Iran reiterated its commitment to develop Chabahar port to bolster its ties with India. Iran plans to expand the port in five phases and to ramp up its capacity to 20 million tonne by 2020. India's interest in the Iranian port is not only to get a direct access to Central Asia but also to facilitate import of mine
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PPT seeks waiver of license norms
Paradip Port Trust (PPT) is awaiting a positive response on its request to waive license norms for storing imported coal at its warehouse. The port is mandated to secure a storage licence and a transport license for all mineral transactions under the Odisha Mineral (Prevention of Theft, Smuggling and Illegal mining and Regulation of Possession, Storage and Tran
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Cargo volume at major ports declines in Apr-Nov 2012
During April-November 2012, India's 12 major ports handled a combined 359.9 million tonne of cargo which is over 2.8 percent lower than 370.6 mn t handled in the year-ago period, data released by the Indian Port Association (IPA) showed. It is learnt that the volume of India's external trade handled by these ports declined to less than 60 percent from
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New Mangalore Port receives 2 cruise vessels
It is learnt that two cruise vessels from the US and the UK called at New Mangalore Port recently carrying a total of 1,088 passengers. Both the vessels sailed out to Kochi after a brief halt at the New Mangalore Port. With these two vessels, the New Mangalore Port has received seven cruise vessels so far in the current fiscal. A pre
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Ennore Port emerging as an automobile export hub
It is learnt that Ennore port, located 25 km north off Chennai, is emerging as an alternative for automobile exports because of capacity constraint in the Chennai port. Marc Nassif, Managing Director, Renault India, said the Ennore port provides adequate capacity and authorities are willing and helpful. The port is said to have shipped 1.04 lakh cars last year and expects this number to rise to 1.6
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SCI takes delivery of vessel
The Shipping Corporation of India received a high end diesel electric Platform Supply Vessel, ‘SCI Yamuna’ from the Cochin Shipyard (CSL).This is said to be the second and the last of the series of high tech Rolls Royce series of Platform Supply Vessel. SCI said that the earlier ships of the series delivered by CSL were performing exceedingly well and good reports have
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Naval vessels deployed to combat piracy
It is learnt that the naval vessels INS Kabra and INS Kalpeni with a crew of three officers and 39 sailors each are deployed regularly for coastal surveillance of Kerala. INS Kabra is commanded by Lieutenant Commander Chetan R Upadhyay, a marine commando while INS Kalpeni by Lieutenant Commander Vikas Jha, a specialist in navigation and direction
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CoP to dredge River Sal
The panchayat of Cavelossim in Goa allowed the Captain of Ports (CoP) to dredge the mouth of River Sal in order to facilitate movement of boats. CoP said it received a proposal from Cutbona trawler and boat owners to dredge the river mouth for a better navigational channel. This follows the complaint of small boat owners that the ever-increa
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Cruise liner to bring more vessels to Indian ports
M/s Royal Caribbean International plans to bring nine more cruise vessels during 2012-13 to the Indian ports. The cruise liner took the vessel MV Clipper Odyssey with 60 passengers and 70 crew to New Mangalore Port (NMP) marking the beginning of the cruise season for the year. M/s Royal Caribbean International is one of the leading cruise operators of the world and it visited NMP twice
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NMPT woos exporters from Shimoga
Officials of New Mangalore Port have held consultations with exporters from the Shimoga region and asked them to utilise the facilities available at port. The port is said to be targeting the region to boost its container traffic. Recently, Shimoga Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that there was good potential for NMPT to explore from Shimoga region