For its excellent performance in 2012-13, Paradip port has been conferred with the ‘Major Port of the Year’ award. SS Mishra, Chairman, Paradip Port Trust (PPT), received the award at the SCOPE International Conference & Exhibition 2013 held in Chennai recently.
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Work on channel deepening at PPT nears completion
The work on deepening of the channel at Paradip Port Trust (PPT) in Odisha is approaching completion, the port authority informed through its official website. After completion of this project, the entrance channel will have a depth of 17.1 metre (m) and approach channel will have a depth of 18.7 m to handle vessels up to 125,000 DWT.
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Experts suggest ports to spend on dredging
Experts suggest that Indian ports need to increase their draft by spending on dredging activity. As vessels get bigger, to reduce the unit cost of transportation, it becomes important for ports to have deep drafts to enable larger vessels to call on them, experts argue. Some firms like Adani Port and SEZ invested significantly in dredging equipment to maintain the channel depth. Ports under the central government spen
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Paradip coal berth project to begin in Sept
The work on coal and iron ore berths at the Paradip port, already delayed by two years, is expected to start in September.