The traffic throughput in October at Dhamra Port exceeded the one million tonne-mark reaching 1.17 million tonne for the first time in the last 18 months.The port could achieve this throughput because of improved productivity, handling of iron ore shipment and the diversion of dry bulk carriers from Haldia to Dhamra. Dhamra Port is run by Dhamra Port Company which is a joint
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NMPT woos exporters from Shimoga
Officials of New Mangalore Port have held consultations with exporters from the Shimoga region and asked them to utilise the facilities available at port. The port is said to be targeting the region to boost its container traffic. Recently, Shimoga Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that there was good potential for NMPT to explore from Shimoga region
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Ministry to study impact of cabotage law relaxation
According to a source-based information, union shipping ministry may not rush to relax cabotage laws for other ports in the country. This follows the demand from different ports, including JN Port and Vishakhapatnam for similar relaxations. The ministry may first study the impact of relaxation of the laws for international container transhipment terminal (ICTT) at Vallarpadam Kochi before relaxing it in other ports
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Paradip Port gets new chairman
Paradip Port Trust, which has not had a regular Chairman since then Chairman GJ Rao left in April, has got a new boss. SS Mishra, who was Member (Traffic) of the Inland Waterways Authority of India, has taken over as the Chairman of the port. An officer of the 1986 batch of the Indian Railway Traffic Servi
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Seaworld blames owners of ship
Seaworld Shipping and Logistics, the agent of
the vessel MT Pratibha Cauvery that ran aground near Chennai beach, said the owners of the ship are to be blamed for non-supply of food and fuel to the crew. In a statement released by Seaworld Shipping, the firm said there was an internal procedure in place for the supply of provisions, stores and bunkers between the master of the s
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APSEZ may pick stake in multi-commodity terminal
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) plans to acquire stake in Vizag Seaport, which is the largest multi-commodity terminal at Visakhapatnam port. The terminal can handle all types of cargo except petroleum, oil and lubricants. It started operations on a 30-year contract from 28 November 2001 and loaded 5.55
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APSEZ may pick stake in multi-commodity terminal
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) plans to acquire stake in Vizag Seaport, which is the largest multi-commodity terminal at Visakhapatnam port. The terminal can handle all types of cargo except petroleum, oil and lubricants. It started operations on a 30-year contract from 28 November 2001 and loaded 5.55
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ChPT officials seek policy for sailors
Officials of Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) asked Director General of Shipping, Gautam Chatterjee to devise some sort of policy for sailors in distress and a redress mechanism to help those stuck in stranded vessels. Since October 2012, over 55 sailors are stranded in two vessels – Pratibha Cauvery and Pratibha Warna – and their salaries have not been paid since July 2012
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Container lines plan hike in shipping rates
Media reports suggest that some of the container lines may raise freight rates in the Asia-Europe trade including ports in the Indian sub-continent. WeeklyInsight learns that some shipping firms also unveiled plans to hike rates from the Far East to North Europe from December. They include Hong Kong’s Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), South Korea’s leading flag Hanjin Shipping, China’s Cosco and Emirates Shipping of
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Board clears port project in Ludhiana
At a recent meeting of the Project Approval Board of Punjab government cleared the proposal to set up a dry port near Kila Raipur in Ludhiana.The board, which is headed by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, cleared the project as the proposed port may boost industrialisation, trade and commercial activity in Punjab.