Vizag port to get a facelift with ₹1.69 cr.
7 years, 6 months ago

Vizag port to get a facelift with ₹1.69 cr.

The Hindu  

Visakhapatnam Port Trust has launched a massive beautification operation at a cost of ₹1.69 crore to give a new look to its surroundings. Buoyed by its ranking as the second cleanest among all the 12 major ports by an independent agency after Haldia Dock in May, the port directed all the departments and its users to not only maintain a clean appearance but also further improve its look with a beautification drive. The port is spending ₹2,500 crore mostly through PPP investors to enhance its capacity from 93 million tonne to 125 million tonne. The highest amount of 81 lakh is being spent on sweeping of roads with mechanical machines followed by modernisation and construction of toilet complexes by spending ₹56 lakh.

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Vizhinjam crosses another milestone by handling 4 lakh TEU containers
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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Vizhinjam crosses another milestone by handling 4 lakh TEU containers

The Hindu  

The Vizhinjam International Seaport has crossed the milestone of handling 4 lakh twenty-foot equivalent units containers by facilitating the berthing of 202 ships since the trial run of the port began in July 2024. Of the 4 lakh TEU of cargo it handled, 1.5 lakhs TEU containers were during the trial run period, and the remaining 2.5 lakhs TEU during …

Vizhinjam port generates ₹32 crore tax for Kerala, ₹181 crore revenue for AVPPL
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Vizhinjam port generates ₹32 crore tax for Kerala, ₹181 crore revenue for AVPPL

The Hindu  

The Kerala government has received a sum of ₹32.63 crore as tax from the Vizhinjam International Seaport by way of facilitating the berthing of 193 ships and handling 3.83 lakhs TEU cargo so far. The port concessionaire, Adani Vizhinjam Private Port Limited, has also received ₹181 crore in port revenue. Vasavan, the construction works under the second and third phases …

Vizag Port Awards Concession for Revamping West Quay-6 Terminal
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Vizag Port Awards Concession for Revamping West Quay-6 Terminal

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam port has awarded a concession to Integrated Cargo Terminal Pvt. Ltd., a special purpose vehicle of Orissa Stevedores Limited, for revamping the West Quay-6 Terminal. Key features include the installation of two new Harbour Mobile Cranes with a lifting capacity of 120 tonnes each and a throughput capacity of 1500 tonnes per hour. The terminal will also have …

Vizag Port to achieve audacious' 80 MTs turnover this fiscal
1 year, 2 months ago

Vizag Port to achieve audacious' 80 MTs turnover this fiscal

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Even as the Visakhapatnam Port has turned 90-year plus, it is on the verge of surpassing an “audacious” turnover of 80 million tonnes by March 31, 2024. “The port has already achieved 60 MTs this year-end,” Visakhapatnam Port Authority Chairman M. Angamuthu disclosed on Wednesday, while outlining a forward-looking plan for the Vizag port that started operations from October …

Visakhapatnam Port Authority ranks third in cargo transportation
1 year, 6 months ago

Visakhapatnam Port Authority ranks third in cargo transportation

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The Visakhapatnam Port Authority has ranked third among all major ports in India in terms of cargo transportation for the period April to July 2023. The Union ministry of ports, shipping and waterways reviewed the performance of major ports during this period and found that VPA had handled 33.14 million tonnes of cargo, registering a growth of 3 per …

Andhra Pradesh: Port City Gets Cruise Terminal
1 year, 6 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Port City Gets Cruise Terminal

Deccan Chronicle  

VISHAKHAPATNAM: Union minister for ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated projects worth Rs 333.56 crore in the port city on Monday. The diverse tourist attractions within Visakhapatnam and the surrounding AP region, including beaches, temples, historical sites, cultural attractions and natural beauty make it an ideal location for cruise ships to dock and tourists to explore the city.” A …

Port of Visakhapatnam handles 73.73 mn tonnes of cargo
2 years ago

Port of Visakhapatnam handles 73.73 mn tonnes of cargo

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: For the fiscal year 2022-23, the Port of Visakhapatnam handled 73.73 million tonnes of cargo, the highest in the port's history, compared to 69.03 million tonnes during the same period in the previous year, representing a 7 per cent increase. The previous highest was 72.72 million tonnes achieved in the 2019-20 financial year, said the chairman of Visakhapatnam Port …

