The overall growth of Indian economy, and exim trade in particular, has driven the demand for more containerised cargo movement.
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Container infra: Dragging its feet
There are several binding forces in today's logistics industry in India. Yet the industry suffers from a lack of integration of processes, and that has been bleeding the nation through costs that could have been just a fraction.
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Container infra: Dragging its feet
There are several binding forces in today's logistics industry in India. Yet the industry suffers from a lack of integration of processes, and that has been bleeding the nation through costs that could have been just a fraction.
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Container growth good, infra way behind: Experts
Container traffic in Indian ports has risen from 0.2 per cent in 1981 to 20 per cent in 2010-11. The total container throughput in FY2011 stood at over 9.4 million TEUs, witnessing a growth of 13 per cent over the previous year.
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Mangalore port box handling crosses 10k TEUs
The container handling at New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) crossed 10,000 TEUs mark in the first 75 days of the current financial year as against 8,917 TEUs in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, recording a growth of 13 per cent.
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MbPT increases capacity
The Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) is expecting its container traffic to improve as its offshore container terminal (OCT) project gets ready in 2011-12.
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Kolkata port unveils first rail-linked CFS
The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) launched the first rail-linked container freight station (CFS), built by Container Corporation of India (Concor), at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore.
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Centre mulls OVER terminal
The government plans to build a mega container terminal that can handle four million twenty feet equivalent units (TEUs) of containers per annum at Chennai.
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RO-RO service: Another first for India at Vallarpadam
It was not for nothing that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made a special mention, at the inauguration of Vallarpadam ICTT, of the RO-RO service between Vallarpadam and Bolghatty islands.
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Logistics: A much needed transformation
Among other firsts, Vallarpadam ICTT will also trigger a stream of business activities in its immediate neighbourhood. NA Muhammed Kutty, explains why India’s first transhipment terminal will transform the face of the logistics industry.