Visakhapatnam Port is in the process of raising its cargo handling capacity to to 139.67 million tonne (mn t) by 2016-17 and 148.67 mn t by 2019-20 with an investment of nearly Rs 14,000 crore on mechanisation or modernisation. The port currently has a capacity of 66 mn t. It is expected to handle 60 mn t cargo in 2012-13 as against the t
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VPT to raise cargo handling capacity
Visakhapatnam Port is in the process of raising its cargo handling capacity to to 139.67 million tonne (mn t) by 2016-17 and 148.67 mn t by 2019-20 with an investment of nearly Rs 14,000 crore on mechanisation or modernisation. The port currently has a capacity of 66 mn t. It is expected to handle 60 mn t cargo in 2012-13 as against the t
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Krishnapatnam Port handles 456 vessels
Krishnapatnam port, which is 25 km east of Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, handled 456 vessels until December 2012. The port handled 428 vessels and 15.41 million tonne of cargo in 2011-12 as against 417 vessels and 15.91 million tonnes in 2010-11. The port was inaugurated in July 2008 and is promoted by the Hyderabad-based CVR Group. The cont
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Maritime board struggles to sell 999 ton tanker
Maharashtra Maritime Board has been making efforts to sell a 999-ton crude oil tanker named MT Pavit for the last over six months, but in no vain. The ship, whose route is still unclear to authorities drifted to the Juhu beach over a year ago and as its owners were not coming forward, the maritime board had to ta
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NITC charters vessel from Mercator
Reports suggest that Mumbai-based Shipping firm Mercator last month gave its vessel the Omvati Prem to the Iran-based National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) on charter basis for ferrying crude oil to India. This is for the first time the state-run tanker company of Iran NITC chartered an Indian vessel cove
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Centre receives plea to remove custom duty on ship breaking
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram received a request from the Gujarat government to reduce custom duty on import of ships being brought for breaking from 5 per cent to zero. Gujarat Finance Minister Nitinbhai Patel put this request at the pre-budget meeting convened by Chid
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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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MPT awards Rs 3 bn project to Gammon Infra
Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) and Gammon Infrastructure finalised a 30-year concession agreement that gives the company the right to construct and operate a coal handling terminal at the port. Gammon would built the terminal at a total estimated cost of Rs 300 crore with a capacity of 2.33 million tonne per annum. Mormugao Port selected Gammon for the project as the latter offered a revenue share of 33.66 percent. JSW, whic
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Largest bulk carrier arrives at Dighi Port
Recently, a gearless post-panamax vessel arrived at Dighi Port carrying coal and this is said to be the largest bulk carrier to call the port and one of the largest vessels to call any port in Maharashtra. On January 5, 2013, the vessel ‘MV Maverick Guardian’ having a LOA of 229 meters, a Deadweight Tonnage (DWT) of 82,739 million tonne and carrying stea
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Mercator gives tanker to ferry Iranian oil
Mumbai-based Indian shipper Mercator gave a crude oil tanker to the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) for carrying crude oil from the gulf country to India in December. This is the first time that the Iranian firm chartered an Indian vessel covered under an insurance scheme arranged by New Delhi through state-run insurers, rep