Visakhapatnam port to get ‘landlord’ status
2 years ago

Visakhapatnam port to get ‘landlord’ status

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The Visakhapatnam port, given its 7.5 per cent increase in cargo transport growth, will be transformed into a landlord port by the end of 2023, Union minister for ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal announced at the valedictory session of the Global Investors Summit on Saturday. Sonowal said that while six projects worth Rs 658 crore awarded in January …

The hard to resist lure of ports
2 years ago

The hard to resist lure of ports

The Hindu  

Ports have always been key drivers of the economy and there are few factors as attractive as the presence of efficient ports for the manufacturing sector. “In total, we will be investing to the tune of ₹15,000 crore for the four ports and nine fishing harbours”Gudivada AmarnathIndustries and IT Minister, A.P. The government has earmarked around ₹3,500 crore to construct …

Ports minister\'s call to get Vizag\'s Cruise Terminal ready by 2023
2 years, 10 months ago

Ports minister\'s call to get Vizag\'s Cruise Terminal ready by 2023

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, on Monday reviewed the progress of various projects at the Visakhapatnam Port. The total investment cost for the projects being implemented by the port is around Rs 1,446 crore. The minister, on a two-day visit, directed the port management to complete the Cruise Terminal here on a priority basis, saying …

Vizag Port, second cleanest port in India for 2019
3 years, 6 months ago

Vizag Port, second cleanest port in India for 2019

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam Port Trust emerged as the second cleanest port in the country for the year 2019, according to the latest declarations from the Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, VPT Chairman K.Rama Mohana Rao said that Cochin would be the first cleanest port among 12 major ports in the country followed by the Vizag …

Tamil Nadu port casts a shadow on Dugarajapatnam port
7 years, 11 months ago

Tamil Nadu port casts a shadow on Dugarajapatnam port

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The mega trans-shipment hub planned at Enayam in Tamil Nadu casts a shadow on the major port project proposed at Dugarajapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. AECOM which was asked to re-conduct the techno-economic feasibility of the project had pointed that the container projection may further decline in case another new trans-shipment hub comes up on the Southern tip of the …

Expansion of Visakhapatnam Port opposed
9 years, 11 months ago

Expansion of Visakhapatnam Port opposed

The Hindu  

Visakhapatnam Port Trust was at the receiving end on Friday with the pollution sufferers pouring out their woes due to open handling of coal and iron ore at an environmental public hearing to take up expansion and dredging works investing Rs.2,500 crore. Krishna Babu said that they would invest nearly Rs.200 crore in the next three to four years to …

Vizag Port all set to expand container terminal
10 years, 3 months ago

Vizag Port all set to expand container terminal

The Hindu  

After thrashing out the differences over its revenue and traffic projections, the Visakhapatnam Port Trust is all set to sign concession agreement on extension of container terminal with the Visakha Container Terminal Private Ltd in third week of December under the PPP mode. The prestigious project mooted three years ago with an investment of Rs.633 crore to make Visakhapatnam a …

Chennai Port Trust slips into red
10 years, 9 months ago

Chennai Port Trust slips into red

The Hindu  

The Chennai Port Trust has posted a loss of Rs.174 crore for the first time in 2013-14, following an overall drop in cargo and container traffic and a steep increase in expenditure. During the year under review, ChPT achieved a throughput of 51.10 million tonnes compared to 53.40 million tonnes in the previous year, a decline of 4.3 per cent. …

Krishna Babu vows to put VPT back on track
10 years, 10 months ago

Krishna Babu vows to put VPT back on track

The Hindu  

Senior IAS officer M.T. Krishna Babu, who took over as Chairman of the Visakhapatnam Port Trust on Monday, said he would put the port back on track by completing the capacity addition and mechanisation projects costing Rs.2,500 crore to Rs.3,000 crore in two to three years. “A clear deadline will be set and the capacity will be ramped up to …

VPT sees bright days ahead
10 years, 11 months ago

VPT sees bright days ahead

The Hindu  

Apart from mechanisation and modernisation of the port facilities, the Visakhapatnam port has also taken up automation of its processes to help create a transparent and productive port facility that matches with the best in the country, VPT Deputy Chairman G.V.L. The port looks forward to a bright year in 1914-15, as several development projects were on the verge of …

