Petroleum products, coking and thermal coal constituted a major chunk, 4.42 mt, of an incremental cargo handled in April.
Category: Ports & Shipping
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Major ports to raise Rs 1 tn
Investment of over Rs 1 lakh crore in 13 major ports is on the anvil to expand port capacity by 767.15 mt in the next 10 years.
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Rs 10k cr expansion stalled
Expansion projects worth close to Rs 10,000 crore have been stranded, awaiting environment clearances.
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AP jetty order cancelled
The Andhra Pradesh government has cancelled the order given by the state director of ports to Mumbai-based Urmila Project Services to construct a jetty at Machilipatnam Port.
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Tadadi Port attracts 9 bidders
Tadadi port has nine bidders that have already submitted their request for qualification (RFQ) to the government after the State Infrastructure Development Corporation (SIDC) proposed to build the port under Public Private Partnership (PPP).
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Kolkata port unveils first rail-linked CFS
The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) launched the first rail-linked container freight station (CFS), built by Container Corporation of India (Concor), at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore.
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Vizag vs Gangavaram
The Visakhapatnam port has improved its performance from the last financial year, but it is still likely to fall short of the target set by the Union Shipping Ministry.
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14 expansion projects on anvil
The shipping ministry plans to award 14 capacity expansion projects worth more than Rs 4,000 crore in the coming fiscal on a public private partnership (PPP) basis.
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Dhamra begins service in apr
The work on the Rs 3,200 crore Dhamra Port will commence operation this month.
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615.7 mt traffic in 2011-12
Union Minister of Shipping, GK Vasan said that the traffic handling at major ports is forecast at 615.70 million tonne for 2011-12 as per National Maritime Development Programme.