The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 22, 2003

VCTPL tariff: TAMP cuts cost-plus line
THE TARIFF Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) has dropped the cost- plus approach while approving the tariffs for the private container terminal run by the United Liner Agencies-Dubai Ports Authority combine at the ... More

Hope, again, for coastal shipping
Coastal shipping is not growing as it should in India because the absence of basic infrastructure — terminals, connecting roads, easy cargo clearance procedure, and so on — makes it unviable. A TCS study on the potential of coastal shipp ing will hopefully help change the status quo. More

JNPT's third box terminal project
Unexpected changes in bidding norms
FRESH uncertainty has clouded the bidding process for the Rs 900-crore third container terminal project at Jawaharlal Nehru (JN) Port, in the wake of a recent directive from the Ministry of Shipping, asking the port to ... More

INTERVIEW

Haldia in a spate of non-port problems
There are various issues, mostly river-related, which cause concern at the Haldia Dock Complex. One constant endeavour has been how to improve the depth of the Hooghly near the dock so that big ships with higher parcel loads can come. Mr M. L. Meena, Deputy Chairman, Kolkata Port Trust in charge of Haldia Dock Complex More

EVENTS

Maritime Day celebrations

Maritime day celebrations

RAILWAYS

Track to Srinagar: Railways lays it all on toughest 290-km line
Arguably the most difficult railway project ever attempted in the country, the 290-km rail line linking Jammu with Udhampur, Srinagar and Baramulla will have 783 bridges and 109 km of tunnels. It will put the Kashmir Valley firmly on the rail map an d bring the region into the national mainstream. More

Ships in Ports

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