VPT registers good recovery in cargo traffic
11 years ago

VPT registers good recovery in cargo traffic

The Hindu  

Increase in draft to handle capesize vessels has led to impressive recovery in traffic by Visakhapatnam Port in the last quarter. Visakhapatnam Port was placed fifth as on February 28 by handling 52.77 million tonnes as against 53.94 million tonnes during the corresponding period last fiscal. Port authorities as well as the BOT operators exuded confidence that they would do …

Vizag port slips from third to fifth slot in cargo handling
11 years ago

Vizag port slips from third to fifth slot in cargo handling

The Hindu  

Fall in iron ore exports, diversion of transhipment cargo, and dislocation caused due to heavy mechanisation have affected cargo handling at the Visakhapatnam Port, relegating it to the fifth position among 12 major ports in the country. All the major ports put together handled 503.92 million tonne during April 2012 and February 2014 as against the previous year’s 497.97 million …

Detailed feasibility reports on VPT’s satellite port
11 years, 2 months ago

Detailed feasibility reports on VPT’s satellite port

The Hindu  

The Detailed Feasibility Reports on construction of a satellite port by the Visakhapatnam Port Trust and a captive jetty of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited are under study. In its Detailed Project Report, the Indian Ports Association had suggested RINL to achieve 10 million tonne capacity with a captive jetty at Gangavaram. However, the port idea was shelved by RINL …

Port projects worth Rs 6,000 cr cleared this fiscal
11 years, 2 months ago

Port projects worth Rs 6,000 cr cleared this fiscal

Firstpost  

The ministry has been setting aggressive targets for capacity expansion every fiscal, with an eye on the targets set in the maritime agenda, under which certain targeted capacity needs to be created by 2020. Mumbai: The Union Shipping Ministry has cleared 20 port projects involving an investment of Rs 6,000 crore, envisaging 102 million tonnes in capacity in the first …

Sterlite puts Vizag Port on notice
11 years, 2 months ago

Sterlite puts Vizag Port on notice

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Vedanta Group firm Sterlite Industries has served a notice to Vishakhapatnam Port for terminating pact with the latter, saying the state-owned port failed to dredge the entrance of the cargo berth rendering the project awarded to the company unviable. Vizag General Cargo Berth Pvt Ltd, a 74:26 joint venture between Sterlite Industries and Leighton Welspun Contractors, was awarded …

"Visakhapatnam port mechanisation will bring about a lot of change"
11 years, 4 months ago

"Visakhapatnam port mechanisation will bring about a lot of change"

The Hindu  

Admitting that there was delay in initiating measures to face challenges posed by ultra modern ports coming in its neighbourhood during pre-2008, Visakhapatnam Port Trust Deputy Chairman G.V.L. Mr. Satya Kumar said with already lost time, with superior capability ports having sprung up in the vicinity, Visakhapatnam Port pursued the modernisation initiatives with utmost vigour using the instruments of Public …

Vizag Port pays dearly for slowdown
11 years, 4 months ago

Vizag Port pays dearly for slowdown

The Hindu  

The ambitious plans to make it the most preferred port of South Asia notwithstanding, the cargo handed by Visakhapatnam Port is hit hard due to economy slowdown, dislocation due to mechanisation work and a variety of other reasons. Fall in iron ore imports by China, diversion of transhipment cargo to Paradip after it commissioned single buoy mooring and decommissioning of …

Vizag port to finalise bids for extension of container terminal
11 years, 6 months ago

Vizag port to finalise bids for extension of container terminal

The Hindu  

New Year may usher in good news on containerisation front for Visakhapatnam Port with revised plans in place to finalise bids for extension of the existing container terminal at a cost of Rs. After scrapping the Letter of Award issued to Visakha Container Terminal Private Limited to extend existing terminal following serious differences over sharing of revenue, the board of …

VPT to be lead partner in new major port
11 years, 6 months ago

VPT to be lead partner in new major port

The Hindu  

Visakhapatnam Port Trust, which is on an expansion mode, will be the lead partner in the major port coming up at Dugarajapatnam in Vakadu mandal of Nellore district. Though Nakkapalli in Visakhapatnam and Ramayyapatnam in Prakasam districts were also considered, the high-power committee set up by the government to identify suitable locations in AP, has finally zeroed in on Dugarajapatnam, …

