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Paradip port handles 21% more cargo in Aug

Paradip port handles 21% more cargo in Aug

During the last August, Paradip Port Trust (PPT) handled 5.91 million tonne (mt) cargo of imports and exports, compared with 4.88 mt handled in the same month last year, registering a growth of 21.07 per cent. The August figure is also 13.29 per cent higher than the target fixed for the month. During the month, 2.42 mt cargo was exported and 3.49 mt was imported through the port.

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Dip in Cochin port July exports

Dip in Cochin port July exports

Exports through the Cochin Port declined 10 per cent in July while imports rose 11.75 per cent, according to Cochin Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Cexports and imports statistics. July import of commodities, components and equipment through Cochin Port and Vallarpadam International Container Trans-shipment Terminal (ICTT) was 2.4 lakh tonne, compared to 2.1 lakh tonne in the previous-year month.

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Dighi Port to set up 3 more berths

Dighi Port to set up 3 more berths

Vijay Kalantri, Chairman and Managing Director of Dighi Port informed that the port would set up the remaining three berths as part of the phase one of the project by December 2014. The green field port is being developed in Raigad district of Maharashtra. It may be recalled that the port auth

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Dighi Port handles second cape size vessel

Dighi Port handles second cape size vessel

In a press release, Dighi Port said it successfully handled a cape size vessel in May this year and has now handled another Capesize vessel carrying coal for one of the largest coal importers in the country. In the first year of being operational in the monsoons, the port achieved another significant milestone by successfully handling the largest Capesize vess

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Govt may not wait for Parliament nod for bill

Govt may not wait for Parliament nod for bill

The government has decided not to wait for the passage of the Coal Regulatory Bill in Parliament during the Monsoon session and instead go ahead with notifying setting up of the Coal Regulatory Authority (CRA) through an executive order, reports indicate. Some reports suggest that the government may resort to the executive order route to adopt the coal regulatory bill, thereby superseding the time-consuming Parl