The recent cyclone Phailin has hit a severe blow to the upcoming all-weather port in Gopalpur in Odisha. The port is promised to change the face of this coastal town in southern Odisha, but the Phailin has damaged it a lot.
Category: Ports & Shipping
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Cochin Port Trust may incur losses this fiscal too
The Cochin Port Trust, once a profit making firm, has now accumulated losses of Rs 68 crore at the end of the last financial year due to dredging activity for the Vallarpadom international container transshipment terminal (ICTT), being run by Dubai Port World, say trade union leaders. This financial year the loss is expected to mount further.
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Major ports’ container volume falls in 1st half
Container volume at major ports in India tumbled 4.5 per cent year-over-year in the first half of fiscal year 2013-14, but total cargo throughput was up 2.3 per cent, according to preliminary figures released by the Indian Ports Association (IPA).
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Railways, ports resume functioning in Odisha
As the cyclone Phailin has crossed Odisha,
railways and port operations in the state have been resumed in the coastal areas of the state on October 13. East Coast Railways, which resumed most of the train services after a gap of two days, will shortly restart freight loading operations as well.
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Drop in Vizag port’s cargo output
The Visakhapatnam port has shown a drop in cargo in the first half of current fiscal too after posting a fall in total cargo handled during 2012-13. The port handled 28.9 million tonne cargo in the first half of current fiscal (H1), as against the 30.3 million tonne capacity it had handled a year ago.
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Coast Guard takes foreign vessel into custody
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has on October 11 taken into custody a Sierra Leone's vessel with a 10-member crew and brought it to Tuticorin port for investigation. Eight among the 10-member crew are Indians. Sierra Leone is a west African country.
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Phailin effect: Operations suspended at ports
Due to the cyclone Phailin all operations at Dhamra, Paradip and Gopalpur ports in Odisha were suspended for two days. Since ships also run the risk of damaging the berths, all ports have moved the vessels away.
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Agitation hits port operations in AP
The ongoing agitations against bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh have hit port operation in the state. The power outage caused by strike by electricity department employees have affected port operations including cargo handling and evacuation of shipments in the last three days.
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Palghar locals holds protest against cargo port
Opposing the proposed cargo-handling port by JSW Infrastructure in Palghar taluk, residents of the area observed a Black Day on October 8. Even the local peoples representatives including MPs and MLAs took part in the protest.
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Plea to shift proposed major port to Ramaiahpatnam
Businessmen in Ongole in Andhra Pradesh have urged the Union government to establish the proposed major port at Ramaiahpatnam of Prakasam district instead of Dugarajapatnam in Nellore district. The businessmen claimed that the major port was originally planned at Ramaiahpatnam and appealed to the Centre not to shift it to Durgarajapuram.