| NHAI urged to fast track Vallarpadam road project | 12-OCT-09 |
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| The shipping ministry has urged the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to make available at least a two-lane road connectivity to the International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) at Vallarpadam by March 2010 to facilitate the commissioning of the terminal. |
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| Shipping Ministry favours divestment in Cochin Shipyard | 15-SEP-09 |
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| The Shipping Ministry supports the Department of Economic Affairs' move to divest government equity in state-run Cochin Shipyard, the largest shipping and ship repair yard in India, a top ministry official said today. |
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| Shipping Ministry not to downgrade KoPT cargo target | 21-JUL-09 |
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| The Shipping Ministry has ruled out any possibility of revising downward the cargo target for the Kolkata Port Trust(KoPT) on account of loss of crude cargo to the Haldia-Paradip pipeline. It insisted that the port would have to innovate ways to attract new cargo. |
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| Shipping ministry takes first step on 16 PPP projects | 19-JUL-09 |
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| The shipping ministry has issued Request for Qualification (RFQ) for 16 projects worth over Rs 13,247 crore to be awarded on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis. Those for a further six projects would be issued soon. |
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| HDC crude cargo target in limbo as Haldia-Paradip pipeline starts | 08-JUL-09 |
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| While the Kolkata Port Trust(KoPT) has written twice to the Union Shipping ministry to revise downward its cargo targets for the fiscal as the port will lose crude cargo the Paradip-Haldia pipeline, the Haldia Dock Complex(HDC) has been set a target of 42.7 million tonnes(mt). |
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| Shipping Ministry to give 'fresh look' at PPP projects | 29-JUN-09 |
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| The Union Shipping Ministry’s main focus in its 100-day plan is to give boost public private partnership (PPP) projects at Indian ports, said Union Minister of Shipping G K Vasan. “There is no going back on the Sethu Samudram project,” the Minister said. |
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| Shipping Ministry to award Rs 3,300-cr projects in 100 days | 07-JUN-09 |
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| As part of the first 100-day 'action programme' of the government, the Shipping Ministry would award projects worth more than Rs 3,300 crore for developing and upgrading container and cargo terminals at various ports in the country. |
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| Shipping ministry seeks Rs 10,000 cr from FinMin | 04-MAR-09 |
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| The Shipping Ministry has sought a Rs 10,000 crore loan from the Finance Ministry in view of the international credit crunch domestic shipping companies are facing in enhancing fleet. |
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