Existing private terminal operators of ports have demanded that the proposed guidelines by the shipping ministry, if approved, also cover existing terminals as tariff fixation under the 2005 guidelines has hampered their growth.
The ministry earlier announced that the proposed guidelines would apply only to new Public-Private Partnership (PPP) port projects.
In a communication to the Prime Minister, the existing operators warned that the planned third set of guidelines, without tariff deregulation, would only bring more problems to the port sector.
The operators warned that instead of fast-tracking the amendments to the Major Port Trusts Act, announcing a separate set of guidelines for new projects would be detrimental and prejudicial to the interests of investors in the port sector.
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