The Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation KC Venugopal recently told the Lok Sabha that the projected date of completion of new terminal building of Veer Savarkar International Airport at Port Blair is December, 2017 and is scheduled for commissioning by March, 2018.
Category: Ports & Shipping
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Green nod kept in pending for Port Pipavav expansion
A fresh appraisal has been ordered by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the proposed expansion of Port Pipavav in Amreli district of Gujarat. The NGT on August 22 kept in abeyance for six months the clearance granted for expansion of Port Pipavav and asked the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the State government to conduct a fresh appraisal of the project.
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Abandoned Kozhikode port building to be renovated
The hitherto abandoned 'Port Guesthouse and port office in Kozhikode, owned by the Port Department, which owns the plot and the building, is to renovate by spending Rs 40 lakh. Officials concerned said that a proposal to renovate the building has been sent to the government and it was yet to get a response. The project included converting the building to house the offices of the port conservator and internal vigilance officer and project monitoring officer of the department.
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Protests hit Gangavaram Port operations
Ongoing protests supporting united Andhra Pradesh affected the Gangavaram port operations on August 22. Agitators of 'Samaikyandhra', led by Minister for Infrastructure, Investment and Ports, Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Gajuwaka MLA Chintalpudi Venkataramaiah asked the Gangavaram Port to close its operations in expression of solidarity with the ongoing movement for keeping the State united.
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Chennai maritime heritage museum to take 2 more years
Two more years will take for the opening of the maritime heritage museum in Chennai. The Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) has taken up the project. The maritime museum is to come up in Mamallapuram. Decommissioned submarine – INS Vagli – will become a part of the heritage museum. The project could be divided into two parts – submarine museum and heritage museum. As Mamallapuram receives a huge number of visitors, they should be allowed to have a look at the submarine museum.
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Eight firms compete to build 4th JNPT terminal
For building the Rs 8,000-crore fourth terminal at the country's largest port Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai, eight big companies have expressed their interest. JNPT said that it opened the request for qualifications for the mega terminal project and a total of eight companies have applied. APM Terminals, Port of Singapore Authority, JM Baxi & Company, Mediterranean Shipping Company, Sterlite Ports, Adani Ports, Essar Ports and Dubai Port World are the eight companies competing for
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Tanzania mandates ECTN for all imports from Sept 1
All import cargoes, including transit cargoes, would be covered by an Electronic Cargo Tracking Note (ECTN) in Tanzania from next September 1. Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA), which manages ports in the country, has decided so. This decision results from TPAÂ’s desire to improve control on declared cargo values, the occupation of port facilities and the safety of the ports and the territory, as also to ensure availability of accurate statistics on cargo flows into the country.
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Locals complain against Vizhinjam port project
Fishermen in the adjacent areas of the Vizhinjam port project in Kerala complained that the proposed project would threaten their livelihood. Fishermen raised their concerns at the recent public hearing of the environmental impact assessment report. Besides the concerns of the fishermen, complaints were also raised about the possible adverse impact or chan
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Dighi Port to set up 3 more berths
Vijay Kalantri, Chairman and Managing Director of Dighi Port informed that the port would set up the remaining three berths as part of the phase one of the project by December 2014. The green field port is being developed in Raigad district of Maharashtra. It may be recalled that the port auth
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Major ports handle 184.53 mn tonne cargo
The government-owned 12 major ports in the country totally handled 47.38 million tonne cargo in the last July. In the month, the volume of iron ore and containers handled at these ports registered a decline. Major ports register 0.5 per cent growth for April-July period this year against the same period last year. During the period from April-July, the major ports handled 184.53 million tonne of cargo.