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Undergoing major expansion, Gopalpur Port turns away luxury cruise liner

The port neither has any provision, nor is designed, for passenger movement; authorities say docking permission would have put Indian tourism in bad light

Monaco cruise liner to have stopovers at various ports in India

The 120-guest Silver Discoverer cruise ship of the Silversea Cruises in its 14 night Asia expedition voyage, will reach Chennai in January

Buoyed by coal, major ports see 5% rise in traffic volumes in Apr-Nov

POL cargo made up by crude oil, refined products, LPG and LNG witnessed a tepid growth of 2.98 per cent

12 major Indian ports record 3.64% growth in cargo traffic during Apr-Dec

ndia has 12 major ports which handle approximately 61 per cent of the country's total cargo traffic

Container segment to drive growth at Indian ports

Container segment is expected to fuel the next stage of growth at Indian ports. Major ports in the country are already ramping up container handling capacity despite sluggish global container and freight movement in the past two years.A report by Care Ratings has pegged the cargo container handling of ports in the country to reach 25 million TEUs (Twenty Tonne equivalent units) by 2020-21 from the current 13 million TEUs. Non-major ports are set to add higher capacities in this segment."We expect the same (global container movement) to recover globally over the next 2-3 years. We also expect a pick-up in containerization of wider variety of cargo in India, since handling and transportation becomes faster and easier", the report stated.With the Sagarmala programme aiming to increase the depth of major ports so as to cut time on trans shipping of goods, the ports would be able to handle new generation mega vessels over the next two to three years. Presently, ...

No proposal to convert major ports into corporate cos: Nitin Gadkari

Gadkari also said that government-owned ports have shown better performance compared to the private ones