Gujarat Pipavav Port has said that it will now fund its expansion plans through internal accruals as it has terminated loans from the multi-lateral agency IFC.

Pipavav Railway Corporation Ltd (PRCL), a joint sector company of the Ministry of Railways and Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd (GPPL)

Implementing the first PPP in rail couldn't have been easy. While he prepares to enter into more JVs with the rail ministry, Pankaj Malviya, MD, Pipavav Railway Corporation Ltd (PRCL), explains to Shilpi Aggarwal how a clause helped bring down operational costs from nearly 100 per cent to just over 50 per cent

A fresh appraisal has been ordered by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the proposed expansion of Port Pipavav in Amreli district of Gujarat. The NGT on August 22 kept in abeyance for six months the clearance granted for expansion of Port Pipavav and asked the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the State government to conduct a fresh appraisal of the project.

In the next two years, APM Terminals-owned Gujarat Pipavav Port (GPPL) plans to invest Rs 1,100 crore to double container capacity and setup tank farms at an investment. GPPL, which runs India’s first private port at Pipavav, plans to expand its container capacity from the existing 850,000 twenty foot equivalent units of containers (TEUs) to 1.5 million TEU

Power developers who run natural gas-based power plants are lobbying for the diversion of gas supply from the fertiliser sector and lowering of the plant capacity for recovery of fixed costs and assured return on equity. Amish Shah of Credit Suisse Research said this in a recent report. Owing to shortage of gas supply, power plants of Lanco, GMR, GVK, Essar, NTPC, RGPPL, Torrent, VBC Group — with a total capacity of 9,861 mw — are funct

Since June 6, the 1,967 mw-Dabhol power plant in Maharashtra has been closed owing to lack of natural gas. Ratnagiri Gas & Power (RGPPL), which owns the plant, is demanding gas linkage for the plant in order to restart generation. This is the second time the project remains shut after April 2013, Between February 21 and April 2, the plant remained closed because of a lack of gas supply. Gene

During 2012-13, cargo volume at minor and intermediate ports under Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) expanded 11 percent to 288 million tonne (mn t) from from 259 mn t in the previous year. There are around 21 functional minor ports under the direct control of the GMB. Cargo handling at APSEZ's Mundra port rose 21 percent to over 82 mn t during 2012-13 compared to the volumes handled a year ago. Simi

Recently, a bunch of shares of ` Port changed hands in the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). On May 13, 2013, a bulk deal of 2.80 lakh shares of the firm was executed at Rs 47.50 per share. On the same day, another bulk deal of 11.62 lakh shares was struck, reports suggest. The small-cap company has an equity capital of Rs 483.44 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10