Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, Sep 17, 2007
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Logistics
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Shipping Reduced rake movement at Paradip For over a week now, the Railways has been restricting the movement of iron ore rakes to Paradip port. The reason: the breakdown of the port’s mechanised iron-ore handling plant. The conveyor belt has snapped, the tippler is not working and, as a result, the tippling of wagons has come to a halt. No wonder, the ships which were earmarked for loading iron ore at the ore handling plant are being transferred to other berths for manual loading. The mechanical iron ore berth thus wears a deserted look even as the queue for ships for manual loading lengthens. Since the output in manual operation is much less than that in mechanical handling, the unloading of a rake too is taking much longer, with the result the rakes are getting detained at the port. As the Railways sources point out, the average daily handling of iron ore rakes has dropped by half to three rakes a day, on an average, compared to six-seven rakes in normal times. Inquiries reveal that the mechanical iron-ore loading facility is likely to be restored towards the end of the week. OUR BUREAU More Stories on : Shipping | Railways
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