Kamarajar Port
Chennai, Kamarajar Ports eye 100 million metric tonne cargo in FY24
The Chennai Port Trust and its subsidiary Kamarajar Port Ltd have set a target of crossing 100 million metric tonne of cargo in the current financial year, a top official said here on Monday. Both the ports handled 92.46 million metric tonne of cargo in the last financial year, Chairman and Managing Director Sunil Paliwal said. On the performance of the Ports, he said Chennai Port Trust handled 48.95 million metric tonne of cargo, which was up by 0.8 per cent from 48.56 million metric tonne handled last year. Kamarajar Port handled 43.51 million metric tonne of cargo in 2022-23 up by 12.31 per cent from 38.74 million metric tonne recorded the previous year. "Container is the major cargo handled by Chennai Port Trust. It is about 58 per cent. While liquid bulk and dry bulk cargo also witnessed a good growth this year," he told reporters. To a query, the Chairman said exports of automobiles grew last year at Chennai Port Trust following the signing of agreements with several automaj
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IIT Madras develops unmanned survey craft for ports, inland waterways
This system can also be equipped with an echo sounder, GPS System and broadband communication technology, to deliver precise depth measurements
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Major Port cargo volumes inch towards pre-Covid level amid ongoing pandemic
Private ports too strengthening contribution to cargo volume increase
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Southern Railway's Chennai Divn starts new service to map movement of goods
The time-tabled container services were introduced on August 20, and have been running daily between Chennai Harbour and Whitefield. Each way trip fetches a revenue of Rs 4.3 lakh
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Cargo handling at major ports dips 18% to 193 MT in April-July due to Covid
Cargo volumes at these 12 major ports under the control of the Centre declined for the fourth straight month in July 2020 and all ports barring Mormugao saw a negative growth
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Two ships collide at Kamarajar Port
The LPG carrier M T BW MAPLE was outbound and M T Dawn Kanchipuram was in-bound
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