Visakhapatnam Port is in the process of raising its cargo handling capacity to to 139.67 million tonne (mn t) by 2016-17 and 148.67 mn t by 2019-20 with an investment of nearly Rs 14,000 crore on mechanisation or modernisation. The port currently has a capacity of 66 mn t. It is expected to handle 60 mn t cargo in 2012-13 as against the t
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Cargo handling at Mundra rises over 20%
The cargo handling at Mundra Port is rising over 20 percent per annum and the port is set to exceed the cargo volume of Kandla Port, reports suggest. Mundra Port, which first began operations as a captive jetty in the Gulf of Kutch in 1994, handled 59 million tonne per annum (mn tpa) of cargo during Apr-Dec
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Ministry sets up panel for 2nd major port in Gujarat
Union Minister of State for Shipping Milind Deora informed that his ministry set up a panel to study the feasibility of setting up another major port in Gujarat on the lines of Kandla Port. It is learnt that the committee will explore locations at which this second major port could come up. Gujarat alrea
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Head count falls at Kandla port
Gujarat-based Kandla Port witnessed a marginal decline in its staff strength during 2001-2009, a study by the apex industry body Assocham found. The employee strength has reduced marginally by about 1 percent or so at Kandla, where the number of employees dropped from over 4,300 to just over 4,000 during the aforementioned 10 years period, says the study.
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Head count at Kandla port falls marginally
Gujarat-based Kandla Port witnessed a marginal decline in its staff strength during 2001-2009, a study by the apex industry body Assocham found. The employee strength has reduced marginally by about 1 percent or so at Kandla, where the number of empl
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Captive berth in Kandla Port to be operated by SRS
Narendra Murkumbi, Managing Director of Shree Renuka Sugars (SRS) informed that the firm, which secured a contract to operate a captive berth in Kandla Port, expects to start operation in a year. On December 27, SRS received the letter of award for operating the berth with a capacity of 1.5 million tonn
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Captive berth in Kandla Port
Narendra Murkumbi, Managing Director of Shree Renuka Sugars (SRS) informed that the firm, which secured a contract to operate a captive berth in Kandla Port, expects to start operation in a year.Through this captive berth, SRS plans to handle about one million tonne of raw sugar and about 2.5 lakh tonne of coal to fuel its refinery. The capacity creation at port will require investments of Rs 22 crore.
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Kandla port to hike capacity
The Shipping Ministry has initiated the upgradation of Kandla Port under the public private partnership (PPP). The work involves construction of three additional berths at an estimated cost of Rs 544 crore.
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Red tape in connectivity setting business back
Developers of ports tell us how port connectivity has boosted business, while users say poor connectivity are limiting their plans.
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PSA-ABG consortium wins bid for JNPT terminal
The Board of trustees of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) decided to award the contract for its fourth container terminal to the consortium of Singapore's PSA and the ABG group in India