P Tamilvanan, Chairman of the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) informed media persons that the port was conducting trial operation at the new berth for handling petroleum products. The port has already completed civil works on the berth, which can handle ships of 1.25 lakh DWT (dead weight tonnage). (DWT is a measure of how much weight a ship can carry
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NMPT’s cargo handling grows 12.44% in FY13
During 2012-13, cargo handling at the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) grew 12.44 per cent to 37.04 million tonne (mn t) from 32.94 mn t in 2011-12. Cargo volume in the port received a boost from the increase in the handling of crude oil, petroleum products, coal and container cargoes, the port
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Cargo handling at PPT rises 4.2%
Cargo volume handled by Paradip Port Trust (PPT) rose 4.24 per cent to 56.55 million tonne (mn t) during 2012-13 compared to 54.55 mn t in the earlier year. The port raised its cargo handling capacity to 102 mn t in 2012-13 from 80 mn t last year following commissioning of the single point mooring for handling 320,000 tonne capacity vessels
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Major ports handle 2.58% less cargo in 2012-13
In 2012-13, the 12 major ports of the country handled a combined 545.68 million tonne (mn t) cargo, which is down 2.58 percent from 560.137 mn t in the previous year. A Janardhana Rao, Managing Director of Indian Ports Association (IPA) said this is the second straight year of contraction in cargo volume. In 2011-12, cargo handling of these ports declined 1.73 percent over the previ
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Container terminal at Krishnapatnam port to be operational
The initial phase of a container terminal at the Krishnapatnam port is set to begin operation. The terminal is learnt to be able to handle 1.2 million TEUs in the first phase and after completion of the entire project, the terminal may handle 6 million TEUs. The port is said to have spent Rs 1,500 crore on the container terminal, which has five advanced gantry crane
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Operation at Gopalpur port to begin soon
MM Moharana, Director of Gopalpur Port (GPL) in Odisha informed that the actual operation in the port would begin within the next fortnight and the port can now handle around 3 million tonne (mn t) cargo annually. It may be recalled that operation at the port, located off Ganjam coast, was suspended in the last two years as the erstwhile seasonal minor port was being converted into a
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High Court hears appeal filed by KoPT
Calcutta High Court is hearing an appeal filed by Kolkata Port Trust against the decision of a single-judge bench allowing ABG Haldia Bulk Terminals to remove all its equipment from Haldia port. Justice Sanjib Banerjee, on March 22 allowed ABG to remove all its equipment from Haldia port subject to the payment of any customs charges that may have been due
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Vizag port did not get bids for WQ berths project
Private players have not shown interest in bidding for the WQ North berthsÂ’ improvement project, which Visakhapatnam Port Trust plans to implement. The port trust did not receive bids for the WQ 7 and 8 berth mechanization under WQ North project when the bids were opened. The port authority wanted to implement the project at a cost of Rs 393 crore. Vedanta and Essar would be main contenders for mech
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Finance Minister’s target said to be unrealistic
Industry watchers feel that the target for project implementation given by Finance Minister P Chidambaram to the shipping ministry for 2012-13 is unrealistic. The finance ministry gave a target of achieving a total investment of Rs 35,000 crore and a capacity addition of 244 million tonne during the year. The shipping ministry has managed to achieve 18 per cent of the targeted inves
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Port capacity may rise 114 mn t due to new projects
The total number of port projects awarded in 2012-13 may raise capacity of the country's ports by 114 million tonne (mn t) pa. The shipping ministry awarded in all 26 projects so far in 2012-13 and out of this 14 are Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects. The 14 PPP projects would bring in an additional capacity of 80 mn t per annum at an investment of Rs 5,600 crore