In mid-November, the first Indian inland waterway terminal was opened on the Ganga river in Varanasi, 780km east of Delhi. The terminal was officially inaugurated by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is the first of four multi-modal terminals currently under construction on the National Waterway-1 (river Ganga) as part of the World Bank-aided Jal Marg […]
The Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT), India, is ready to expand its container terminal, informs The Hindu. The project involves an investment of INR 633 crore (apprx. USD 90 mln) and is expected to commence by the year end or early 2019. The Visakhapatnam Port, which is located on India’s east coast in between Chennai and […]
India has selected an Iranian company, Kaveh Port and Marine Services, to run the Chabahar port in Iran for 18 months until it selects a firm to manage and maintain the facility for a longer term, informs Hindustan Times. The Bandar Abbas-based company was chosen as an interim solution in order to comply with the […]
Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (BMCT) that was recently launched by PSA at the port of JNPT, India, started its first barge and train operations last week. According to PSA, a 90-TEU block train departed for Mandideep on 13 March 2018 and on 16 March, a second train left for Nagpur. Two days later, an export […]
Yesterday, 18 February 2018, PSA’s Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (BMCT) was officially inaugurated at Jawaharlal Nehru Port by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had laid the foundation stone for the terminal back in October 2015. As The Straits Times reports, the official ceremony was conducted remotely from the site of the future Navi Mumbai […]
Phase 1 of Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (BMCT), Indian largest sea port infrastructure project involving the government and foreign investors was commissioned at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) at the end of December 2017, informs The Times of India. The USD 1.24 bln terminal is being constructed as a public-private partnership with Singapore’s port operator […]
APM Terminals (APMT) recedes from selling its port facilities at Pipavav and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in India, writes The Hindu BusinessLine quoting top executives at two local companies who participated in the bidding process. “We looked at the two facilities for a potential acquisition. But, APM Terminals decided to put it on hold,” […]
The Hambantota Port Development, a China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) project on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka, has stalled at the Framework Agreement stage, reports Sri Lankan News First. According to the report, the Chinese Ambassador Yi Xianliang said “No progress” when questioned yesterday, October 1, on the completion dates of the project. The […]
A small Indian barge port Dharamtar located about 24 km from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) will be brought back to life when Singapore’s PSA International opens its Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (BMCT) in December 2017, informs The Hindu BusinessLine. This week, BMCT has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with PNP Maritime Services Pvt […]
The Indian government is hopeful that the strategic Chabahar Port in Iran will be operational by the end of 2018, informs Indian NDTV quoting Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Shipping, Road Transport, Highways and Water Resources. “It will be a win-win situation for India, Iran and Afghanistan as trade and business through this route could reach […]
