India’s major ports handle record 915 MT cargo in FY26India's major ports achieved a significant milestone, handling 915.17 million tonnes of cargo in FY 2025-26, exceeding the annual target by...
05 Apr, 2026, 04.09 PM IST
PM Modi to visit Bengal on Saturday; lay foundation stone of projects worth Rs 18,680 crorePrime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal on Saturday. He will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for development projects wort...
13 Mar, 2026, 05.30 PM IST
SMPK signs concession agreement with JSW Infra for Rs 740-cr projectSyama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, inked a 30-year concession with JSW Infrastructure Ltd for a Rs 740-crore project. This involves reco...
15 Sep, 2025, 08.29 PM IST
Kolkata port cargo handling rises 16 per cent in April-AugustSyama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, demonstrated substantial growth in cargo management during the initial five months of fiscal year 202...
02 Sep, 2025, 07.30 PM IST
Kolkata Port inaugurates first PPP terminal at Khidderpore DocksKolkata Port inaugurated its first public-private partnership terminal at Khidderpore Docks, a Rs 190 crore project by Century Ports Ltd. E...
16 Aug, 2025, 06.45 PM IST
Container cargo surge propels Kolkata Port's April'25 growth at 45%Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, has emerged as the top-performing major port in India for April 2025, showcasing an impressive 45.32%...
04 May, 2025, 05.04 PM IST
Kolkata Port profit jumps 152pc in FY'23; trial run to Myanmar's Sittwe port in AprilSMP Chairman P L Haranadh attributed the net surplus growth to higher cargo handling, cost-cut measures and reduction in the requirement fo...
04 Apr, 2023, 08.50 PM IST
Night navigation, Rs 450-cr Balagarh terminal to boost trade at Kolkata port: Official"The upcoming terminal along with night navigation will significantly enhance the port's productivity. The initial plan was to introduce ni...
19 Mar, 2023, 05.48 PM IST
Kolkata Port registers 14.75pc jump in cargo handling in Apr-Jan of FY23HDC handled 40.162 million tonne of cargo and KDS 14.092 million tonne during the April-January period of the current fiscal.
17 Feb, 2023, 06.17 PM IST
Kolkata port to invite private parties to modernise, operate Netaji Subhas Dock berths"The existing operation and maintenance (O&M) agreements for NSD berths will come to an end in 2024. We intend to take four berths together...
21 Aug, 2022, 08.31 PM IST
Kolkata Port Trust records highest container throughput in FY 2016-17By the end of the current fiscal, Kolkata Dock System will be able to handle 6,25,000 TEUs, stated a Kolkata Port Trust release.
14 Mar, 2017, 06.15 PM IST
S Balaji Arunkumar new Kolkata Port Trust deputy chairmanS Balaji Arunkumar, An IRTS officer of 1997 batch, has taken over as deputy chairman of Kolkata Dock System under KoPT with effect from Apr...
07 Apr, 2016, 03.21 PM IST
Haldia Dock logs 27% cargo growth in April-July 2015: KoPT chairmanKolkata Dock System (KDS), KoPT's another unit, handled 5.19 mt of traffic during the four months, a growth of 15.25 per cent.
26 Aug, 2015, 04.08 PM IST
Kolkata dock system handles all time high record cargo in 2014-15Kolkata Port Trust on Thursday stated that Kolkata Dock System (KDS) handled an all time high cargo throughput of 15.282 mt in 2014-15 over...
09 Apr, 2015, 08.00 PM IST
- UPA to bring back past glory of Kolkata Port trust
The UPA government would make take all possible steps to bring back the past glory of Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT), minister of state for ship...
06 Jun, 2009, 11.22 PM IST
- KoPT's KDS registers highest container traffic in May
The Kolkata Dock System (KDS) of Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) registered highest-ever container handling in May.
07 Jun, 2007, 03.55 PM IST
- KopT posts 60% rise net profit for '05-06
The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) reported a net profit of around Rs 300 crore in 2005-06, even as the Kolkata Dock System registered profits f...
14 Jun, 2006, 06.00 PM IST