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.
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Hindustan Shipyard delivers 3 vessels
During the current financial year, the Hindusthan Shipyard (HSL) has delivered 3 vessels and is striving to improve its performance further. The HSL had delivered one 50-t bollard pull tug to the Visakhapatnam port trust, one IPV (ICGS Rani Avantibai) to the Indian Coast Guard and one 53,000 DWT bulker to Goodearth Maritime Limited (GML), said NK Mishra, Chairman & Managing Director of HSL after reviewing the performance of the HSL after hoisting the National Flag on the occasion of the Independ
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Terminal Investment may vie for JNPT container-loading unit
After buying a 50 per cent stake in a container-loading facility at Mundra port in Gujarat in last July, Terminal Investment SA, majority owned by Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA (MSC), is looking to expand in India. Terminal Investment, the worldÂ’s sixth biggest container terminal operator, will submit initial bids for building a Rs 8,200 crore container-loading facility at Jawaharlal Nehru (JN) port near Mumbai.
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Dighi Port to invest another Rs 1,000 cr in green field port
To add more capacity to its upcoming green field port in Raigad district of Maharashtra, Dighi Port is to add an additional investment of Rs 1,000 crore. Dighi Port, with already commissioned two or the five berths, will go ahead with the three remaining berths as part of its phase one project. The total investment for the phase one of the port is Rs 2,500 crore. The remaining berths will be added by December 2014. The company has already invested Rs 1,500 crore for the project.
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Agitations hit Vizag port business
Not just road transport, but also the sea trade is getting affected in Andhra Pradesh due to the ongoing protest for 'Samaikhyandhra' (meaning united Andhra Pradesh) in Semaandhra region of the AP. At Visakhapatnam Port in the state, about 18 vessels and 3 lakh tonne of cargo was remained idle for eight hours.