Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, on Monday, flagged off cruise operations from the Mumbai International Cruise Terminal (MICT), India’s largest cruise terminal. The MICT, developed as per Cruise Bharat Mission, was developed as per latest global standards and is expected to take … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) As many as 272 projects, worth around Rs. 1.41 lakh crores, have been completed under the Centre’s flagship Sagarmala programme out of which 103 completed projects under the “modernisation pillar” have resulted in expanding the country’s port capacity by more than 528 million tonnes per … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) A state-of-the-art navigational simulator was inaugurated at the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK), on Thursday, by chairman Rathendra Raman. This simulator will be used to provide realistic, high-fidelity training for pilots, masters and other maritime professionals, enabling them to handle vessels under diverse and challenging … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, approved the construction of a 6-lane, access-controlled greenfield high-speed National Highway starting from JNPA port (Pagote) to Chowk (29.219 km) in Maharashtra. The project will be developed on build, operate and … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday in the annual budget for 2025-26 has proposed the speedy infrastructure development in a bid to achieve the state government’s much ambitious target of $1 trillion economy by 2027-28. The government hopes that the Rs … Read more
Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan on Wednesday said that Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) from the state will get a boost to their growth after the commencement of the operations of the Rs 76,000 crore Vadhvan port, and the Navi Mumbai International Airport. He said this while speaking at the Maharashtra Industries … Read more
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) A two-day conference began in Kolkata on Friday to plan better utilisation of land and other assets owned by port authorities across the country. The issue of utilisation of such land for port-led industrialisation was also discussed. The event will also deliberate on several aspects of NAVIC Cell No 11 of … Read more
Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department is planning extensive excavations at Korkai, the ancient port city of the Pandyan Empire. Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, was historically known as Pandya-Kavada in Kapatapuram. It is located approximately 3 km north of the Thamirabarani River and about 6 km from the Bay of Bengal. This … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 7 (IANS) The soon-to-be-commissioned Adani Vizhinjam Port took centre stage in the final full budget of the second Pinarayi Vijayan government, presented by State Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal on Friday in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. The cover page of Balagopal’s fifth successive budget features an image of a cargo-laden ship arriving at the … Read more