Visakhapatnam Port heading to become a landlord port
11 years, 11 months ago

Visakhapatnam Port heading to become a landlord port

The Hindu  

Visakhapatnam Port is set to become a landlord port in a few years even as several trade unions are upping the ante against privatisation of berths. The port, managed by Visakhapatnam Port Trust under the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963, recently sought proposals for OHC mechanisation and upgradation at a cost of Rs.845 crore. “In a few years, our job …

Chennai Port Trust eyes new projects to offset revenue loss
11 years, 11 months ago

Chennai Port Trust eyes new projects to offset revenue loss

The Hindu  

To offset the revenue loss incurred following the ban on handling dusty cargoes such as coal and iron ore, the Chennai Port Trust has identified five projects with an investment of Rs.935 crore. After the Madras High Court banned the dusty cargoes in October 2011, the Port lost 15 million tonnes of iron ore and coal to neighbouring ports worth …

Visakhapatnam will be made a hub port: Deora
12 years, 2 months ago

Visakhapatnam will be made a hub port: Deora

The Hindu  

Union Minister of State for IT, Telecom and Shipping Milind Deora on Thursday said the Union Government had decided to develop Visakhapatnam Port as a hub port. During a visit to various expansion and modernisation facilities being developed by the Visakhapatnam Port, Mr. Deora said Visakhapatnam had a prominent place on the East Coast. Latest trends During the visit, Mr. …

Mechanised handling of coal ready for trial run at VPT
12 years, 6 months ago

Mechanised handling of coal ready for trial run at VPT

The Hindu  

The Rs.675-crore mechanisation of coal handling facilities and upgrading of General Cargo Berth in the outer harbour of Visakhapatnam Port is ready for trial. In all likelihood, it will wrap up all works for commercial launch in a month,” Visakhapatnam Port Chairman Ajeya Kallam told The Hindu. As per the directive of the Visakhapatnam Port Trust, which manages the country’s …

Gangavaram Port in expansion mode
12 years, 11 months ago

Gangavaram Port in expansion mode

The Hindu  

Gangavaram Port Limited, which owns an all-weather deep water satellite port under Public Private Partnership programme, has commenced construction work in full gear to achieve a cargo handling capacity of 40.95 million tonnes. At present, Gangavaram Port has a capacity to handle 16.54 million tonnes per annum. Gangavaram Port, which has the advantage of being a Greenfield port, handled a …

Air pollution grips city
13 years, 1 month ago

Air pollution grips city

The Hindu  

Air pollution has become a major problem in the city in general and on the Convent Junction, One Town area, Malkapuram and Sriharipuram in particular. Industrial pollution has turned out to be a severe problem causing health disorders and also leading to accidents as the roads turn slippery after the coal dust, iron ore and urea spread like a thin …

Reconsider rationalisation decision: TSR
13 years, 7 months ago

Reconsider rationalisation decision: TSR

The Hindu  

Member of Parliament and Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology and Environment and Forests T. Subbarami Reddy had in a fax message to the Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal sought his intervention for neutralising the adverse impact of the latest railway policy decision rationalising carriage of goods by certain routs on the two ports, Visakhapatnam Port Trust …

Close to an industrial revolution
16 years, 9 months ago

Close to an industrial revolution

The Hindu  

GIVEN its advantages on many fronts, its road, rail and sea connectivity and proximity to the Tamil Nadu capital, Chennai, and the development of the most modern multipurpose port at Krishnapatnam, Nellore is on the verge of another industrial revolution, say District Collector K. Ramgopal and his predecessor M. Ravi Chandra. The inherent potential, conducive industrial climate and geographical advantages …

Ideal destination
18 years, 9 months ago

Ideal destination

The Hindu  

Visakhapatnam, aptly called the `city with a future', is fast shaping up as the tier-II location for Information Technology players. The annual turnover of IT units located in the city, which is around Rs.100 crores, will register a quantum jump once the 100-acre IT parks developed by the Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority become fully operational. Konathala Ramakrishna, Andhra Pradesh Minister …

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