Andhra Pradesh government said it would take efforts to convince Krishnapatnam port to allow the state to construct a port at Ramayapatnam, which is less than 100 km from Krishnapatnam. The Krishnapatnam port, located in Nellore district, raised objections over the proposed port in Ramayapatnam on the ground that it would fall within the exclusive zone of 100
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Kolkata Port’s Rs 17 bn project fails to attract pvt players
Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) did not receive must response from private players for its proposed Rs 1,700-crore project to build 4 berths at Salukhali. The company planned to execute the project under Public Private Partnership (PPP) model and had floated tender inviting Request for Proposal (RFP) from private play
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Krishnapatnam Port to set up new berths
Krishnapatnam Port Company (KPCL) is in the process of increasing the number of berths to almost 20 in the north, south and west side of the ports in the next two to three yearÂ’s time. The promoters have invested close to Rs 5,000 crore in creating 10 multi-purpose berths including two for containers in KPCL. However, the plan is to have 42 berths in 5 yearÂ’s time, sources from the port
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Ennore Port to award terminal project soon
MA Bhaskarachar, CMD of Ennore Port informed that the port authority may award contract for its proposed container terminal project soon. The project has been divided into three phases and the first phase is expected to cost 1,400 crore. Recently, the port received 11 expressions of interest (EoI) from private port companies for the proje
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Performance of Indian ports improves
In a sign of progress in the port performance, the average turnaround time (in days), average pre-berthing detention time (in days) and average output per ship – berth – day (in tons) have shown improvement in 2011-12 and April-September, 2012 over corresponding previous period. During April-September 2012-13, the average output per ship-berth-day improved to 13,374 ton for all major ports
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JNPT handles maximum containerized cargo
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)