Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has achieved a growth of 7.33 per cent during the financial year 2014-15 by handling 4.467 million TEUs of container traffic. Neeraj Bansal, Chairman-In-Charge, JNPT
Category: Ports & Shipping
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Ports on the Go
Achieving the targets of the Maritime Agenda of the Shipping Ministry seems ambitious. The installed capacity in FY14 was 1,400 million tonne (MnT), i.e., 800 MnT for the major and 600 MnT for the non-major ports.
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Gadkari calls for private investments in shipping sector
Union Shipping, Highways and Transport Minister, Nitin Gadkari, has called for more private investments in the shipping sector.
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Rs.1,000 cr private investment to develop Ponnani port
After Vizhinjam project, the Kerala government is all set to develop the port at Ponnani through a Rs 1,000 crore private investment.
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SCI adds 2 ports to Smile service
Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has enhanced its presence on the Indian coast by adding Kattupalli port in Tamil Nadu and Visakhapatnam port in Andhra Pradesh
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Looking for alternatives to port corporatisation: Gadkari
Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said that attempts were being made to find alternatives to corporatisation, which was opposed by port employees, for upgrading infrastructure and services, as announced in Budget 2015-16.
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Shipping Ministry to examine relaxation of cabotage law
India is looking at relaxing its age old cabotage law to allow foreign ships to transport cargo between different ports along the country´s coast with some riders, Junior Shipping Minister Pon Radhakrishnan has said.
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Cochin Shipyard seeks dry dock
Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) has approached the Union Environment Ministry for building a new dry dock within the existing shipyard premises to accommodate very large ships.
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Shipping Ministry plans to make ports energy sufficient
In order to make the 12 major ports in the country self-sufficient in terms of power requirements, the Union Ministry of Shipping has drawn up a plan for producing 150
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Bangladesh offers 2 SEZs to Indian Companies
With an aim to boost bilateral trade, Bangladesh has offered to establish two SEZ for Indian companies besides allowing LIC to start operations in the country.