Page 11 - Ports

Little hope of returning home for seafarers stranded at sea amid lockdown

Limited supplies, seasickness and a repatriation plan that comes with several complications has made life particularly hard for this lot

Coronavirus spread to weigh on domestic ports and logistics sectors

At present, sectors like warehousing, trucking, and last-mile delivery, are facing several challenges. Labour shortage has turned out to be the biggest one, across segments.

Covid-19 impact: Biz environment gets tougher for ports, logistics firms

Already reeling under economic slowdown, companies grapple with demand shock

Transport, logistics woes clog ports and airports, custom clearance allowed

In many cases, duties are not being paid by importers due to temporary closure of manufacturing facilities

Iron ore, finished fertilizers help ports tide over falling volumes in coal

Vishakapatnam port aced other ports in cargo volumes with 10.98% growth

Coal imports at 12 major ports down 15% to 75 MT in April-Jan: Report

Imports of coking and other coal recorded a rise of 1.10 per cent at 47.08 MT during the period

Country to get 13th major port at Vadhavan in Maharashtra for Rs 65,544 cr

The Vadhavan port will be developed on "landlord model" (where infrastructure is leased to private firms or industries and chemical plants)

FM says govt looks at corporatisation, listing of at least one major port

Major ports in the country have an installed capacity of 1,514.09 million tonne per annum

Andhra govt proposes Rs 10,000 cr greenfield seaport at Ramayapatnam

It is proposed to be developed as a non-major state port at Ramayapatnam along Andhra Coast," the Expert Appraisal Committee said

Prepared roadmap to increase port capacity to over 3300 MTPA by 2025: Govt

The move is part of National Perspective Plan for the Sagarmala Programme, Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya said in a written reply to Lok Sabha

Major ports record muted performance on fall in coal, fertilizer cargo

Deendayal Port handled the most cargo among the major ports with a volume of 71.09 mt followed by Paradip at 64.46 mt

Indian, Thailand ports trusts sign three MoUs to reduce sea travel time

The BIMSTEC region brings together 1.67 billion people or 22% of the world's population

Jindal Steel's import brings first Capesize vessel to Gopalpur Port

Essar Shipping-owned vessel carries 105,000 tonnes of limestone for JSPL; Gopalpur is undertaking an expansion plan entailing dredging of the channel to enable it to receive large ships

Plan to tap wind power, establish desalination plants in 3 ports: Gadkari

The proposal to tap wind power from Tuticorin, Kandla and Paradip ports has been discussed with the Power Minister R K Singh, said Gadkari

Major ports post muted growth as coal volumes slide 4% in Apr-Aug period

In corresponding period of FY19, coal cargo had risen by 11%; Overall throughput growth ports at 1.9%

Security at ports on high alert over possible terrorist infiltration

The move comes days after the Navy warned of a possible terror attack from the seaside

Domestic ports turn the tide, register growth amid economic slowdown

Bulk commodities hold the fort for domestic players

Essar Ports' Salaya Terminal registers 160% cargo growth in June quarter

Essar Ports invested Rs 11,000 crore in developing terminals and is currently operating four terminals

In middle of trade war, America's largest port gets ready for robots

The Los Angeles terminal has already ordered an electric, automated carrier

At 461 MT, major ports witness 4.83% jump in cargo traffic in Apr-Nov

For the period from April-November 2018, nine ports Kolkata, Paradip, Visakhapatnam, Kamarajar, Chennai, Cochin, New Mangalore, JNPT and Deendayal have registered positive growth in traffic