In a memorandum to the Chairman of the Kolkata Port Trust, the Association of Shipping Interests in Calcutta (ASIC) urged the former to get dredging done in the Hooghly river through a private player. The association asked the port to examine the scope of appointing private dredging majors for better navigability on the Hooghly river. Currently, public sector Dred
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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
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CCEA clears Rs 17 bn port project
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) cleared the Rs 1,707 crore multi-purpose berths and mechanised berths project at Kolkata Port Trust. These projects, which would enhance the port cargo capacity by 23.4 million tonne (mn t), would come up at Haldia Dock II (North) and Haldia Dock II (
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Kolkata Port’s Rs 17 bn project fails to attract pvt players
Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) did not receive must response from private players for its proposed Rs 1,700-crore project to build 4 berths at Salukhali. The company planned to execute the project under Public Private Partnership (PPP) model and had floated tender inviting Request for Proposal (RFP) from private play
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Kolkata Port awaits centre’s nod for Rs 78 bn project
Kolkata Port Trust Chairman RPS Kahlon informed that the port was awaiting cabinet approval from the centre for the Rs 7851 crore Sagar port project in West Bengal. The West Bengal cabinet had approved the project and Kahlon expects the union cabinet to clear it soon
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KoPT to shortlist bidders
Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) is likely to shortlist the interested bidders for the Rs 1,500-crore, 1.2 million TEU container terminal project at Diamond Harbour on March 15.
It may be recalled that the port earlier extended the pre-bid application deadline to
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KoPT may shortlist bidders on March 15
Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) is likely to shortlist the interested bidders for the Rs 1,500-crore, 1.2 million Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU) container terminal project at Diamond Harbour on March 15. It may be recalled that the port earlier extended the pre-bid application deadline to February 28 owing to lack of response from private players
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Terminal project in WB to benefit from Rs 38 bn plan
RPS Kahlon, Chairman of Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) informed that the proposed container terminal project at Diamond Harbour in West Bengal would benefit from the proposal of the Railway Ministry to invest Rs 3,800 crore on port connectivity projects. He said KoPT welcomes the proposal as it will help the cargo evacuation and linkages in the proposed Diamond Harbour Container Terminal and Sagar
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KPT takes efforts to diversify cargo mix at Haldia
Kolkata Port Trust (KPT) is making efforts to diversify HaldiaÂ’s cargo mix and attract larger volumes of existing cargoes. The port trust intends to diversify the cargo at Haldia because the latter lost over 10 million tonne (mn t) of
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Cargo volume at Kolkata Port declines in Apr-Dec 2012
Kolkata Port Trust (including Haldia ) witnessed 14.65 per cent decline in cargo handling at 28.86 mn t during April and December 2012. Haldia alone recorded 17.31 per cent drop in cargo volume at 20.2 mn t, official data shows. The other ports recording negative growth included Visakhapatnam 16.04 per cent at 44.2 mn t; and Chennai 4.87 per cent at 39.89 mn