One of India’s largest private sector port operators in terms of capacity and throughput, Essar Ports recorded an impressive cargo handling of 11.23 million tonnes (MT) during 1Q2021. For the month of June 2020, cargo handling grew by 75 per cent compared to the April tonnage.

APM Terminals Pipavav handled 293 container trains in April 2020 alone, marking the highest such number ever handled at the port in a single month.

HDC's key priorities are installation of one container handling crane (RMQC), mechanisation of Berth No 3 in PPP mode, and creation of liquid cargo handling facilities at Shalukali through PPP, and a goal to handle 65 MMTPA of cargo by 2021-22.

In an interview with INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, Hari Marar, the dynamic Managing Director and CEO, BIAL, tells that he is resolved to make Bengaluru Airport "the gateway to a new India" through expansion in airport infrastructure, application of disruptive technologies, and addition of new cargo handling amenities.

The Government of Gujarat has proposed to set up a multi-modal logistics park (MLP) in the Dahej-I Industrial Estate in order to cater to diverse cargo and warehousing needs at the Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) in Dahej.

A smart city is not automatically an equitable city unless its leaders take care to make it so. Some critics assert that the entire push to make cities smart is mainly about making life more convenient for the affluent.

The World Bank-aided projects to modernise inland water transport in Assam were reviewed by state Transport Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary with representatives from the World Bank.

Nandan Yalgi, Managing Director, Boxco Logistics India Pvt Ltd, lauds the efforts of the Ministry of Shipping in launching port-led development projects that will eventually bring down logistics costs across the country.

For instance, out of the 111 identified National Waterways, 106 were conceived in 2016 alone. An assertive Nutan Guha Biswas, Chairperson, Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is confident that the statutory agency will continue to exceed its performance in 2018.