Cochin Shipyard ‘ready’ to put equity in India’s first locally build dredger for DCI
With Dredging Corporation of India Ltd (DCI) facing fund crunch, the government is looking at multiple options for financing India’s first locally built high end and larger dredger with Dutch know how, including asking state-run Cochin Shipyard Ltd to extend equity support to the vessel it will construct for the Visakhapatnam-based dredging firm.
Mumbai-listed Cochin Shipyard and DCI signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) recently for constructing either a 8,000 or a 12,000 cubic metre hopper capacity trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) estimated to cost as much as ₹800 crore. TSHDs are used to maintain the channel of ports.
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JNPT highlights the importance of developing Mega ports with world-class infrastructure
The three day long, âMaritime India Summit 2021â concluded on March 4, 2021
with great enthusiasm and fervour, also with new hope and abundant opportunities in the maritime sector. As India aims to emerge as a leading Blue Economy of the world, the summit witnessed MoU signings, and investment opportunities.
On the first day of the summit, Sanjay Sethi, IAS, Chairman, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Indiaâs premier container port, hosted the plenary session, Developing World-Class Ports. The summit was held, with the objective of unveiling ample opportunities in the maritime sector. The summit also propelled India to the forefront the Global Maritime industry as the summit hosted forums for interaction and collaboration with the Indian and International Ports, Shipping and Maritime Companies, Investors, and other stakeholders. MIS 2021 provided a powerful platform for international
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Posted on March 7th, 2021
Courtesy The Straits Times
Colombo, March 7 (newsin.asia): The Sri Lanka Port Workers’ Union General Secretary Niroshan Gorakahenna told the media on Saturday that the workers are opposed to handing over the port to the Adanis and asserted that the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) itself should undertake to build the WCT.
It can do the ECT, it should be able to do the WCT too,” he said and added: Sri Lankan nationalists cannot oppose foreign involvement in the East Container Terminal and allow it in West Teminal. Workers will oppose it. We plan to talk about this to the Chairman of the SLPA on Monday,” Gorakahenna is quoted in Virakesari as saying.