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Former Sri Lanka Ports Authority chairman’s wife questioned over money laundering
Colombo: Former Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) chairman Priyath Bandu Wickrema is understood to be in hot water, with the Central…
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Sri Lanka Ports Authority admits weak stance on port city
Colombo: The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has admitted before the Human Rights Commission (HRC) that it had neither licence…
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Shipping Corp holed below by sinking dry bulk rates
Mumbai: India’s largest shipowner Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), which recently emerged from a three-year period in the red, fears…
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FSRU to reach Karachi’s Port Qasim today
Karachi: A Floating Storage and Re-gasification Unit (FSRU), leased by Pakistan’s gas importer Elgro Elengy to convert super-chilled methane into…
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Indian Railways to implement dedicated freight corridors
New Delhi: Coastal shipping in India will have received a minor setback, following the sanction accorded by the Railways Ministry…
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Incois unveils new product to curb ships’ fuel consumption
Hyderabad: Shipping companies can lower the fuel consumption of their vessels plying on some key sea lanes, thanks to a…
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Adani Enterprises in talks to sell its Australian coal
Ahmedabad: Diversified business conglomerate Adani Enterprises is in advanced talks with power firms and traders in different countries for selling…
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Paradip port signs deal for multipurpose berth
Paradip (Odisha): The Paradip Port Trust (PPT) has signed a concession agreement with Paradip International Cargo Terminal (PICT) for the…
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Shipping Corporation of India to buy LPG vessels
Mumbai: National carrier Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), which has suffered three successive years of losses, but returned to profitability…
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Steps being taken to improve ICTT Vallarpadam’s connectivity
Cochin: The Cochin Port Trust (ChPT) has launched construction work on a flyover and a rail over bridge at Vallarpadam…
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Workers up in arms against port corporatisation plan
Mumbai: Workers in the Indian port sector are up in arms against the budgetary proposal to corporatise major ports, as…
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New Delhi takes the plunge on major ports’ corporatisation
New Delhi: More than a decade after a government committee recommended the corporatisation of the 12 major state-owned ports, Finance…
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ABG Shipyard on the lookout for white knight
Mumbai: The Ahmedabad-based Adani Group, the Mahindra Group and a couple of overseas institutional investors, including one from Singapore, are…
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Apeejay Shipping to make foray into tankers and dredging
Mumbai: Kolkata-based Apeejay Shipping, which has been operating exclusively in the dry bulk cargo segment, is planning a foray into…
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Port, dock workers to go on indefinite strike from March 9
Mumbai: Port and dock workers all over India will go on an indefinite strike from March 9 to protest against…
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Twelve smart cities to come up at India’s major ports
New Delhi: The Indian government is working on an ambitious plan to build one smart city at each of the…
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Frantic efforts to rescue Vizhinjam container terminal
Thiruvananthapuram: Dismayed at the absence of response to the Vizhinjam port and container transhipment project, the Kerala state government has…
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No bidders for Vizhinjam container transhipment terminal
Thiruvananthapuram: No bids have been received by Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd (VISL) for the port and a 600,000 teu capacity…
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New Delhi pledges $160bn investments in shipping and highways
New Delhi: Surface transport and shipping minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the Indian government will invest INR5trn ($80bn) each…
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India’s Ministry of Shipping grants greater financial power to major port trusts
New Delhi: In order to expedite decision making at the 12 major port trusts and help them function as commercial…
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