Union Finance Ministry approved the installation of three mobile Gamma Ray scanners at ports of Chennai, Tuticorin and Kandla and four fixed X-ray
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Equipment for key ports
Union Finance Ministry approved the installation of three mobile Gamma Ray scanners at ports of Chennai, Tuticorin and Kandla and four fixed X-ray
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New container service to cut backlog at Chennai port
Arshiya Rail Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Arshiya International, has commenced export-import container operations on the Chennai-Bangalore circuit.So far, only Concor offered this service. Arshiya commenced its rail service from PSA Chennai, the second private container terÂminal, run by PSA International of Singapore.
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VO Chidambaranar Port facility dedicated to nation
GK Vasan, Union Minister of Shipping, dedicated the 12.80 m draught facility for berthing of Panamax vessels to the nation at a function organised by V.O.Chidambaranar Port in Tuticorin.
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First weekly mainline service to Europe from Kochi
The International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT), Cochin, announced that the NEMO/EAX service will now make a weekly call at ICTT. This will make it the first weekly service vessel connecting Cochin directly to Europe.
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Wanted: Double-engine pull!
The way for Indian Railways to capture back some of the market lost to roads is through privatisation. Although the intent is there, privatisation of rail logistics is a while away because the fundamentals, including documentation formats, do not exist.
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Expertspeak: Yet privatisation has been successful
With ICTT, by bringing mainline vessel calls to Cochin, shippers—especially in south India who earlier had to tranship their cargo over to Colombo and other regional hubs—will now save on the additional feedering cost at the hub port.
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The aim is to both have and avoid transhipment
As container handling operations begin at the Vallarpadam terminal around noon on 18 February, G Krishnakumar, Deputy Chairman, Cochin Port Trust, pauses his interview with Shashidhar Nanjundaiah, and looks out the expansive windows of his office—overlooking the CPT-owned terminal—for the understated but historic moment.