To improve its capacity, the Visakhapatnam Port is to mechanise cargo-handling to face challenges from the private ports. It has also taken up nine major projects under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode, 2 of which have been finished and the rest being in various stages, said Deputy Chairman of the port GVL Satya Kumar.
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Vizag Port to mechanise its cargo-handling
To improve its capacity, the Visakhapatnam Port is to mechanise cargo-handling to face challenges from the private ports. It has also taken up nine major projects under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode, 2 of which have been finished and the rest being in various stages, said Deputy Chairman of the port GVL Satya Kumar.
Cargo handling comes to a halt at Paradip port
A dispute between two stevedore companies at Paradip Port lead to a grinding halt of cargo handling at Paradip Port. Due to the cargo halt, around 700 iron-ore laden trucks were stranded on the busy 65-km stretch of NH-5(A) from Balichandrapur to the port town.
Paradip Port surpasses Visakhapatnam in cargo handling
In cargo handling, Odisha'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.
NMPT achieves 15.8% in cargo handling in H1
In the first six months of the current fiscal, the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) has recorded a growth of 15.78 per cent in cargo handling. The port handled 19.37 million tonne of cargo during April-September of 2013-14, against 16.73 million tonne in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, the port said.
NMPT registers a growth of 12.25% in cargo
In the first five months of 2013-14, the New Mangalore Port (NMPT) recorded a growth of 12.25 per cent in cargo handling. The port handled 15.76 million tonne of cargo from April-August as against 14.04 million tonne in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal (2012-13). Crude oil and coal contributed to the growth in port's cargo handled during the period, said the port's Chairman P Tamilvanan.
Fall in Vizag port cargo handling in current fiscal
Visakhapatnam port's cargo handling has come down by by 1 million tonne during the current financial year compared to last year. The port Chairman GVL Satya Kumar attributed the dip in the cargo handling to fall in intake of iron ore by China, government restrictions on iron ore mining and slump in transshipment of petroleum products and crude during the year.
Cabinet clears Rs 17 bn second dock project
Union Minister of Shipping GK Vasan informed that the cabinet cleared the proposed Rs 1,700-crore second dock complex project at Haldia recently. It is learnt that the West Bengal government allocated around 160 acre of land for the proposed facility. Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT), however, failed to attract private participants for the project. Though the port auth
KPT to close bids for cargo handling contract on April 23
The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) would close the tender inviting bids for cargo handling at two berths in Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) on April 23. The port authority wants to engage a new cargo handling firm following the exit of Haldia Bulk Terminal (HBT) in November 2012
Kolkata Port negotiates with 2 bidders
RPS Kahlon, Chairman of the Kolkata Port Trust informed that the port was negotiating with the two lowest bidders to reduce the bids for operating two berths at Haldia Dock Complex (HDC). The port wants the price to be below Rs 200 per tonne, Kahlon said at an event of the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry

