Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) records 6.19% rise in cargo handling to 2.4 million units in the first half of the current fiscal
1 min read12 Oct 2017While there is a logical basis to privatize state-run cargo berths to facilitate the move to a landlord concept of port ownership, it is anybody's guess how this will pan out
4 min read2 Sep 2016The efficiency and productivity improvement measures taken by Kandla port have started yielding results
4 min read8 Apr 2016Model concession pact being used to construct cargo handling projects with private funds needs refinement to make it attractive for private investments
3 min read30 Oct 2015Following a sustained campaign, the government has decided that stevedoring and shore handling agent permits will henceforth be sold on basis of revenue share
5 min read4 Sep 2015The Warburg Pincus-backed firm plans to use the money to expand its network in the logistics business
3 min read11 Jun 2015Firms had sought government approval to move to a more favourable rate regime to fix commercial issues
3 min read13 Apr 2015The stevedoring firm was bidding for the first tender run by the Kolkata Port Trust to select dry bulk cargo handling agents
1 min read26 Jan 2015The shipping ministry will frame rules to issue a unified permit to cargo-handlers at non-mechanized berths at ports owned by the Union govt
2 min read26 Sep 2014India's bid to regulate cargo-handling agents who load and unload cargo at non-mechanized berths at govt-owned ports has landed in the courts
4 min read21 Aug 2014The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared