In a reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation KC Venugopal informed that around Rs 322 crore would be invested to modernize six airports in Gujarat during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period (2012-17). These airports are Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara. The government woul
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Ennore Port to award terminal project soon
MA Bhaskarachar, CMD of Ennore Port informed that the port authority may award contract for its proposed container terminal project soon. The project has been divided into three phases and the first phase is expected to cost 1,400 crore. Recently, the port received 11 expressions of interest (EoI) from private port companies for the proje
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India to boost coastal shipping with Bangladesh
The feasibility and potential of Coastal Shipping between India and Bangladesh was discussed In the Shipping Secretary-level talks held on 2nd – 3rd July, 2012 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Subsequently, it was also discussed in the Directors General (Shipping) level talks held on 26th September, 2012 at Visakhapatnam, India and on 14-15 January, 2013 at Cox’s Bazar, Banglad
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MbPT’s terminal project faces inordinate delay
Industry observers feel that Indira Container Terminal (ICTPL) may not be able to complete the proposed container terminal project at Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) by December. It may be noted that the union shipping ministry set December 2013 as deadline for the project, which has been delayed by more than six years after the agre
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Share of imported gas may rise
Reports suggest that the share of import in total natural gas consumption in the country may rise from the current level of 40 percent as domestic production fails to keep pace with growth in demand. Recently, the country's biggest liquid gas importer Petronet LNG has notched up a world record by offloading its 1,000th shipload at its Dahej terminal. This is the first for a
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Minister mulls extending Dabhol-Bangalore pipeline
Union Petroleum Minister Veerapa Moily informed that his ministry was thinking of extending the Dabhol-Bangalore gas pipeline between Chitradurga and Mangalore. He said this after commissioning the 1,000 km long gas pipeline between Dabhol in Maharashtra and Bidadi near Bangalore. The pipeline was laid by GAIL at an inve
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Minister mulls extending Dabhol-Bangalore pipeline
Union Petroleum Minister Veerapa Moily informed that his ministry was thinking of extending the Dabhol-Bangalore gas pipeline between Chitradurga and Mangalore. He said this after commissioning the 1,000 km long gas pipeline between Dabhol in Maharashtra and Bidadi near Bangalore. The pipeline was laid by GAIL at an inve
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USTDA asks Vizag port to avail its assistance
The US Trade Development Authority (USTDA) asked Visakhapatnam Port Trust to avail its development assistance for enhancing growth potential of the port. USTDA, which was hitherto focusing on the development of aviation sector in India, has taken up port development activities recently
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JNPT explores legal options against PSA
Jawaharlal Nehru port (JNPT) is said to be exploring all legal and administrative options on actions to be taken against PSA International for reneging its contract to set up the proposed fourth container terminal. The proposed terminal project was designed to load 4.8 million standard containers a year. According to Kevic Setalvad, the additional solicitor general of India, it is p
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ONGC, BPCL to sign pact for terminal project
Union Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily informed that state-run oil firms ONGC and Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) would enter into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at Mangalore. The MoU would be signed in the next 15 days, the minister said after commissioning a Rs 4,500-crore pipeline from Dabhol LNG terminal to Bangalore set up by GAIL