Shipping ministry announces Rs 50 lakh compensation for employees at Major PortsThe monetary compensation will be extended to direct employees as well as contractual labourers, the ministry of shipping said in a stateme...
28 Apr, 2020, 04.09 PM IST
Covid-19 impact: Port congestion adds to exporters’ woesIndia’s exports shrank almost 35% in March, the biggest contraction in almost a decade, reflecting the global slowdown made worse by the Co...
22 Apr, 2020, 10.49 AM IST
FSSAI working to improve hygiene at fish & meat mkts on account of coronavirus outbreakEarlier, FSSAI chairperson Rita Teaotia announced that the regulator has decided to set up six new branch offices, four new import offices ...
17 Feb, 2020, 05.31 PM IST
Give jobs to locals; will enact law if necessary: Nitin GadkariGadkari said at least 1.25 lakh jobs will be created through the development of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) near Mumbai in the next ...
06 Mar, 2019, 07.29 PM IST
Maha govt, LIC to bid for Air India's iconic buildingThe debt-laden carrier had on December 10 issued a tender inviting bids from “government entities only for sale of lease hold rights of the...
01 Jan, 2019, 12.15 PM IST
Sea change in shipping cargo at Jawaharlal Nehru Port TrustThrough measures punitive and inclusive, John Joseph got the biggest corporate names to adapt to a faster cargo clearance method, Direct Po...
18 May, 2017, 12.59 AM IST
Warehousing companies part of JNPT's new planJNPT, which handled India's largest container cargo tonnage, currently has 33 CFS operators including Allcargo Logistics, Ameya Logistics, ...
24 Mar, 2017, 01.10 AM IST
Rs 180 crore Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust scam: CBI arrests wanted accused from GujaratAccording to the CBI's FIR, the JNPT placed funds aggregating Rs 180 cr with OBC initially for term deposit in two tranches in February thi...
06 Oct, 2014, 06.51 PM IST
ET 500: Allcargo Logistics well-placed to tap opportunities as global economy gains momentumThe Mumbai-based company has grown both organically and inorganically — it made as many as 10 acquisitions in the past eight years — but ha...
16 Sep, 2014, 08.31 AM IST
India's plan of doubling port capacity a distant dream nowFour projects worth 22,000 crore in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Kerala fail to take off after bid amounts were found unrealistic.
08 Oct, 2012, 06.50 AM IST
- JNPT terminal project runs into rough weather
The Rs 8,000-crore container terminal expansion plan has run into difficulty after the port's board raised doubts about the consortium that...
30 Aug, 2011, 09.39 AM IST
- China cos may face security hurdle for port projects
The Shipping Ministry is not keen on firms from West Asia and China bidding for domestic port projects citing security concerns, a move whi...
06 Jul, 2011, 10.57 AM IST
Dutch co, Singapore experts hired to check oil spreadThe efforts of the local agencies in Mumbai have proved a failure as the spill is still spreading around the Mumbai coastline.
10 Aug, 2010, 07.48 AM IST
- JNPT looks to expand operations overseas
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is evaluating a plan to operate ports overseas, coupled with container terminals in other countries.
06 Apr, 2009, 01.35 AM IST
- Congestion refuses to budge out of Nhava Sheva
Congestion seems to be limping back to Jawaharlal Nehru Port, the country's premier container port, even as the port is continuously breaki...
14 Apr, 2008, 05.28 AM IST
- Port insurance norms planned
The government has formed a committee under the Indian Ports Association (IPA) to evolve common guidelines for port insurance.
26 Mar, 2007, 12.22 AM IST
- JNPT cocaine seizure biggest in Asia: NCB
The cocaine seizure from Jawaharlal Nehru Port here on Saturday was the biggest in Asia and dispatchers of the drug could have been testing...
05 Jun, 2006, 12.23 AM IST