Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal handled 2.6 lakh tonne of granite blocks for export during April-June 2013 compared to 2.25 lakh tonne in the year-ago period. During the same period, volume of granite blocks (for export) handled by the Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) declined to 1.50 lakh tonne against 1.92 lakh tonne in the year-ago period. Tuticorin Port also witnessed declin
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Neyveli power plant expects to get land
Lignite mining-cum-power generator Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) is hopeful of getting around 59 hectares of declassified forest land so that its 1,000 mw power project in Tuticorin can proceed without hitch. The land was obtained from the Tuticorin Port Trust. Long back some portion of the land was classified as forest land though there is no forest there, Chairman and Managing Director B Surender Mohan said.
AAI set to get land for two airport expansion projects
According to media reports, the Tamil Nadu government is set to handover land for the expansion of Madurai and Tuticorin airports to the Airports Authority of India (AAI). For the Madurai airport project, the state government is set to issue acquisition notification, while for the Tuticorin project, the process of issuing acquisition notification would be completed soon, reports indic
Panel to submit report on Sterlite plant by April end
The four-member committee, appointed by the National Green Tribunal to study the functioning of the copper smelting plant of Sterlite Industries at Tuticorin, would submit its report on April 29. The panel will consist of two members from the Tribunal and one each from Sterlite Industries and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB
VOC Port setting up 2nd container terminal
VO Chidambaranar Port at Tuticorin is converting its eighth berth into a container terminal with a capacity to handle six lakh TEUs at a cost of Rs 312.23 crore.
Minister announces Rs 75 bn outer harbour project at Tuticorin port
In a move that would add 42 million tonne capacity to Tuticorin port, the union budget 2013-14 announced the Rs 7,500 crore project to set up an outer harbour. The Finance Minister P Chidambaram announced while presenting his eighth budget on February 29. The minister also said a new port will come at Andhra Pradesh. Three Southern states including Tamil Nadu, Andhra Prad
Tuticorin port setting up 4 berths
In order to handle more quantity of cargoes like coal, copper concentrates, rock phosphate, the VO Chidambaranar Port at Tuticorin decided to set up four cargo berths. S Natarajan, Chairman of the port said construction of the north cargo berth (NCB)-II is in progress and it would be c
Tuticorin port setting up 4 berths
In order to handle more quantity of cargoes like coal, copper concentrates, rock phosphate, the VO Chidambaranar Port at Tuticorin decided to set up four cargo berths. S Natarajan, Chairman of the port said construction of the north cargo berth (NCB)-II is in progress and it would be c
Chidambaranar port appeals against stay order
VO Chidambaranar port, which is a major port in Tamil Nadu, appealed against the stay order of Tuticorin district court on the revision of royalty with the Madurai bench of the Madras high court. PSA International, which operates PSA-Sical Terminal at the port, secured a stay order from the district court in Tuticorin on the revision of the royalty it pays
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