The Mumbai Docklands Regeneration Forum filed a petition in Bombay high court challenging the development of a new offshore container terminal (OCT) near Mazagaon on several grounds. The petition said MbPT should have acknowledged the growth of JNPT in Nhava Sheva. The then prime mini
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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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JNPCT set to handle more containers in FY13 than last year
Reports suggest that the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT) is set to achieve higher throughput of container cargo in 2012-13 compared to last year. So far in 2012-13, the terminal handled over 1-million Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit (TEU) of throughput. In anot
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Cargo volume at Mumbai Port rises 9%
During Apr-Dec 2012, Mumbai Port Trust handled 44 million tonne cargo compared to 40.2 million tonne in the year-ago period, which is a growth of 9 percent, the port authority said in a statement. Cargo handled during December increased to 5.2 million tonne from 4.6 million tonne for the same month in 2011. During Apr-Dec 2012, the port handled 45,776 Twenty Foot Equivalent Units (TEU) of container cargo, which is sam
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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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Dhamra Port achieves record throughput
The traffic throughput in October at Dhamra Port exceeded the one million tonne-mark reaching 1.17 million tonne for the first time in the last 18 months.The port could achieve this throughput because of improved productivity, handling of iron ore shipment and the diversion of dry bulk carriers from Haldia to Dhamra. Dhamra Port is run by Dhamra Port Company which is a joint