territory of Lakshadweep Administration (UTLA), boat building has been taken over by the people in Lakshadweep Islands and the quantum of work in the government boat building yard is less. However, UTLA provides financial assistance for boat building. For multi day fishing vessels, 50 percent of the cons
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Shipping ministry introduces amendment bill
Minister of State for Shipping Milind Deora introduced an amendment bill for the Merchant Shipping Act 1958. The government wants to amend the Act to provide for the enforcement of the anti-fouling systems (AFS) Convention 2001. Under the global convention, a list of
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Govt project may upgrade connectivity to ICTT
Kerala government's plan to construct Azheekode Munambam Bridge and a coastal corridor from Vallarpadam to Kozhikode via Ponnani may benefit International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) at Vallarpadam, reports suggest. The present congestion on National Highway (NH) 17 will be reduced once this corridor becomes a reality. The proposed bridge and the corridor may enable smo
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Experts suggest ports to spend on dredging
Experts suggest that Indian ports need to increase their draft by spending on dredging activity. As vessels get bigger, to reduce the unit cost of transportation, it becomes important for ports to have deep drafts to enable larger vessels to call on them, experts argue. Some firms like Adani Port and SEZ invested significantly in dredging equipment to maintain the channel depth. Ports under the central government spen
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Pristine Magadh gets land for dry port project in Bihar
Delhi-based Pristine Magadh Infrastructure received a 24 acre land of Bihta Sugar Mill in Bihar for setting up a logistics cum industrial park, which is expected to be operational by October 2013. The state government leased the land for 60 years with an extension period of 30 years. Neighbouring Uttar Pradesh has dry ports at Dadri, Ghaziabad and Kanp
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Vizhinjam Port highlights issues to minister
Officials of the Vizhinjam Port in Kerala highlighted certain issues before the state Ports Minister K Babu, when the latter visited the port. The port does not have a tug to guide ships in and cranes for off-loading large containers from the vessels. The p
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CSL to spend Rs 490 cr to develop ship repair facility
Cochin Shipyard (CSL) would spend around Rs 490 crore to develop an international ship repair facility on a 41 acre land in the western side of Willingdon Island facing the Mattancherry channel. In September 2012, the Cochin Port Trust awarded the project to the Cochin Shipyard. The facility will enable ships visiting Kochi port undertake both floating and docking repairs
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Gujarat Ambuja to use NMPT for shipment of its products
Gujarat Ambuja Exports decided to use the New Mangalore Port in Karnataka for shipment of its products to Sudan in Africa. The company decided to use the port for moving its export consignments after the recent visit of Manish Kumar Gupta, Managing Director and Prashanth Pillai, DGM of the company
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Consortium agrees to transfer terminal to Kandla Port
A consortium of ABG Infralogistics and PSA International, which operates a container terminal at the Kandla port in Gujarat, agreed to transfer the terminal assets to the port authority, reports indicate. Consequently, a 30-year concession agreement signed between the the port authority and ABG Kandla Container Terminal in June 2006 for developing and oper