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Govt relaxes cabotage rules to boost transshipment

Govt relaxes cabotage rules to boost transshipment

To promote transshipment at Indian ports, the Shipping Ministry has allowed relaxations in cabotage rules. Cabotage is the transport of goods or passengers between two places in the same country. Transshipment is the movement of goods and containers to an intermediate destination.

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CPT loses cargo volume due to exit of HBT

CPT loses cargo volume due to exit of HBT

RPS Kahlon, Chairman of Calcutta Port Trust remarked that the exit of Haldia Bulk Terminal (HBT) is one of the reasons for the port losing out on 3-4 million-tonne of cargo in 2012-13. HBT, which is a mechanised cargo handler working in berth number 2 & 8 in Haldia Dock Complex (HDC), exited the contract with the port prematurely in November 2012

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Bidders submit high quotes for Haldia port contract

Bidders submit high quotes for Haldia port contract

Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) intends to examine why
interested bidders are offering higher quotes for the mechanised cargo handling at Haldia port. Speaking to media persons, Manish Jain, Deputy Chairman, Haldia Port, KoPT, said the port authorities must examine why no interested bidders could match the tariffs charged by ABG-LDA run previous contractor Haldia Bulk Terminals (HBT

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Mundra port set to handle more cargo than Kandla port

Mundra port set to handle more cargo than Kandla port

Mundra port in Gulf of Kutch (Gujarat), which is operated by Adani Port and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), handled 21 percent more cargo at 82 mn t during 2012-13 compared to the previous year. The port is expected to surpass the cargo volume of Kandla Port, which is also based in Gujarat, by next year. In 2012-13, Kandla Port handled over 89 mn

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KPCT to set up jetty for oil and gas products

KPCT to set up jetty for oil and gas products

Andhra Pradesh-based Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal (KPCT) intends to construct a jetty for handling liquefied natural gas (LNG) and petroleum oil and lubricants in the next two years. Besides, the port, which is said to be having the biggest and deepest draft container terminal on the east coast of the country, is in the process of setting up a dedicated terminal for export of

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KPCT to set up jetty for oil and gas products

KPCT to set up jetty for oil and gas products

Andhra Pradesh-based Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal (KPCT) intends to construct a jetty for handling liquefied natural gas (LNG) and petroleum oil and lubricants in the next two years. Besides, the port, which is said to be having the biggest and deepest draft container terminal on the east coast of the country, is in the process of setting up a dedicated terminal for export of

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Mundra port attains 2nd rank in container volume

Mundra port attains 2nd rank in container volume

Gujarat-based Mundra port overtook Chennai port to become the countryÂ’s second biggest container gateway in 2012-13. The Gautam Adani-operated Mundra port loaded 1.57 million standard containers in fiscal 2013. The number one spot in this cargo category has been held for a long time by union government-controlled Jawa

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High Court hears appeal filed by KoPT

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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Cargo handling doubles at Dhamra Port

Cargo handling doubles at Dhamra Port

Agency reports indicate that the cargo handling at the Dhamra Port in Odisha doubled during 2012-13 to 10 million tonne (mn t) from over 5 mn t in the previous year. Between April 1, 2012 and March 5, 2013, the port handled 10 mn t cargo. During this period, the port handled over 8 mn t of import cargo -- the highest by any Indian port in only the second year of its operations, repo

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