KoPT goes in deep

India’s major ports recorded a 3.81% increase in container traffic during April to December 2016, pushing total volume to 6.31M TEU during the nine-month period of this fiscal year, compared to 6.08M TEU handled during the same period last year.

Some 18 Indian ports are moving to 24×7 customs clearance, according to a statement from the Central Board of Excise and Customs.

India’s Kolkata Port Trust (KPT) has shortlisted five bidders for the development and operation of a new container terminal at Diamond Harbour on the Hooghly River, 50 km south west of Kolkata.

Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) is set to invite bids for the development and operation of a container terminal at Diamond Harbour on the Hooghly River, 50 km south west of Kolkata, following the resolution of land issues that have dogged the project for the past two years.

Kolkata Port Trust (KPT) has rescued a plan to build a 1.6M TEU/ year capacity container terminal at Diamond Harbour on the Hooghly River in the eastern part of India’s West Bengal state.

India’s Kolkata Port Trust (KPT)’s plan to build a container port at Diamond Harbour, 50 km south west of Kolkata, through a public-private partnership has been thwarted because the Defence Ministry has refused to surrender 57 acres of land it owns there.