Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) handled the maximum containerised cargo from Northern India and for this it was given the ‘Sea Port of the Year for Containerised Cargo - Northern India’ award. The award was given at the 2nd Northern India Multimodal Logistics Awards held at the Le Meridien in New
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Ennore Port takes steps to boost connectivity
Ennore Port is making efforts to develop allied infrastructure like road, rail connectivity in order to boost cargo handling at the port. As part of this effort, the port authority proposed a railway line connecting Ennore Port with Minjur in the first phase and then Minjur to Vandalur in the second phase. The Tamil Nadu government wanted to add pass
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Forum challenges development of terminal
The Mumbai Docklands Regeneration Forum filed a petition in Bombay high court challenging the development of a new offshore container terminal (OCT) near Mazagaon on several grounds. The petition said MbPT should have acknowledged the growth of JNPT in Nhava Sheva. The then prime mini
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Essar group mulls port project in Mozambique
Essar Africa Holdings, the African subsidiary of Essar group, plans to invest $275 million on developing a 10-million tonne (mn t) port in Mozambique. The project is currently on the drawing board, reports indicate. At a time when the group is looking at growth opportunities and overseas projects, the proposed port may facilitate exports from Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO), a Zimbabwe-based company it acqu
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Existing terminal operators submit plea to PM
Existing private terminal operators of ports have demanded that the proposed guidelines by the shipping ministry, if approved, also cover existing terminals as tariff fixation under the 2005 guidelines has hampered their growth. The ministry earlier announced that the proposed guidelines would apply only to new Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
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Hanjin Shipping India launches new service from Mundra
As part of its strategy to expand service offering to Indian traders, shipping firm Hanjin India decided to launch an additional service, jointly with Simatech and Evergreen, from Mundra Port to East Africa. The new service, which is intended to offer Indian customers a reliable, direct sailing to East Africa, will operate four 1,800 Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU) vess
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India to boost coastal shipping with Bangladesh
The feasibility and potential of Coastal Shipping between India and Bangladesh was discussed In the Shipping Secretary-level talks held on 2nd – 3rd July, 2012 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Subsequently, it was also discussed in the Directors General (Shipping) level talks held on 26th September, 2012 at Visakhapatnam, India and on 14-15 January, 2013 at Cox’s Bazar, Banglad
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Kandla Port creates record in loading cargo
Handling agent and ship agent Mystic Shipping facilitated Kandla Port to create a new record by loading 31,000 million tonne (mn t) of millscale in less than 14.15 hours in the vessel mv Beacon SW. The cargo was loaded on to the vessel, which arrived at the Port on February 23. The ship had berthed under 24 hourÂ’s priority group for loading the cargo in bulk. The Customs House Agent (CHA) was Rishad Shipping and Clearing Agency and the stevedoring licence used was that
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BTL’s new service caters to agro-industry in TN
The fortnightly service launched by Bengal Tiger Line (BTL) caters to the agro-industrial heartland of central Tamil Nadu, Karaikal and Puducherry in India. BTL recently launched a container feeder service between Marg Karaikal Port in India and Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is a fortnightly call, every other Friday, and will later bec
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Industry welcomes removal of duty
Anil Devli, Chief Executive Officer of Indian National Ship Owners Association informed that the removal of excise and countervailing duty (CVD) is a big boost to the shipbuilders. He said the move would see more ships being built in India now. The Rs 300-crore subsidy will increase the cash flow, Dhananjay Datar, group Chief Financial officer, ABG Shipyard, said