Ports

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: APM Terminals Pipavav [Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd] commenced operation of ‘drive-through container scanner’ effective 1st December 2019. The scanning system adheres to the guidelines issued by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board and specifications issued by Directorate of Logistics (DOL). The new drive through container scanning …

Tuticorin: Port Wings News Network: V.O. Chidambaranar Port (VOCPT) on 19 January 2020 created a new record for handling a vessel with highest parcel size. According to a media statement from the port authority, the Panama-flagged vessel ‘MV ELETTRA’ with Length of 254.52 metres, Beam of 43 metres and draft …

Paradip: Port Wings News Network: The 42nd All India and 30th Children Athletics Meet jointly organised by Major Ports Sports Control Board and Paradip Port Sports Council concluded at Gopabandhu Stadium on 19 January 2020. The host Paradip Port Trust has emerged as Overall Champion and Mumbai Port Trust has …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: The Union Government has allowed direct port delivery (DPD) clients and authorised economic operators (AEO) to pay terminal handling charges (THC) directly to the port terminals in a move that drastically alters the way the levy is collected, according to a report in English-language daily …

Paradip: Port Wings News Network: A four-day 42nd All India Major Ports Athletics Meet and 30th Children Athletics meet jointly organised by the Major Ports Sports Control Board and the Paradip Port Sports Council kicked off at Gopabandhu Stadium, Paradip, on 16 January 2020. Shri Rinkesh Roy, Chairman, Paradip Port …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: Ms. Ann Ollestad, Consul General, Norway visited Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, India’s premier container port to explore opportunities for mutual cooperation and sustainable development between Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and Port of Oslo. According to a media statement from the port authority, the two nations …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: DP World has won a further legal hearing against the Government of Djibouti over the Doraleh Container Terminal. A Tribunal of the London Court of International Arbitration ordered Djibouti to restore the rights and benefits under the 2006 Concession Agreement to DP World and Doraleh …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: A new event confirms Buenaventura as a strategic port city for Colombia and its foreign trade. Coming from Asia, the large-scale vessel, APL Esplanade, recently arrived at Puerto Aguadulce with a capacity of 13,892 twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs).  After Colombia, its journey continues to …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA) handled 85.2 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) of containers at its port projects around the world for the year ending 31 December 2019. The Group’s volume increased by 5.2% over 2018, with flagship PSA Singapore contributing 36.9 million TEUs (+1.6%) …

Kolkata: Port Wings News Network: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in the grand Sesquicentenary Celebrations of the Kolkata Port Trust on 12 January 2020. Prime Minister unveiled a plaque at the site of original Port Jetties to commemorate 150 years of the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT). Shri Modi termed …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s premier container port maintained its impressive performance and achieved a new milestone in cargo handling, registering a throughput of 5.10 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the CY2019, compared to the 5.05 million TEUs achieved in 2018, becoming the …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: Jalesh Cruises is hosting a jewellery exhibition on board its premium cruise ship Karnika from 6 to 9 January 2020. This is a first ever jewellery exhibition in the world that is being held on board a cruise was inaugurated by Shri Sanjay Bhatia, IAS, …

Mumbai: Port Wings News Network: APM Terminals Pipavav (Gujarat Pipavav Port Limited), announced the taking charge of Mr. Jakob Friis Sørensen as the Managing Director effective 1st January 2020. Mr. Sørensen, has been a part of A.P. Moller Maersk Group since 1987 starting at the internal A. P.  Moller Shipping …

Paradip: Port Wings News Network: On the occasion of Port Foundation Day, the 17th Paradip Marathon 2020 was conducted by the Gopabandhu  Kreeda Sansad of Paradip Port Trust (PPT) on 3 January 2020. Shri Rinkesh Roy, IRTS, Chairman, Paradip Port Trust, flagged off the same at the Hanuman Temple square. …

Chennai: Port Wings News Network: Baltic Container Terminal (BCT), the Polish unit of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) at the Port of Gydnia, capped 2019 with a milestone after recently reaching its 500,000th twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) move on 21 December. The event, which coincided with the 40th anniversary …