Iron ore shipments up 154percent through Major Ports

January 2017

Iron ore cargo through Major Ports has logged the sharpest growth among all commodities in the April-December period. Till the end of December, iron ...

Tags: Cargo, Major Ports, Mormugao port, Paradip, Visakhapatnam, Liquefied Natural Gas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Fertilisers, Coal traffic, Coking coal cargo

Centre moves towards corporatisation of Major Ports

January 2017

The Major Port Authorities Bill, which seeks to provide significant operational autonomy to the Major Ports, will allow the 12 state-run entities to ...

Tags: Major Port Authorities Bill, Major Ports, ICRA, K Ravichandran, Cabinet

Trade unions want level playing field

January 2017

Prominent national level leaders of dock worker unions have intensified the pitch for removal of´regulator raj´ to ensure a level-playing field to co...

Tags: Regulator raj, Eleven Major Ports, TAMP, Ministry of Shipping

Shipping Ministry draws up master plan for Major Ports

December 2016

To more than double India´s port cargo traffic under the Sagarmala programme by 2025, the Ministry of Shipping has prepared a detailed master plan fo...

Tags: Sagarmala programme, Ministry of Shipping, Major Ports, AECOM India Pvt Ltd, McKinsey & Co, Modernise port infrastructure

Shipping Ministry draws up master plan for Major Ports

November 2016

To more than double India’s port cargo traffic under the Sagarmala programme by 2025, the Ministry of Shipping has prepared a detailed master plan fo...

Tags: Sagarmala programme, Major Ports, National Democratic Alliance government, AECOM India Pvt Ltd, McKinsey and Co, Modernise port infrastructure, Port-led Industrialisation

Cargo traffic at Major Ports grows by 5.2percent

October 2016

Major Ports in India handled 315.4 MT of cargo during the first six months of FY2016-17 (April-September) and showed a positive growth of 5.1 per cen...

Tags: Major Ports, Ministry of Shipping, Mormugao Port, Paradip, VO Chidambaranar, Kandla Port, Cargo handled, Karmajar Port, Vishakhapatnam Port, Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants, Fertilisers

4 new major ports to be set up

September 2016

Minister of State for Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan told the Lok Sabha that the government has proposed to set up four new major ports. ...

Tags: Shipping, Pon Radhakrishnan, New Major Ports, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra

Major ports handle 606.37 mn tonne cargo in FY16

June 2016

Total cargo handled by major ports increased by 4.3 per cent to 606.37 mn tonne last fiscal as against 581.34 mn tonne in 2014-15. ...

Tags: Cargo, Major ports, Traffic, MTPA, Logistic cost