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11 firms apply for developing Ennore Port terminal

11 firms apply for developing Ennore Port terminal

For developing Rs 1,270-crore container terminal at Ennore Port in Tamil Nadu, 11 companies, including four foreign firms, have submitted their Requests for Qualification (RFQ) proposals. These proposals will be evaluated by Ennore Port authorities and the names of short-listed firms announced within the next two weeks. Thursday was the last date for submitting the proposals for developing the Ennore Container Terminal (ECT).

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GAIL to await govt decision on pipeline project

GAIL to await govt decision on pipeline project

BC Tripathi, Chairman of GAIL (India) said the firm would wait one month for the Tamil Nadu government to take a decision on the company's natural gas pipeline project which passes through the state. GAIL is implementing an ambitous Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore-Mangalore natural gas pipeline project and it passes through seven districts in Tamil Nadu — Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Namakkal, Sale

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Ennore Port in TN gets 11 bids to build new terminal

Ennore Port in TN gets 11 bids to build new terminal

For building a Rs 1,270 crore container loading facility the Ennore Port in Tamil Nadu received 11 initial bids from private groups. The deadline for submitting the bids ended on July 25. Ennore Port is IndiaÂ’s only Union government-controlled port that is run as a company; the others operate as trusts. The new terminal will have a capacity to load 1.4 million standard containers a year from a berth length of 730 metre.

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TN sanctions Rs 2,950 cr for road works

TN sanctions Rs 2,950 cr for road works

In Tamil Nadu, more than 2,400 road works will be undertaken across the state at a cost of Rs 2,950 crore as part of the Integrated Road Development programme. The State Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on July 24 ordered the allocation for the works that would improve connectivity, besides reducing fuel consumption and travel time. The allocation for this fiscal was higher – Rs 2,262 crore was set aside last financial year.

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Chidambaranar Port loads record tonnage of salt

Chidambaranar Port loads record tonnage of salt

VO Chidambaranar Port Trust in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu loaded the highest tonnage of 13,200 mn t salt in bulk in the vessel MV Great Gain. S Natarajan, Chairman of the major port said in a press release that this was the record handling of salt in bulk by the port in a single

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TN govt to set up multi-user port in Cuddalore

TN govt to set up multi-user port in Cuddalore

The Tamil Nadu government would upgrade the existing captive port in Cuddalore and set up a new multi-user greenfield port to support the proposed Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region project. Earlier, the Marg and Chemplast consortium signed a 30-year concession agreement with the state gove

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Assembly passes resolution to name terminal after MGR

Assembly passes resolution to name terminal after MGR

Tamil Nadu has requested the Union government to name the second domestic terminal at the Chennai Airport after the former Chief Minister and the then popular hero actor MG Ramachandran. To this effect the Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a resolution. The State Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa moved the resolution in the Assembly.

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Madurai to get S’pore, Dubai flight services next year

Madurai to get S’pore, Dubai flight services next year

In Tamil Nadu, Madurai airport will get international connectivity to Singapore and Dubai, which will possibly materialise by next year and the Union Civil Aviation Ministry is working on the same. This was announced by Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, KC Venugopal at the inauguration of the Virudhunagar - Manamadurai BG section at Aruppukottai on July 14.