In cargo handling, Orissa´s Paradip Port has gained a lead over Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT), Which had a record of handling the largest volume of cargo in the East Coast. Paradip Port has handled an additional five million tonne of cargo in this current year. Excluding handling of container and raw fertilisers, VPT has witnessed a decline in handling cargo including iron ore, thermal and cooking coal, and other cargo.
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Transmitting station in Chennai
The Union Minister of shipping GK Vasan laid the foundation of the Parangipettai Navtex Transmitting Station at a function in Chennai recently. The Minister said that as part of the government´s obligations under the Safety of Life at Sea Convention, his Ministry has asked its technical arm of the Directorate General of Lighthouses & Lightships (DGLL) to provide for continuous Navigational Telex (Navtex) coverage of Indian waters.
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AP cancels port project
The Rs 16,000 crore port-cum-industrial corridor deal has been cancelled by the Andhra Pradesh government. The government had signed the deal with Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority and Matrix Enport Holdings in 2008 for building a port-cum-industrial corridor.
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Kochi to gain from FCI cargo
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) is to opt Kochi port for its foodgrain movement of both bulk and break bulk cargo movement. With this, Kochi port is to gain a lot. FCI recently floated a tender for multimodal contract for transport of rice from designated depots of Kakinada to Kerala through coastal movement.
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2nd India Construction Festival 2013 – Move over, policy paralysis
Amid top domain experts, decision makers and policy enablers, this mega event brought to the fore the pressing challenges facing the sector and offered many practical remedies, report MANAS R BASTIA and Shriyal Sethumadhavan.
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Government is working on a Mechanism for speedy resolution of disputes for Infrastructure Projects: Dr. E M Sudarsana Natchiappan
The second day of EXCON 2013 started with a Conference on ‘Sustainable Infrastructure Development’ organized by the Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (ICEMA) in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
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Projects cleared by Project Monitoring Group
Following is the list of the projects which was cleared by Project Monitoring Group
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Recovery or Illusion?
Industry observers have promptly branded the growth in some of the core sectors in the second quarter as ´encouraging´ and ´first signs of recovery´ for the infrastructure sectors.
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Making the right noises
Will the proposed Dispute Resolution Bill enhance or stymie the negotiating power of infrastructure developers? While the Planning Commission has articulated a clear need for a new law that addresses the typical infractions that occur between public
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The Bill lacks focus and effective structure
Does the new Bill run the risk of ending up like many other tribunals that were replete with court intervention? Amit Kapur and Vishnu Sudarsan evaluate why the currently drafted Dispute Resolution Bill, which is understood to have reached the PMO