New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) handles a major share of total liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) handling in the country. It handled around 2.08 million tonne of LPG in 2011-12, P Tamilvanan, Chairman of the port trust informed. The LPG import facility of HPCL in Mangalore contributes around 1.5 million tonne, S Roy Choudhury, Chairman and Managing Director of HPCL informed
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DP World Cochin raises draft at ICTT
The maximum draft of ships calling at the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) is raised to 14 meter (about 46 feet) following harbor and channel dredging by DP World Cochin. Dubai-based DP World is operating the Vallarpadam terminal along with Cochin Port Trust (CoPT) in a public-private partnership (PPP) model
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Gateway’s ICD may start operation soon
The Inland Container Depot (ICD) of Gateway Distriparks at Faridabad may commence operations in first quarter of 2013-14. This will add volumes to the rail business of the company in future. In addition, the company is expanding its presence in the cold chain business. It plans to increase its pallet capacity in the cold chain business by 40 percent by the end
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Tata Steel despatches rails for metro project
L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad received the first consignment of rails despatched by the French unit of Tata Steel. Tata Steel's unit in France is said to be having a proven record of supplying rails to major railway projects in the world and also to the Indian market. These rails were transported by road on 60-feet special trailers to the Metro Rail Uppal depot after they were
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Consortium may lend Rs 7 bn to Dighi Port
A consortium of banks led by Bank of India would reportedly lend Rs 700 crore for the infrastructure project proposed to be carried out by Vijay Kalantri-promoted Dighi Port. The project, which is estimated to cost Rs 1,000 crore, includes setting up a new berth and road and rail infrastructure at the port. The remaining cost would be met by the promoters, reports indicate
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Ports in Andhra witness decline in ore cargo
The hike in export duty on iron ore, increase in railway freight rates for export cargo of ore and the ban on illegal ore mining affected exports of the raw material. Gangavaram Port exported only 271,000 tonne this year as against 2.1 million tonne last fiscal. Other ports in Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam and Kakinada deep water ports lost 30 per cent in iron ore cargo traffic during 2012-13. In 2011-12, Kakinada Port
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NMPT may not lose cargo to airport
New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) does not find any threat to its business from the cargo business of Mangalore International Airport. The airport may handle high value, small size and perishable goods such as marine products, vegetables and flowers. The port, on the other hand, handles bulk carg
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Shipping ministry introduces amendment bill
Minister of State for Shipping Milind Deora introduced an amendment bill for the Merchant Shipping Act 1958. The government wants to amend the Act to provide for the enforcement of the anti-fouling systems (AFS) Convention 2001. Under the global convention, a list of
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Govt project may upgrade connectivity to ICTT
Kerala government's plan to construct Azheekode Munambam Bridge and a coastal corridor from Vallarpadam to Kozhikode via Ponnani may benefit International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) at Vallarpadam, reports suggest. The present congestion on National Highway (NH) 17 will be reduced once this corridor becomes a reality. The proposed bridge and the corridor may enable smo
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Report calls for barge service between Chennai and Ennore ports
Recently, Union Shipping Minister GK Vasan released a pre-feasibility report titled ‘Logistics Collaboration between Ennore and Chennai ports’, prepared by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). The report calls for setting up a ‘marine highway’ to ferry containers by barges between Chennai and Ennore ports. The highway is intended to decongest the road highw