Cargo growth at Indian ports was subdued in 2011-12 with total throughput registering a 5 per cent year-on-year increase to 930 million tonnes,
Category: Ports & Shipping
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Time to revisit port legislations
Ports in India have always been taken recourse to Port Trusts, but after the arrival of PPP in ports, this should change, says A Balasubramanian.
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Solutions to maritime financing blues
Maritime suffers from not only policy implementation problems, but from finance availability. Sanjeev Gupta recommends that the ports, shipping, shipbuilding and inland waterways should be...
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Structural and tariff issues hampering port finance
IIFCL recently undertook takeout financing of a road and a port project, in the midst of much debate on this new form of finance involving underwriting an existing loan from another financial institution.
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Making our ports more financeable
Financing IndiaĆ¢ā¬ā¢s ports has been challenging because of several factors, both inherent to the sector as well as to policy and financing regulatory environment.
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Outstanding mobility
The first Liebherr mobile harbour crane was deliveĆĀred to India in 2004. Seven additional deliveries in the same year marked the beginning of a succĆĀess story.
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Indianised and inclusive
As MARG-owned Karaikal port is on its way to receiving takeout finance from IIFCL, the promoter of Chennai headquartered group is a busy man,
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Tariff deregulation for major ports
A government committee headed by BK Chaturvedi, Member, Planning Commission, has reportedly decided to suggest government to amend the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963.
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Govt sets up panel for inland waterways sector
Government has set up a committee to identify new areas for private investment, both in infrastructure and in transportation for the Inland Waterways (IW) sector.
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Mini ports in AP
The Andhra Pradesh government would soon issue tender notification for the proposed two mini ports in the state. The state government is keen on giving a push to mini