Media reports indicate that the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) allowed Navlakhi Port to transport the coal piled up at the port to various parts of the country. However, the board has not revoked its earlier decision to ban fresh coal import shipments at the port owing to air pollution
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Pipavav port handles 6% more marine export cargo
Gujarat-based Pipavav port handled 233,738 tonne of marine exports in 2012-13, 6 per cent higher than 219,801 tonne handled in the previous year, data from Marine Products Export Development Authority shows. It is learnt that the port continues to be a leading facility for export of seafood, in terms of quantity, for the second consecutive year in 2012-13
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PPT to have control over Kanika Sands island
Paradip Port Trust (PPT) will have control over the Kanika Sands, an island off the Odisha coast, as the union shipping ministry cancelled the earlier notification extending the port limit of Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) to cover the island. In a soon-to-be made gazette notification, the ministry decided to extend the jurisdiction of PPT to the island. At a high-level meeting with the Chief Secretary of Odisha and the chairpersons of both KoPT and PPT, the unio
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World’s leading shipping firms mull alliance
The world's three largest shipping firms - Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Company and CMA CGM – decided to form a grand alliance, named P3 Network, by the second quarter of 2014. However, the alliance is subject to regulatory and government approval.The alliance would pool the vessels of the three companies, equivalent to 15 per cent of glob
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Kerala govt encourages coastal shipping
Kerala Minister for Ports K Babu highlighted the efforts being taken by the state government to promote inland water transport and coastal shipping. In order to ferry cargo from ports to the hinterland through inland waterways, the Kerala State Maritime Development Corporation had signed an agreement to charter a ship. In the first phase, the transport of cargo would be taken up in the Kollam-Kochi section and the state gove
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L&T Ramboll submits DPR for Rs 20 bn terminal project
L&T Ramboll has submitted the draft Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the proposed Rs 2,000 crore marine terminal for liquid cargoes at the Jawaharlal Nehru port near Mumbai. The port has twin berth liquid cargo terminal of BPCL and IOC with a capacity of 5.5 million tonne per annum. It will enhance this quantity to 30 million tonne per annum. The proposed terminal would cater to liquid cargo
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DP World to invest $200 mn to build JNPT terminal
To build a new container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port in India, DP World will invest about $200m., DP World has said. The world's third largest port operator will build the terminal next to the Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal (NSICT), which DP World currently operates. The new 330-metre berth with 27 hectares of yard will add 800,000 TEUs (twenty foot equivalent container units) of container capacity and help ease congestion at Jawaharlal Nehru Port.
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Andhra leads in port projects under PPP mode
According to a study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) Andhra Pradesh (AP) ranks first in value terms in port projects that are in under construction in public-private partnership mode as of April 30, followed by Maharashtra. The study titled 'Port Developments in India' says Kerala stands first in value terms in port projects under bidding stage, followed by Maharashtra again.
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Ministry to notify new tariff regime soon
Union Shipping Secretary, PK Sinha informed reporters that his ministry would notify the new tariff regime, which allows private container terminals to fix market-linked tariffs, within a month. According to the existing tariff norms, port developers cannot charge more than the ceiling tariff defined by the Tariff Authority of Major Ports (TAMP
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Ministry aims to award 30 port projects
During 2013-14, union shipping ministry plans to award 30 port projects worth around Rs 25,000 crore investment. Union Shipping Minister GK Vasan informed media persons that these projects would bring in an additional capacity of 288 million tonne per annum at an estimated investment of Rs 24,633 crore