A subsidiary of Indian Railways, RITES has been appointed as the consultant for preparing the techno-economic feas¡bility report for the new major port at Dugarajapatnam in Andhra Pradesh with a three month time limit for submission of the report, said the Union Minister of Shipping GK Vasan
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Chennai Port Container Terminal
The Chennai Port Trust is to convert the Jawahar Dock (East) berth into a small container terminal to handle around 800,000 TEUs a year. The berth was used to handle coal till a few years back, but has been lying unused after coal handling was shifted to Ennore port
Gangavaram to add 2nd Coal Terminal
To handle capsize vessels up to 200,000 DWT, Gangavaram Port will have an additional fully mechanised coal terminal. Adding of the coal terminal is part of the port's Rs 1,200 crore ongoing expansion.
Dighi Port to Set up Berths
Vijay Kalantri, Chairman and Managing Director of Dighi Port said 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.
NMPT to build 4th berth
The New Mangalore Port has called a tender for a fourth berth. The port had added two additional berths in 2006 and 2011 and one more is under completion.
Timor-Leste to Develop Port
The Government of Timor-Leste (GoTL) is seeking to develop Tibar Bay Port. It is planning to invite private sector participation to enter into a PPP arrangement for the project.
SPML Infra secures new orders worth Rs. 1802.10 crores
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Pipavav Shipyard begins construction of naval ship for Indian Navy
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